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Saturday
15 July 2017
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How billionaire Agalarov family ended up in the spotlightAras Agalarov and his pop singer son Emin have known the Trumps for years. Now the Donald Jr email scandal has put them in an unwanted spotlight -
Trump regrets 'bizarre mistake' of US pullout, Branson claimsVirgin chief tells audience in Brooklyn Trump’s decision is ‘very, very strange’ and urges president to help phase out US coal industry
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Glorious reinvention undaunted by Wimbledon final defeatVenus’s late-career revival is certainly not over yet and her remarkable tennis odyssey now sets sights on the US Open, which she won in 2000 and 2001 -
Shepard Smith breaks with network orthodoxy on Trump: 'Why all these lies?'News host describes White House ‘deception’ as ‘mind-boggling’: ‘Why is it lie after lie after lie?’ -
spotlight
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My soul was being destroyedAt 32, she was unhireable. At 48, she is unmissable. The Gypsy star talks lucky breaks, bad reviews and being in therapy
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The man who may have secretly fathered 200 childrenWhen Esther-Louise Heij’s son asked to trace his father, she discovered she could have been deceived by her doctor who is suspected of fathering up to 200 of his patients’ children
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Ten tips that will make you a masterIt is one of the fastest-growing social networks, but are you making the most of its photo and video features? Get some handy hints
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The strange case of Gayle NewlandShe was convicted of sexually assaulting a female friend while disguised as a man. How? Simon Hattenstone hears a tale of loneliness and betrayal in the digital age
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Garbiñe Muguruza crowned champion after beating Venus WilliamsGarbiñe Muguruza has been crowned Wimbledon champion after proving too powerful for the five-times winner Venus Williams, now 37, and winning 7-5, 6-0 on Centre Court
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Roger Federer vows to attack in battle against big hitter Marin CilicThe seven-time Wimbledon champion, Roger Federer, has vowed to go on the attack against big hitter Marin Cilic in Sunday’s final
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Chris Froome takes yellow off Fabio Aru as Matthews wins stage 14The weakness of Fabio Aru’s Astana team cost the Italian the yellow jersey here on Saturday, permitting Chris Froome to regain the race lead
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Boxer accuses McGregor of racism and uses homophobic slurFloyd Mayweather called Conor McGregor a ‘faggot’ and accused the UFC fighter of racism in an ugly public appearance at Wembley Arena
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Companies tighten hold on Washington under TrumpTop White House figures – including the vice-president and health secretary – have deep ties to an industry whose donations began pouring in on day one
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Tobacco firms still see big business in America's poorThe US is pegged as an ‘exciting’ market, but this growth disproportionately affects the poor – including the industry’s growers and laborers
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Trump is ushering in a dark new conservatismIf Republicans do not wish to repeat the mistakes of the German conservatives of the 1930s, they had better find their courage – and their conservatism – fast
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IVF is painful. Will I leave my final embryo frozen forever?The embryo in the freezer is no longer just an embryo, it’s the sibling to my daughter. But I’m not sure I am ready to go through a pregnancy all over again
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How the Trump administration is undermining students of colorBlack students are far more likely to take on debt for a degree than white students. Now, Trump is making it even harder to pay those debts off
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Be wary: Trump and Putin could yet bring democracy to a haltIf Russia may wield the same influence in the midterm elections as the presidential campaign, warns novelist Joseph O’Neill
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Sinkhole that swallowed two homes has stopped growing, officials sayOfficials in Pasco County say 11 homes were affected, including the two that were destroyed
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The town where everyone owns a gunNucla, Colorado, was founded by socialists. Now, as wealthy liberals with different values encroach, the town is fighting for its survival
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More than 7,000 civil servants sacked one year on from failed coupTotal number of state employees dismissed for alleged terror links reaches 110,000 as president prepares to lead ‘national unity marches’
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Spy service workers sue agency over alleged racist, sexist bullyingFive employees say ‘racist, sexist, homophobic and discriminatory behaviour has become accepted culture’ at Canadian Security Intelligence Service
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explore
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Junior's email errors put first family in a spot of Russian botherDonald Trump had hoped to put allegations of Russian collusion behind him – but then along came an email chain, and a week of frantic denials
what to watch
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Kumail Nanjiani's real-life romcom is a humane delightThe stand-up comic turned Silicon Valley star teams up with Judd Apatow to tell the charming story of how he met his wife
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It's simians v humans in another absorbing episodeThe third of the Planet of the Apes ‘reboot series’ is just as good as its predecessors: a bold, sweeping adventure told with confidence and intensity
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Incompetent Final Destination rip-off is scare-freeThe film is shoddily made and entirely lacking in thrills – a drab attempt to kick off a new horror franchise fails on almost every conceivable level
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A brilliantly chilling subversion of a classicFlorence Pugh is lethally charismatic in William Oldroyd’s daring journey into the darkest corners of the world of bonnets and bows
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The Resistance Now: a healthy dose of realityRepublicans still can’t find enough votes for their healthcare bill as activists keep up pressure, while others target Trump Tower with an Impeach Trump! protest
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The Resistance Now: it's recess week, but Republicans are hiding from constituentsElected officials traditionally engage with constituents during their seven days off, but unhappiness with the healthcare bill has the GOP avoiding voters
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The Resistance now: putting the Senate health bill on life supportResistance against the Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare may have reached a critical mass this week – but there’s more work to be done
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What are you doing to protest the Republican health bill?We want to know what you’re doing to push back against the Republican-drafted healthcare bill, which could be passed into law this week
in pictures
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The Earth in picturesCalifornian artist Julieanne Kost overcame travel boredom by taking photographs of landscapes from her plane seat
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The 20 photographs of the weekWildfires in California, the Iraqi forces’ victory in Mosul, the Tour de France and protests in Caracas – the news of the week captured by the world’s best photojournalists
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Donald Trump's visit to FranceTrump’s 24-hour trip coincides with Bastille Day and the centenary of US involvement in the first world war
people
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She's a tiny thing, but the air around her cracklesI think about all Garofalo’s combined experience on screen and stage, and smile at how lucky I am to have seen her in the flesh
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What keeps me awake at night? Bad hipsThe former tennis champion on watching the moon landing on television and why he never worries about matches that got away from him
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Iraq veteran facing deportation speaks out from jailExclusive: In his first interview, Chong Kim describes the crushing prospect of being deported to South Korea, a country he hasn’t lived in since the age of five
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Voice actor 'devastated' to lose job after 27 yearsSteve Whitmire took over as the Muppets’ famous amphibian when Jim Henson died in 1990
'Remarkably resilient' 70 years after nuclear tests, coral and fish thrive on Bikini Atoll