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Medically fit patients waiting months to be discharged from England’s hospitals
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Charities say social care crisis is ‘crippling patient flow’ in hospitals and has created a ‘misera…
Trump boasted he had ‘intelligence’ on Macron’s sex life
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Inventory of what was seized at Mar-a-Lago caused ‘transatlantic freakout’ between Paris and Washin…
US life expectancy dropped in 2021 for second consecutive year
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In the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, the estimated US lifespan has shortened by nearly …
Maybe US mainstream media should begin using the term ‘fascim’ | Robert Reich
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My tweet about Ron DeSantis provoked outrage in rightwing media – perhaps it hit the nerve of the f…
Mikhail Gorbachev – a life in pictures
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The last leader of the Soviet Union, who started a process of liberalisation and reform that eventu…
Ukraine using wooden decoys to lure Russia into wasting its missiles – report
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Replicas of US-supplied rocket launcher systems drew at least 10 Russian Kalibr cruise missiles, re…
Stephen Port: murder victims’ families say Met ‘insensitive’ to make settlements public
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Relatives ‘caught completely off guard’ by announcement of compensation – and two families have sti…
Pushing Buttons: Sony’s PS5 price hike shows play does have limits
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Prices of PlayStation 5 consoles are rising despite the tough financial situations many are in – ev…
Iran closes Iraq borders amid Baghdad violence as Shia cleric steps down
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Death toll rises after unrest following announcement of Muqtada al-Sadr’s resignation from politics…
Chinese thinktank makes rare public call for Beijing to ease zero-Covid policy
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In report since taken off social media, Anbound Research Center said preventing ‘economic stall’ sh…
Pakistan: fears for areas cut off by floods as damage to roads hampers relief effort
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PM vows government will not disappoint flood victims as economic losses estimated at more than $10b…
Reading festival final day marred by violence and tent burning
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Videos show several tents set on fire on Sunday, and police say about 50 people ejected from site a…
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for pasta with pesto pantesco | A kitchen in Rome
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An intriguing variety of pesto from the lonely southern Italian island of Pantelleria that makes fu…
‘You’ve just started a war’: Iga Swiatek wades into row over US Open balls
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The use of different tennis balls for men’s and women’s matches in New York has sparked a debate ab…
Wizz Air named worst airline for UK-departing flight delays
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Flights found to run more than 14 minutes late on average as UK plans to reduce compensation The b…
Bernie Sanders rebukes GOP for backing corporate tax breaks but not student debt relief
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‘I don’t hear any of these Republicans squawking when we give massive tax breaks to billionaires, V…
Bog snorkelling and a tumbling rider: the weekend’s best photos
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The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading... ht…
Record number of Indigenous candidates take part in Brazil elections
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As attacks on Indigenous people escalated under Bolsonaro, 181 candidates who identify as Indigenou…
At least 23 dead after conflict erupts between militias in Libya
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Cautious calm returns on Saturday night after escalation that threatens to shatter relative peace o…
Liverpool hit nine in ruthless rout of Bournemouth to end winless run
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Scott Elliott celebrated his son’s first Premier League goal by launching his jacket 20 feet into t…
Revealed: UK fast fashion staff deprived of pay and benefits by jobs agency
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Observer investigation of firm supplying workers for Boohoo, PrettyLittleThing and other major bran…
Rise of the parking app makes the rich richer as motorists struggle
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Digital parking has spread rapidly across Britain, but campaigners say it is stressful or inaccessi…
Billionaire closes main road in South Kensington for gardening work
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Ivy owner Richard Caring wins council permission to close part of Onslow Square, a busy ambulance a…
‘Wise and kind’ Labour peer Giles Radice dies at 85
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Keir Starmer praises an ‘unrivalled social democratic thinker’ who was vital to party regaining pow…
Indiana assembly passes anti-abortion bill, governor signs it into law
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State becomes the first in the US to pass new laws removing Roe rights after Eric Holcomb’s assent …
‘Do something now’: inside the Lionesses’ drive to get girls playing
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Lotte Wubben-Moy inspired the letter demanding football for all girls in school and will not settle…
Teenage boy dies after stabbing in north London park
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Witnesses saw large group of youths gathered in Highbury Fields, Islington, before stabbing on Thur…
Martin Tyler apologises after appearing to link Hillsborough with hooliganism
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* Football commentator’s comments fiercely condemned * BBC says it should have robustly challenged…
Can ice cubes – or pricier ice globes – revive puffy skin?
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Washing your face in cold water has long had its fans … but is there benefit in going a step furthe…
Democrats secure breakthrough with Kyrsten Sinema on climate bill
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The Arizona senator said she had agreed to last-minute changes on the measure’s tax and energy prov…
Anglican church has lost its way on same-sex marriage | Letters
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Ian Gordon, Stephen Evans, William Bartram and Meirion Bowen respond to Archbishop Justin Welby’s a…
Commonwealth Games 2022: day seven in pictures
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Some of the best images from Thursday’s action in Birmingham including netball, hockey, athletics a…
UK new car sales fell 9% in July as supply chain problems continue
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Fifth monthly fall in row prompts industry body to cut 2022 forecast even though chip shortages exp…
Patton Oswalt: ‘Messed-up relationships manifest in madness’
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The comedian and actor talks about his pitch black comedy I Love My Dad, where his character catfis…
James Lovelock and the legacy of his Gaia hypothesis – podcast
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James Lovelock, the creator of the Gaia hypothesis, died last Tuesday on his 103rd birthday. Known …
Antony Gormley’s ‘phallic’ statue may damage our reputation, say students
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Imperial College Union motion says students should have been consulted on work, due to ‘obvious’ er…
Premier League season preview: AFC Bournemouth to Leeds - Football Weekly
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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nedum Onuoha and Troy Townsend for the first of two Pre…
Bristol bus boycott campaigner Roy Hackett dies at 93
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Civil rights activist led 1963 protests paving the way for passing of UK Race Relations Act The ci…
Part of SpaceX capsule confirmed as source of debris that landed on Australian farm
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Astrophysicist expects more debris to be found in area ‘over the years’ from SpaceX capsule from ro…
Inflation will soar to ‘astronomical’ levels over next year, thinktank warns
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The raise will force the Bank of England to hike interest rates higher and for longer than previous…
Southern Water challenged over request to take more water from River Test
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Fish populations in the Hampshire chalk stream would be harmed if EA gives drought permit, says Fis…
Spain puts limits on air conditioning and heating to save energy
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Rules apply to public and large commercial buildings – but Madrid president says she will not compl…
Kahlo’s corset, dippy the dinosaur and the blasted garments of Hiroshima – Edinburgh Art festival
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Various venues, Edinburgh From riveting masterpieces to energetic works by emerging artists, there’…
When the Lionesses won, every overlooked and patronised woman triumphed too | Gaby Hinsliff
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So many women who couldn’t care less about football were in tears, because they understood what it …
Will Ghana introduce some of the harshest anti-gay laws in the world?
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West Africa correspondent Emmanuel Akinwotu describes how a backlash against the opening of an LGBT…
Gamekeeper jailed after using dogs to fight badgers and foxes
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Rhys Davies was sentenced after vets examined terriers kept at his tied cottage on Millden estate i…
David Trimble funeral unites politicians from across spectrum
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Service for former first minister brings together Northern Irish, British and Irish leaders David …
‘I hate them’: Dmitry Medvedev’s journey from liberal to anti-western hawk
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Critics say former Russian leader’s furious tirades are a desperate attempt to retain political rel…