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Hurricane Irma: storm batters Bahamas and Haiti as Florida evacuatesCategory 5 superstorm hits Turks and Caicos Islands, with at least 13 people confirmed dead across Caribbean
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‘Racial bias’ in British criminal justice systemProsecutions of some black defendants should be dropped or deferred, says report by Labour MP David Lammy
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Tsunami confirmed after 8.4-magnitude quake kills fiveInitial waves reach 1 metre above tide level as some residents on the south western coast reportedly told to evacuate -
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From Afghanistan to London, three boys build a new life playing cricket
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At my shows, girls can take up space the way men doDestiny Frasqueri is the radical intersectional feminist who is taking on the rap brotherhood. She talks about gentrification, male domination – and why the music industry is like the devil
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There will always be die-hards but their numbers are tiny. The vast majority of MPs must build a cross-party coalition to work out what they do want, says Guardian columnist Simon JenkinsWhy are 40 hardline MPs setting the tone of the Brexit debate?
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The British hacker fighting for his lifeLauri Love is charged with masterminding a 2013 attack by Anonymous on US government websites. Will Britain allow him to spend the rest of his days in an American prison?
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Refugees face homelessness in UK even after gaining asylum‘Home Office will give you refugee status, but not refuge,’ says a victim of bureaucracy and delays in survey for the Guardian
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10 things to look out for this weekendLeicester can learn January lesson to beat Chelsea, Tottenham could find they like Goodison Park, and will Chris Hughton take a gamble against West Brom?
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Fifa opens Alli disciplinary case over one-finger salute in England gameFifa has opened disciplinary proceedings against Dele Alli over his gesture during England’s World Cup qualifier against Slovakia
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Stephens and Keys to meet in all-American US Open finalStephens and Keys win semi-finals matches at Arthur Ashe Stadium to set up all-American showdown in Saturday’s US Open final
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Racial bias in our justice system is creating a social timebombMy review reveals the prejudice that black and minority ethnic children face. We must address this issue urgently, writes David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham
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The prime minister’s words on the ‘just about managing’ resonated, but she’s done little to help them, says Guardian columnist Gaby HinsliffThe 'just about managing': if Theresa May meant what she said last year, she has to act now
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Tories 'have not fulfilled pledge to fund places from £200m Libor fines'Cameron promised in 2015 to use cash to retrain 22-to-24-year-olds who had been unemployed for more than six months
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Thirteen-year-old girl helps save lives of record eight peopleParents of Jemima Layzell, who died unexpectedly of a brain aneurysm, want other families to consider organ donation
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Anger at Gary Cohn raises doubts about White House tenure – reportsAs Steve Bannon calls for the top economic adviser to quit, Reuters sources say the pair’s relationship has deteriorated since Charlottesville criticism
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Top-secret space shuttle launched before Irma hitsCrewless aircraft blasts off from Kennedy space center on Thursday as schools and businesses boarded up for Hurricane Irma
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Sensitive translation of Ian McEwan’s elegy to inhibited EnglandBilly Howle and Saoirse Ronan are on song as the young couple in Britain’s duffel-coated early 1960s, in a restrained adaptation of McEwan’s novella
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Hurricanes and Ivanka Trump's 'daddy' issuesComics, including Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, and Seth Meyers, addressed Trump’s speech on tax reform and the decision to raise the debt ceiling
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Realising that poetry was performance was my eureka momentThe writer and broadcaster on a career ranging from Émile Zola to children’s poetry with wee-wee jokes
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End is nigh for Nasa probe as it heads for crash landing on SaturnCollaboration with European space agencies began in 1997 and has provided pictures of the moon, Titan, for scientists.
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Prince Harry’s girlfriend has bared her heart to Vanity FairMeghan Markle is the perfect fit for our new touchy-feely royals
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Ancient myths and authorial friskinessEveryday life and inherited stories combine in a parable about present-day Turkey
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The best cardigansThe cardigan is in the spotlight thanks to Prada’s beaded designs for autumn. From stripy to slouchy, think of them as your new season investment piece
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The Pointer, Brill, Buckinghamshire - great rooms and food in ‘ridiculously pretty’ villageThis pub has long had a reputation for its excellent food – much of it grown on its own farm. Four lovely new rooms mean guests can now stay the night in the ‘ridiculously pretty’ village
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Makeup removers‘I usually use a makeup remover that contains green tea extract,’ says All Ages model Trese-San Wong
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Former Ukip leader to address far-right rally in GermanyFormer Ukip leader was invited to speak at event held by AfD party by the granddaughter of Hitler’s finance minister
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Menopause is the hardest teacher I’ve metA walk in the Smoky Mountains in the footsteps of her late Cherokee grandfather helped the musician rediscover her muse – and write an album that confronts the US’s rapacious violence
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Walled Off Hotel in Palestine to sell new works by elusive artistGift shop, which will open in autumn in West Bank, will sell pieces including crucifixes fashioned into grappling hooks
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Vanity Fair editor to step down after 25 yearsCarter, at 68, said it was time for him to move on from the magazine, where he had become legendary for his A-list parties and contempt of Donald Trump
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Inside Siberia's remote nuclear science hubAkademgorodok is a science centre situated in a remote Siberian forest. Photographer Pablo Ortíz Monasterio gained access to marvel at its brightly coloured chemistry labs and nuclear particle accelerators
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Cuba and Florida prepare for storm's approachHurricane Irma is expected to bring six-metre storm surges to the Bahamas, before moving to Cuba and ploughing into southern Florida as a category 4 storm on Sunday, with surges and flooding due to begin within the next 48 hours
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The trees bringing life to our streetsAs more urban trees face the prospect of being felled – now at a rate of almost 60 a day – we asked Guardian readers to share their pictures of trees in their neighbourhoods. These are a few of our favourites
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The lethal legacy of landminesAfter decades of conflict, Iraq has been left littered with unexploded booby-traps. These images show members of the organisation at work, and the people whose lives have been touched and transformed by their efforts
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Today's unmissable picturesA selection of the day’s best images including New York fashion, an Indian festival and the US Open
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Photographer captures symmetry of city facadesInstagrammer Roc Isern shows another side to Barcelona’s architecture by capturing the beautiful geometric shapes and patterns of the city’s buildings
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'Your silence is too high a price' Tutu criticises Aung San Suu Kyi over Rohingya plight
Massacre at Tula Toli Rohingya villagers recall horror of Myanmar army attack