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Wednesday
28 July 2021
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Special rapporteur urges security council to call for ceasefire amid fears Covid will spread across wider region -
Monarch used secretive procedure to become only person in country not bound by a green energy rule
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Exclusive: Nnamdi Kanu’s relatives threaten judicial review against UK foreign secretary, saying his life is at risk in Nigeria
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Biles cited mental health concern in withdrawal from team event, with no decision yet announced on her participation in individual finals
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Fiji retained their Olympic rugby sevens crown with a 27-12 gold medal win against New Zealand at the Tokyo Stadium
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Charlotte Dujardin set a record of six Olympic medals for a British woman after taking bronze in the individual dressage final at Tokyo Equestrian Park -
In today’s Olympics briefing: emotional victories and an emotional debate about the pressure in high profile sport
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Olympics data
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Tokyo reports 3,177 new cases; Samia Suluhu Hassan vaccinated after John Magufuli, who heavily played down pandemic, died of Covid in March -
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Significant loosening of international travel restrictions will let millions more people visit friends and family in England
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Spotlight
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Activists say Lifta, abandoned during the 1948 war, must be preserved in the face of Israeli construction plans -
In combining both pummelling impact and nimble speed, Jordison defied his short stature to become a hulking master of rhythm – and the finest metal drummer of his era -
In a dense new docuseries, the personal and political journey of Barack Obama is explored along with the difficult tightrope he was forced to walk
Opinion
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Bold ideas and big investment could create a new economic miracle for the 21st century -
Europe and the US are economically dependent on China now – ‘change through trade’ is no longer on the cards
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It’s great to see men such as Tom Daley sobbing in victory – and the gold standard for emotional articulacy is surely showing your sadness -
We asked a panelist of experts on when we need to start changing our economies and ways of consuming and producing. Their answer: now
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It might seem like a post-Trump world, but in red states across the US his most hardline supporters are setting the political agenda. How much power do they have to shape the country’s future, even with a Democrat in the White House?
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Defender tells Nick Ames his sights are set on a place in the Champions League and that last season’s struggles caused real lows around the squad -
Rassie Erasmus has taken a swipe at the British & Irish Lions for compromising the ‘integrity of the game’ by making their anger known at the appointment of the South African TMO Marius Jonker -
Premier League club says fans will need to be fully vaccinated or take a test to attend games this season
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In France, a new law could seriously restrict women’s rights to wear headscarves in public, and there are fears that it will entrench Islamophobia -
Painstaking research deciphers carvings of religious bounty dating back almost five centuries -
Spain may be famous for its love of meat – but sanctuaries across the country are coming to the rescue of its doomed cows, bulls, pigs, sheep and geese -
Trucks, diggers and volunteers try to clear mud and ruined belongings from wrecked homes and businesses
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House minority leader Kevin McCarthy says: ‘Bringing masks back is not a decision based on science’ -
Orbán’s likely challenger demands action over claims journalists and politicians were potential targets
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Whatcom county’s council passed measure that bans new refineries, coal-fired power plants and other related infrastructure -
Find pushes back by hundreds of thousands of years start of stone-tool industry associated with Homo erectus -
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The mayor of the Norwegian capital argues that the ‘moral’ duty to cut emissions from burning waste can be met by carbon capture -
Carbon emissions, ocean acidification, Amazon clearing all hurtling toward new records -
Conservation tool will focus on recovery efforts to give a fuller picture of threats to plant and animal populations
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Culture
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Crew members called an ambulance that took the 58-year-old actor to a hospital where he remained on Tuesday night -
4 out of 5 stars.
Luchino Visconti emerges badly from this desperately sad documentary about the exploitation of his Death in Venice child star Björn Andrésen
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5 out of 5 stars.
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3 out of 5 stars.
Settlers review Audacious sci-fi western of frontier pioneers on Mars
3 out of 5 stars.
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Lifestyle
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I had told my mum that I would look after Declan after her death. But standing in an airport car park, the ramifications began to rush through my head -
New petrol and diesel cars will be banned in the UK from 2030, and sales of electric vehicles are rising fast. But with drivers reliant on charging points how practical is the greener option? One writer finds out -
The secret to an authentic taste and mouth-feel is fat, so what’s the best substitute for dairy? Our resident perfectionist tries them all …
Explore
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First comes the warning call – then the race to evacuate. Residents of a Gaza apartment block recall the frantic minutes before their homes to were turned to rubble -
After the tube she was commuting on was blown up, Mughal’s life changed for ever. A Muslim herself, she was horrified to hear Muslims been behind the attack. So she quit her job and started her own programme to take on extremism -
More than 100 patients have already been sent home as country faces its third and deadliest wave of coronavirus
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The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world -
The best images from the fifth day of action in Tokyo, including swimming, hockey, fencing and watermelons
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‘Children have to deal with the fallout of the drug trade. They are the ones who can’t walk to their school in safety, who have to train to use a gun’ -
In 1978, Magnum photographer Chris Steele-Perkins visited Northern Ireland to document the lives of Catholic communities from the inside: ‘I was not neutral and was not interested in capturing it so’ -
As refugees in the UK mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the UN refugee convention, we look at the work of the UNHCR around the world since the 1950s -
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world
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