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Inspectors are denied access to Douma siteMoscow and Syrian regime say security issues mean site can’t be inspected, as Trump delays sanctions against Russians -
Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottlesThe breakthrough, spurred by the discovery of plastic-eating bugs at a Japanese dump, could help solve the global plastic pollution crisis
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Leaders could choose next head after Queen this weekAhead of leaders’ retreat, Theresa May makes clear that UK backs Prince Charles as next symbolic leader of organisation -
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Judge rejects Trump and Cohen's bid to view seized papers before prosecutorsJudge says independent lawyer may be able to check documents for any shielded by attorney-client privilege
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Spotlight
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Why Janelle Monáe’s vagina pants make me cheerThe pop star’s video for Pynk gives us Vagina Monologues for a new generation. It’s joyous, uplifting – and about as subtle as a sledgehammer
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After 60 years, Kendrick Lamar has brilliantly brought pop to the PulitzerBy becoming the first non-classical or jazz winner of the Pulitzer prize for music, the rapper has created US history -
Race to get Outer Hebrides’ first mosque ready for RamadanOn the Isle of Lewis, support for the project is flooding in from Muslims and non-Muslims alike
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Opinion
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Western bombing won’t save Syria. Non-western diplomacy mightInterventionist policies from the west have failed in the Middle East. It’s time for the rest of the world to step up -
Britain is wrongly deporting Commonwealth nationals – this must stop nowThe Windrush generation should be spared the nightmare of searching for papers they were never asked to keep, says MP for Edmonton Kate Osamor
The Climate and The Cross
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American Christians tussle over climate change
The Climate and The CrossAmerican Christians tussle over climate changeWatch now
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Guardiola must now prove his side's talents in the Champions LeagueManchester City’s joyous romp to the Premier League title presents Pep Guardiola with a different kind of opportunity -
Gold Coast’s Games finale lowers bar for Birmingham 2022Eleven days of slick operation at the Commonwealth Games were somewhat undermined by two bum notes struck in the final 24 hours on the Gold Coast
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Carroll’s late strike saves Hart after keeper drops clangerPeter Crouch threatened to win it for Stoke after England goalkeeper Joe Hart’s mistake for West Ham but Andy Carroll scored a late equaliser in a 1-1 draw -
Players called back to pitch for penalty during half-time amid VAR chaosMainz’s Bundesliga match against Freiburg could be set for a place in the record books after the home side scored just under seven minutes into half-time – and after the players had been allowed to leave the pitch
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Culture
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A show steeped in fat, felt and fictionGalerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London
The German artist may have lied about being shot down in a stuka in world war two – but he took his mythology seriously -
Pop's new democracy creates uneven city in the desertThe highs were high – of-the-moment rapper Cardi B, discomfiting art-rocker St Vincent, cosmic jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington – but others like SZA misfire, and the whole thing suffers from internet-era distraction
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Lifestyle
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Could a day at Stansted cure my fear of flying – or will I always need Valium and a fizzy wine chaser?For too many years Suzanne Moore has not been able to board a flight without a stiff drink and, preferably, tranquillisers. Could a ‘Fearless Flyer’ course at Stansted help her overcome her terror?
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Seven ways ... to prevent bowel cancerColorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the developed world – but mortality has decreased by 30% in the past 20 years -
Since the menopause, I find my husband’s sexual advances off-puttingHe uses my feet to masturbate – but as it’s the only regular pleasure he gets from me, I grin and bear it
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Trump lashes out at former FBI director after explosive interviewHe ‘committed many crimes!’ Trump writes on Twitter the morning after the former FBI director said Trump was ‘morally unfit’ for office -
The way some pigs are reared is 'upsetting and wrong', say shoppersMost people willing to swap to supermarkets trying to improve farming standards, survey finds -
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Who’s defending Canada’s national interest? First Nations facing down a pipelineJustin Trudeau is bailing out a Texas oil billionaire. He should be bailing out Canada’s workers and the climate. -
And other bizarre geographic conspiracies that won’t go awayA theory denying the existence of the country is gaining ground. But the suggestion that countries and cities are mere figments of our imagination is a meme that dates back to the birth of the web -
What next for world's top advertising group?How Sir Martin Sorrell’s sprawling empire breaks down – and who could succeed him
This year, in collaboration with Global Witness, the Guardian will attempt to record all of the deaths of people who are killed while defending their land, forests, rivers or wildlife
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Six Virunga park rangers killed in DRC wildlife sanctuaryLatest ambush worst attack to date at home to world’s largest population of mountain gorillas -
Prized spice drives death and deforestationAs the price of pods has soared so has violence – and forest defenders are increasingly risking their lives to protect precious wildlife habitat from being felled for profit -
Recording the deaths of environmental defenders around the worldThis year, in collaboration with Global Witness, the Guardian aims to record the deaths of all people killed while protecting land or natural resources. At the current rate, about four defenders will die this week somewhere on the planet -
Keep off our land, indigenous women tell presidentWomen’s movement demand an end to unrestricted oil drilling and mining on indigenous lands and action on violence against land defenders in first meeting with president Lenin Moreno
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Prizewinning images, from grasshoppers to street lifeThe only global prize for contemporary African photography reveals it shortlist for 2018, covering subjects as diverse as FGM, nomadic life and learning to swim -
Protests around the world and tulips in ChinaThe Guardian’s picture editors pick a selection of the best images from around the globe
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The best of Coachella 2018Over 200,000 people attended one of America’s biggest festivals for its opening weekend, with Beyoncé’s historic headline set earning it the new title of ‘Beychella’ -
Feria de Abril celebrationsThe festival takes over the Andalusian capital from 15 April to 21 April attracting thousands of visitors each year. Sevilla society parades around the town in mantillas, in carriages and on horseback -
Lapland's changing seasonsKotisaari Island, Lapland, makes a beautiful canvas for seasonal change on the edge of the Arctic Circle -
Hundreds of Sydney dog lovers attend anti-greyhound racing rallyRally marks one year since greyhound racing was reinstated in New South Wales after previously being banned in July 2016
This is Europe
A real-life Lord of the Flies Troubling legacy of the Robbers Cave experiment