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Wednesday
26 June 2019
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Special counsel agrees to testify in open session on 17 July, chairmen of judiciary and intelligence committees say -
Twenty candidates will take the stage over two nights this week in clash that could help whittle down a huge field
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President has for two consecutive years overseen lowest refugee admission rates since modern resettlement system created in 1980 -
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Hundreds of thousands of children in the US remain at risk of exposure to lead, which causes cognitive and behavioral deficits
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Spotlight
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Linda Eastman was the award-winning photographer who captured a generation of rock stars before marrying a Beatle. He discusses how her work changed his life -
Imara Jones left Georgia to discover herself as a trans woman. Two decades later, she returns to meet her family as her whole self
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20 presidential hopefuls will go head-to-head in Miami on 26-27 June – but what will they discuss, and who needs it the most? -
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To disestablish these camps anywhere, we need to oppose them everywhere -
The news media is society’s alarm clock – it needs to wake us up
From weedkillers in your breakfast cereal to microplastics in your salt, The Guardian is seeking contributions for a major series to investigate the risks of contamination in our food, water, and cosmetics.
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We are exposed to synthetic chemicals in plastics, cosmetics and food every day. Could it be making us toxic? Our environment reporter was tested for over 1,530 chemicals to find out -
From pesticides in our produce to toxic dyes in cosmetics, the Guardian is launching an ambitious series to explore the health risks Americans can face from exposure to chemicals in our everyday lives
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Questions remain over the US defense and goalkeeping. When they face France in the quarter-final they may need to rely on their talented attack -
Lieke Martens scored from the spot in the 90th minute to add to her first-half effort in the Netherlands’ last-16 victory over Japan at Roazhon Park in Rennes
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Arguably the two best teams at the World Cup will meet in the quarter-finals. And the reigning champions got the test they perhaps needed against Spain on Monday -
Breakdancing, known as breaking in Olympic circles, moved a step closer toward inclusion in the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday
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Peter Beaumont describes his recent visit to the DRC and Sarah Boseley discusses how the 2014 Ebola outbreak was eventually contained. Plus: Helen Pidd on the ‘northern powerhouse’
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Playwright will return to West End with Leopoldstadt, based in old Jewish quarter of Vienna -
Italian specialists have doubts about ‘lost masterpiece’ but French expert insists canvas is Caravaggio’s Judith and Holofernes -
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Witness describes ‘attack’ on woman and her belongings after person pours water from a rooftop -
Writer claims Trump forced himself on her in New York department store in 1990s -
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Temperature records expected to be broken as minister warns heatwaves could become norm -
Tory leadership frontrunner hardens position as Eurosceptics extend influence on faltering campaign
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Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democratic party forms minority government -
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news -
Documentaries
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Explore
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Michael B Jordan is to play him in a new film – but first a documentary tells the incredible true story of a man taking on America’s criminal justice system
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Agence MYOP are taking over an abandoned school in Arles to exhibit images showing the major social, ecological and humanitarian crises we face -
From the stray cats of Istanbul to Belgium’s cross-dressing carnival, the LensCulture street photography awards celebrate a bold new wave of street-life chroniclers. Here’s our pick of the best entries -
We rounded up half a century of protest posters and stickers from campaigns which helped the Dutch city become the ‘cycle capital of the world’
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