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Agents 'attacked US voting system before election'Intelligence carried out cyber-attack on software supplier and sent phishing emails to local election officials, the Intercept said citing classified NSA report -
Cancel Trump visit, says Sadiq Khan, after London attack tweetsLondon mayor says US president is wrong about many things and that state visit to Britain should not go ahead
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Questions over what police knew about attackers – livePolice said Butt was investigated in 2015 but ruled out as potential terrorist -
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First witness says actor drugged and sexually assaulted herWoman publicly known as ‘Kacey’ says attack occurred at Bel Air hotel in 1996, after he asked her to bring food to his room
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Trump insults London mayor after attackGot a minute? President accuses mayor of stricken city of ‘pathetic excuse’… where’s Spicer?... suspense builds over Comey testimony... and everything else in US politics. By Tom McCarthy
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Why the film is a masterpiece of subversive feminismYes, the new movie sees its titular heroine sort of naked a lot of the time. But the film-makers have still worked to turn sexist Hollywood conventions on their head
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Dad cuts lawn as tornado looms – and photo goes viralTheunis Wessels was determined to mow the lawn even as an intimidating storm brewed behind him, leading to his moment in the sun
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Predators deny Penguins in Game 4 to even seriesNashville’s Pekka Rinne makes 23 often-spectacular saves as Predators win Game 4 to knot Stanley Cup final at two wins apiece
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Former fighter War Machine sentenced to life for kidnappingThe former mixed martial arts fighter Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver, known more commonly as War Machine, has been sentenced to life in prison
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Tournament in Qatar under threat as Saudi Arabia joins blockadeSaudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain have closed land routes and denied airspace to Qatar over ‘terror’ claims, threatening football’s 2022 World Cup
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With one swish of his left foot he was a Newcastle United cult heroCheick Tioté’s stunning 25-yard equaliser to complete Newcastle’s remarkable fightback in a 4-4 draw with Arsenal will always be part of St James’ Park folklore
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Yes, there is a free speech crisis. But its victims are not white menWomen, people of color and politicians standing up to racism and sexism are threatened every day. But the right rarely seems concerned about that
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The Republican party – not Trump – is the biggest obstacle to climate actionRepublicans have been resisting action on climate change for just about as long as scientists have been asking the world to do something about it
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Free speech is at the core of the left-right divide. But what are we fighting over?The suspect in the Portland knife attack, Jeremy Christian, has a long-held commitment to free speech. We should consider what he means by that
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I’m glad a gay man of colour will be Irish prime minister, even if I abhor his politicsYes, there are reasons to celebrate Leo Varadkar becoming leader of Fine Gael. But he is an austerity-championing neoliberal who is against reproductive rights
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Attendees dodge the press as secretive meeting endsMost in attendance avoided journalists at all costs, but Ryanair’s CEO says annual gathering of world’s elite was ‘very useful’
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Food startup fires three executives amid claims of planned coupChief technology officer among those accused of trying to push out co-founder and give investors control of company behind Just Mayo eggless mayonnaise
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Russian court drops charges against Guardian reporterAlec Luhn was detained by police while covering a protest in Moscow organised by opposition politician Alexei Navalny
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New footage emerges of boy who gave a face to the suffering in AleppoImages and a short video clip show Omran Daqneesh for the first time since he was wounded in a regime airstrike
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Why the ‘internet of things’ isn't good for you and meInterconnected technology is now an inescapable reality – ordering our shopping, monitoring our cities and sucking up vast amounts of data along the way. The promise is that it will benefit us all – but how can it?
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Sorry, Trump, but we're sticking with Paris, activists sayElected officials already say they will ‘honor and uphold the commitments of Paris’ while the Sierra Club urges people to call the White House to complain
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It was quite a week for toxic masculinityWhen this is all over, gender studies professors are going to have a hell of time teaching students about this moment in history
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Thousands of protesters brand chain the 'Trump of corporations'Marchers in Chicago claim the world’s largest fast food chain supports low wages for workers and allows sexual harassment, ‘just like Donald Trump’
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From Russia with muttsFrom stuffed elephants to picnics under power lines, Leipzig-born photographer Frank Herfort coaxes magical, colour-saturated tableaux from intriguing slices of everyday Russian life
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Firework spinning and a surfing contestThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of highlights from around the world, including tributes on the streets of London, Andy Murray in the French Open and UK party leaders back on the campaign trail
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Vigil for the victims of London BridgeHundreds gather during a vigil in Potters Fields for the victims of the 3 June terror attacks on London Bridge and around Borough Market, in which seven people were killed and at least 48 injured
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Trump may have done us a tiny favorOn Last Week Tonight, the host mocked the president for his decision to withdraw from the Paris agreement
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Naturalist regrets not seeing his children grow upNaturalist says despite being lucky enough to spend his life travelling the world he missed formative moments of their lives
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Veteran actor with charm, presence and an unmistakable voiceThe 96-year-old actor found fame in Last of the Summer Wine and Wallace and Gromit, his comic timing illuminating both
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Musician delivers 'extraordinary' Nobel lecture – in the nick of timeMusician had been required to deliver lecture within six months of Nobel prize ceremony in order to receive prize money
Public lands Grand Canyon at risk as Trump asked to end uranium mining ban
Guardian view Fight the government sell-off
Comment Americans own 640m acres – but will we lose it?
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