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Wednesday
17 July 2019
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Nancy Pelosi’s sharp rebuke of the president’s remarks prompted a challenge from Republicans who claimed rule violations -
Alleged killer Brandon Clark’s post with the caption ‘I’m sorry, Bianca’ shared and reposted hundreds of times
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DoJ prosecutors decline to bring charges against NYPD’s Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Garner, 43, who died in 2014 after being put in a chokehold -
Beijing’s representatives abroad are harnessing social media to confront critics -
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Spotlight
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Retired Lt Gen Russel Honoré commands what he’s named the ‘Green Army’ against toxic pollution in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
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Wood smoke smothers Coyhaique, Chile, in June and July. Yet despite the WHO ranking its air worst in the Americas, residents are reluctant to alter their habits -
The USA star’s mystifying choice to partner with Barstool, a company antithetical to the USWNT’s values of inclusiveness, has allowed her team’s identity to be co-opted on its victory lap
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The four congresswomen who came under attack by Trump are popular – as are their policies. That’s why he is terrified of them -
In a recent tirade from his bully pulpit on Twitter, Trump revealed who he thinks belongs in the United States – and who doesn’t -
Trump is banking on his racist slurs winning him votes. Democrats will have to navigate a tricky course to stop him, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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The USA star’s mystifying choice to partner with Barstool, a company antithetical to the USWNT’s values of inclusiveness, has allowed her team’s identity to be co-opted on its victory lap
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The riders tackle the last flat stage before tackling the Pyrenees. Join John Ashdown for updates
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The women’s team lost their first two games at the world championships by an eye-watering aggregate score but celebrated their goal as if they had won gold -
The WNBA has suspended the LA Sparks guard 10 games for a domestic violence incident, one of the longest punishments in the league’s history
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Richard Godwin explores why conspiracy theories still endure 50 years on from the Apollo 11 mission. Plus Geoff Andrews on the Guardian’s front page from 1969
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A mixed second season of the female-fronted drama is coming to a close and some big questions are set to be answered -
Alison reveals a self-contained world where a deeply internalized identity is produced and seen -
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A New Jersey lawmaker suggests the government turned insects into bioweapons to spread disease and possibly released them -
Wen tweeted that the board ‘ended my employment at a secret meeting’, after she had been in the job for only eight months -
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British-Iranian woman held by Revolutionary Guards in mental hospital in Tehran -
Prosecutors say airline knew of problems with Airbus A330 plane that crashed, killing 228 people
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Chancellor rubbishes claim by Boris Johnson ally that no-deal exit could boost economy by £80bn -
South Australian man and his son found the bottle, which was dropped from an ocean liner by 13-year-old boy Paul Gilmore in 1969 -
Documentaries
Explore
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From a spacesuited everyman to a golden-legged invader, the lunar images were astonishingly poetic works of art that captured humanity evolving before our very eyes. Can they ever be surpassed?
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Paul Talling photographs the land of long-forgotten tube stations, burnt-out mansions and gently decaying factories -
Stargazers have been treated to a cosmic spectacle as a partial lunar eclipse was visible across parts of the UK. The event on Tuesday evening coincided with the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 launching its moon mission. Clear skies across much of the country gave people a stunning view of the phenomenon, including in London, Yorkshire and at Jodrell Bank observatory in Cheshire. The partial eclipse was also visible in Australia, Africa and much of Asia -
The pastel-hued Nintendo Switch Lite, out in September, is far from the only beautiful console in video game history. These 10 were much more than unattractive slabs
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