headlines
Thursday
12
November
2015
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Forget marriage equality, praise David Cameron for tough policiesAustralia’s former PM writes for the Spectator arguing Cameron should be lauded for economic choices, not for action on climate change or same-sex marriage
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NZ soldier who was PM's bodyguard faces deportation from AustraliaKo Rutene, a decorated former soldier, is one of up to 300 mostly New Zealand-born men who risk deportation due to membership of Rebels motorcycle club -
Socceroos' all-out attack gets them past KyrgyzstanIt was a subdued atmosphere in Canberra for Australia’s World Cup qualifier against Kyrgyzstan, but goals to Mile Jedinak and Tim Cahill headlined Australia’s pulsating 3-0 victory -
highlights
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Why I want my sushi prepared with bare handsOne city health department’s insistence that chefs not touch the raw fish they’re preparing will destroy good sushi by removing intimacy from the art form
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Biopic gets to the core of Apple's co-founderWith a commanding performance from Michael Fassbender and Aaron Sorkin’s scorching script, Danny Boyle delivers an exhilarating portrait of the visionary tech mastermind
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Director Gaspar Noé on his erotic 3D film, LoveThe Argentinian’s previous films have tackled rape, incest and abortion – so why is his new melodrama about sex causing such a storm?
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Warhol's eerie last work revealedMore than 100 of the artworks Andy Warhol made in his last days – which have never been exhibited before – will take over the Ashmolean museum in 2016
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I told New Zealand’s parliament about my sexual assault – it was difficult, but necessaryThe New Zealand prime minister, John Key, invoked rape to score political points. I am proud to be one of the MPs who spoke up about the reality of sexual violence
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Narendra Modi is clamping down on tolerance and freedom of expression. In Britain we have a responsibility to speak out against itIndia is being ruled by a Hindu Taliban
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Citizenship bill 'still vulnerable to high court challenge'Labor throws its support behind the watered-down legislation to strip Australian citizenship from dual nationals, but experts say it still has problems
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Coalition spends another $557m to buy 45m tonnes of carbon abatementSecond round of auctions under Direct Action scheme means government has spent almost half the $2.55bn emissions reduction fund
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Government warned over new counter-terrorism legislationMuslim Council of Britain voices concern over plan to ban non-violent extremists
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Palestinian shot dead in Israeli undercover raid on hospitalIsraeli army says swoop was attempt to detain Azzam Shalaldeh, a suspect in stabbing of an Israeli settler two weeks ago
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in depth
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Carmaker looks to geckos to boost recyclability of its carsA new partnership between the car maker and the Biomimicry Institute is a significant step forward in propelling the philosophy of nature-inspired sustainable design
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Mexican woman free after 461 days in sanctuaryMexican maid Rosa Robles rejoined outside world in Arizona after 15 months of becoming a reluctant symbol of the paralysis in US immigration reform
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Abandoned by coal, swallowed by drugsIn the first of a series of dispatches from the US’s poorest communities, we visit Beattyville, Kentucky, blighted by a lack of jobs and addiction to ‘hillbilly heroin’
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Why Hollywood still loves self-promoting print adsAn ambitious screenwriter’s admirable attempt to get his Die Hard sequel some attention is just the latest in a long line of extraordinary self-funded one-pagers run in Variety and the Hollywood Reporter
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I don’t make Kitchen Cabinet so you can love itThe political journalist who became a TV star talks about her cookbook, her show and how Scott Morrison really does not care what people think of him
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The transgender woman fighting for the right to see her sonSince Pasha, a former military sniper, began gender reassignment, most of her family has abandoned her. Mark Gevisser reports on the consequences of Russia’s new climate of intolerance
pictures & video
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It’s Guinness world records dayTightest reverse parallel park and fastest 100 metre sprint on all fours are among the records broken around the world to mark the 11th annual Guinness world records day
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The photos Daido Moriyama rescued from ruinDaido Moriyama’s book, Farewell Photography, was one of the most influential photobooks of the 1970s. Then he set fire to the negatives. Only 30 survived, it was thought – but now 50 more, held back from the fire, have been found
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Female genital mutilation? I use the word killerFor years, young Maasai men watched in appalled silence as their sisters and mothers were subjected to female genital mutilation – then they discovered cricket, and acquired the courage to speak out against the practice
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Bulldog skateboards into the Guinness World Records bookOtto the bulldog sets a world record by skateboarding through a human tunnel of 30 people in Lima, Peru
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Armistice Day and a hungry gavialThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world
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Apple store accused of racism after asking black students to leaveAn employee at an Apple store in Melbourne, Australia, asks a group of black students from Maribyrnong College in the city to leave because security is worried they ‘might steal something’
people
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Lady Marmalade? We thought it was just about a woman walking down the streetThe singer talks about being part of the first black group on Rolling Stone’s cover, being an original gangsta, and upsetting nuns
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Poet makes shortlist with 'hymns to the male body'Only the second time poetry has reached the shortlist, Andrew McMillan’s Physical lines up with novels, short stories and Russia reportage for 2015 prize
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George Clooney cheered at cafe that helps homeless peopleCrowds welcome actor as he meets workers at Social Bite cafe before having lunch with fan who won competition to meet him
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Author donates £10,000 to help friend bring his African wife to the UKV for Vendetta author makes public donation to assist Graham Cousins’s struggle to be reunited with his Mozambican wife
the big picture
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George Clooney and a famous Seattle wallThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world including a Hollywood star and a gummy wall
Malcolm Turnbull Market forces help PM build warmer relations with Indonesia