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8 August 2017
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Employee fired over diversity row considers legal actionComputer engineer James Damore, axed for suggesting women were less suited to certain tech roles, may challenge dismissal -
Journalists to begin using 'immune system' software to fact-check in real timeFull Fact software backed by George Soros and Pierre Omidyar fact-checks statements in parliament and news media in real time
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Thirty people fall ill after norovirus outbreakBotswana’s Isaac Makwala forced out of 200m heats as IAAF says hotel used by athletes is not source of vomiting bug -
Man dies after railway station stabbingPolice arrest second man on suspicion of murder after mid-morning attack on concourse
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How Nasri went from ‘new Zidane’ to life as an outcastSamir Nasri has drifted to the Man City periphery and, with a doping case hanging over his head, time is running out for a resurrection
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Morgan: T20 evolution must work in tandem with Test cricket protectionEngland’s one-day captain tells Andy Bull he is happy to specialise in the limited-overs game but feels there must be a shift or the divide between formats will get bigger
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I entered the prison system 60 years ago. It’s never been so chaotic and dangerousDeath rates are soaring, violence is at an all-time high – and rehabilitation inside and on release is negligible. The worst thing is, there’s no sign of change
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Birmingham council knows the political perils of interrupted waste disposal services, says the Guardian’s north of England editor Helen PiddYou can slash the social care budget, but don’t mess with Britain’s bins
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Jayde Adams – she raps, she cries, she raises the roofThe outrageous standup turns a story of lifelong loneliness into an irresistible hymn to self-realisation
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Horror remains in alternative vision of Guantánamo BayEdinburgh fringe play Last Resort reimagines the notorious detention facility as a package holiday destination
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Alexei Sayle – still angry after all these yearsThe standup aims his moral disgust at targets including the Queen, Dominic Sandbrook and Jack Whitehall, in a hilariously mean but erudite and pointed set
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Raging rhinos and marooned loversThe Scottish playwright’s take on an Ionesco classic comes with added festival gags, while her drama Meet Me at Dawn looks at the difficulty of letting go
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Suicidal girl faced wrong care without judge's action, says barristerTeenager would have been moved to inappropriate facility if Munby had not issued stark warning, says representative
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Man who died named as endurance athlete Douglas WaymarkEndurance athlete was participating in second stage of Enduroman Arch to Arc triathlon when he got into difficulty
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Republicans' secretive London mission to contact ex-spySending of congressional staffers to seek out dossier author Christopher Steele highlights fight for control over investigation
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'Self-driving car' driven by man dressed as car seatVirginia residents and tech blogs alike fooled by university ‘research project’ featuring a driver pretending to be part of autonomous vehicle
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Earl Cameron, Britain's first black film star, on Bond, racism – and turning 100
'I've not retired!' Earl Cameron, Britain's first black film star, on Bond, racism – and turning 100
From Thunderball to Inception, from punchy thrillers to mixed-race romances, Earl Cameron blazed a trail through British acting – with just one lung. He relives his meatiest roles and the prejudice he rose above -
Why Americans won’t vote in an atheist presidentWhat do Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Mark Zuckerberg have in common? They all profess to be religious. As a new study shows, people think the worst of non-believers. What does this mean for US voters?
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Why Krapp's Last Tape still leaves us reelingAlbert Finney sobbed like an animal, Harold Pinter ramped up the terror and John Hurt even resembled Beckett himself. Now, at the Edinburgh festival, Barry McGovern takes on the role that never ceases to astonish
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How big brands including Sports Direct unwittingly used slave labourConvictions over the exploitation of migrant workers – sent to work at the sportswear company as well as for suppliers of major supermarkets – reveal how slavery is flourishing in modern Britain
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A maverick's architecture tour of SohoThe two septuagenarian authors of the Guide to the Architecture of London have updated their definitive book as an app. But can it offer the same insights into a city that is changing faster than anyone can keep up with?
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Unlearning the myth of American innocenceWhen she was 30, Suzy Hansen left the US for Istanbul – and began to realise that Americans will never understand their own country until they see it as the rest of the world does
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The great cardigan comebackLong and slouchy, colourful or embellished, the humble knit is fashionable again. Find inspiration from six cardie aficionados – from Doris Day to Christopher Kane
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Baked aubergine with herbs and goat’s cheeseRachel Roddy recipes: The aubergine is a wonderful canvas for flavour. Here it is baked until crisp at the edges and velvety within, soaked in oils and basil and topped with fat flecks of melting goat’s cheese
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Should I sell or scrap my diesel car?I’d probably get £3,000 for my 12-year-old Mercedes E-class estate, but I could keep it going despite environmental fears
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I was fat-shamed by male co-star when I was 15The Kick Ass actor told Variety that when a male co-star – who was in his 20s – made her cry on set by criticizing her weight
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Veteran Labour MP for Hull NorthVeteran Hull MP and dedicated republican who served as Labour’s Northern Ireland spokesman in the 1980s and 90s
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A one-man tuition fee Twitter stormInterview: The Labour peer has been furiously tweeting about student fees and university vice-chancellors’ pay. Why now?
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Actor to make Broadway debut in Steve Martin playComedian Keegan-Michael Key will join Schumer in Martin’s ‘loopy’ marital satire Meteor Shower, which opens 1 November
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Doctor Who gets emotional, Pride takes off, and moreA selection of the best photographs from around the world, including Kenyan voters, a flower festival in Colombia and a partial lunar eclipse in Russia
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Your underwhelming pictures of catsTo celebrate international cat day, our readers share their average pictures of cats, pictures of average cats, and average pictures of average cats
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The sturgeon full moon in partial eclipseAugust’s full moon, known as the sturgeon moon, featured a partial eclipse as it was slightly covered by the Earth’s shadow
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Elliott Erwitt's lost shots of PittsburghYears before he found fame as a Magnum photographer, Elliott Erwitt was commissioned to document the city of Pittsburgh. Many images that lay forgotten for decades have now been compiled in a book
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Singer's memorial garden, tended to by fansAn informal memorial garden has been created for George Michael outside his former home in Highgate in north London. The site, in a private square that was owned by the singer, is tended carefully by fans who call themselves ‘lovelies’ and keep the square and tributes immaculate
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Martin Rowson on Jeremy Corbyn and violence in VenezuelaJeremy Corbyn has condemned ‘violence done by all sides’ in Venezuela but stopped short of criticising its socialist president, Nicolás Maduro
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Death Wish Is the Bruce Willis remake an alt-right fantasy?