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Thursday
29 June 2017
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Vatican cardinal charged with multiple sexual offencesCatholic church in crisis as Vatican No3 charged by Australian police -
Grandparents and fiancées not counted as 'close family'Criteria for travellers from Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Iran and Yemen – and all refugees – to take effect on Thursday
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Clashing portraits of Martin Shkreli offered as trial beginsAt start of securities fraud trial, US prosecutor accused ex-pharmaceutical CEO of building a bogus hedge fund empire by telling ‘lies on top of lies on top of lies’ -
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Academy invites record 744 new members amid effort to increase diversityThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2017 class includes Gal Gadot and Barry Jenkins, attempting to make good on a promise to diversify
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The results are in: America hates GOP health billGot a minute? Approval of senate bill measured below 20% in three polls ... ‘It’s gonna be great,’ president says … McConnell twisting arms … and everything else in US politics. By Tom McCarthy
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How it changed everythingAlex Hern bought the first iPhone a decade ago. As it celebrates its 10th anniversary, he looks back on how it changed the world – and his life
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Global star shines all the brighter on emotional nightAfter hinting it may be her last live tour, Adele gave the crowd the expected highs and lows
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Bravo saves three Portugal penalties to send Chile to finalClaudio Bravo saved three penalties in a shootout against Portugal to lead Chile into the Confederations Cup final after the semi-final finished 0-0 after extra time
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Sprint star claims ‘health issues’ after limping to narrow Ostrava winUsain Bolt’s preparations for the world championships in London received a worrying and unexpected jolt when he struggled to win his penultimate race before defending his 100m and 4x100m titles
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Jackson and Knicks part ways after disastrous three yearsThe New York Knicks have parted ways with their team president, Phil Jackson, after a disastrous three years
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Vettel could face further punishment after collision with HamiltonSebastian Vettel is under investigation by Formula One’s governing body after he deliberately collided with Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes in Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix
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Trumpcare isn't popular. But universal healthcare would beLiberal pundits and elected officials have seemed dead-set on occupying a neoliberal middle ground on healthcare. That’s not a winning strategy
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Obama stayed quiet on Russian interference. History will judge him for itObama, confident in Clinton’s electoral prospects, chose stealth instead of openness during the US elections. That was a mistake
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If the US supreme court upholds the Muslim ban, we will need civil resistanceThe court could rule that the ban is an appropriate exercise of the president’s powers. Only mass confrontational politics could stop it then
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Surveillance at Standing Rock exposes heavy-handed policing of Native landsThe technology TigerSwan used at Standing Rock may be state of the art, but the use of policing to suppress indigenous protest is as old as the United States itself
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Police officer placed on leave after head-punching video emergesClip shows officer punching back of man’s head at least three times as two officers hold man down and another looks on
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US unveils new measures to avoid laptop banHomeland security proposes enhanced screening of personal devices on foreign flights arriving in the US
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Brexit could blow €20bn hole in EU budget, warns commissionerGünther Oettinger says need to finance new initiatives in areas such as defence and security means gap could be twice as much
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US claims warning over possible chemical attack averted strikeRussia warns US of proportional response to any preemptive measures against Syrian forces as US official calls intelligence behind warning ‘far from conclusive’
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The magazine covers Donald Trump couldn’t make upThe president is in trouble for creating his own imaginary Time magazine cover. Where else might he imagine himself as a cover star?
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Activists say 'hell no' to GOP healthcare billProgressives sprung into action with dozens protesting outside the Senate majority leader’s office, while Democrats took stock after Ossoff’s loss
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Trumpcare in the crosshairsActivists look to target senators who could move to vote no on the Senate version of the bill, and progressives preach the down ballot gospel
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How New Yorkers are fighting for food justiceTanya Fields’ Libertad Urban Farm joins a city-wide movement to redistribute resources to poor communities that are systemically deprived of healthy food
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'Inspirational' Corbyn offers blueprint for our party, say left-leaning DemocratsProgressive Democrats hail UK election result while Bernie Sanders says Labour leader’s success shows ‘people are rising up against austerity and inequality’
in pictures
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Women photographing womenWomen Seeing Women celebrates the work of female photographers in documentary and fashion photography, and their interaction with their female subjects
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iPhone photography awards 2017The winning entries in the annual iPhone photography awards have been announced, chosen from thousands of entries submitted from around the world
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Obama in Bali and a golden ATMThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of highlights from around the world, including Barack Obama in Tampaksiring and the location of the UK’s first cash machine
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Author Michael Bond dies aged 91Creator of marmalade-loving bear from Peru, whose last story was published in April, has died after a short illness
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Ten of the best, from Pon de Replay to Kiss it BetterFlitting from breathless dancehall to hook-laden EDM pop, Rihanna has honed a shapeshifting persona to become the definitive 21st-century megastar
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Philip Pullman raises £30,000 for Grenfell Tower in character name auctionNur Huda el-Wahabi to be commemorated in a volume of Pullman’s The Book of Dust as part of an authors’ fundraising drive that has topped £150,000
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Dressmaking next – really? Stick to the day jobThere are rumours that he could turn his hand to fashion design … But he might end up with a little black dress that looks like a tent designed by Picasso
Obama in Indonesia Wife, kids and 650 soldiers