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Signs of rebellion over plans to scrap the Human Rights ActTory MP’s comments show growing backbench rebellion over plan that could lead to withdrawal from European court of human rights -
Music legend dies aged 89King of the Blues who influenced a generation of musicians and won 15 Grammy awards, dies in his sleep at home
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Ukip infighting just party 'blowing off steam'Leader rules out standing down as leader before EU referendum despite calls for his resignation and departure of key advisers -
Craft brew legend Meantime swallowed by US giantWorld’s second-biggest brewer buys independent producer to get into the British craft beer boom -
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Australia: heat rising on the new coal frontierWhat will huge coal projects planned for outback Queensland mean for Aboriginal people, the Great Barrier Reef and the world’s climate? -
Early men and women were equal, say scientistsStudy shows that modern hunter-gatherer tribes operate on egalitarian basis, suggesting inequality was an aberration that came with the advent of agriculture
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Why did the election pollsters get it so wrong?As an inquiry begins into how the Conservative vote was so underestimated, some strategists suggest asking about values gives a more accurate projection than asking who someone is going to vote for
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Why I wanted to tell the bully's storyEve Ainsworth was badly bullied as a child – but when she grew up she felt compelled to write about the forgotten victim of bullying – the bully themselves
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‘We live in a very toxic world’The star of George Miller’s return to a world of petrolhead mania on why we should be worried about the issues of sustainability and healthy procreation raised by the film
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An outstanding, excoriating look at evil in AuschwitzThis remarkable debut film, about a prisoner in the concentration camp employed in the industrial processes of body-disposal, is a horror movie of extraordinary focus and courage
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Critics eating their hearts out for Tale of TalesMatteo Garrone’s English language debut – a portmanteau film based on the writings of a 17th-century Neopolitan scholar – is hit of the festival so far, as cast members reveal most revolting aspects of the shoot
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Unhinged fairy tales, women in dresses and austerityMatteo Garrone’s agreeably crazy Tale of Tales gets some love while this year’s parties take a hit
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Despite the warnings, delays and write-offs, the work and pensions secretary survives to deliver this shambolic reform – to the groans of housing providersIain Duncan Smith gets more time to rescue the loathed universal credit
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The party’s leadership contenders seem unaware of the size of the task ahead of them, and what is required to tackle profound long-term social changeLabour is in deep crisis – and trite guff won’t save it
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from the UK
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Girls who ‘escaped Isis’ not east London teens, say familiesParents of Shamima Begum, Kadiza Sultana, and Amira Abase say three teenage females reportedly on run are not their daughters
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New Look snapped up by South African tycoonChristo Wiese adds to last month’s purchase of Virgin Active with £780m deal for 90% of fashion chain
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around the world
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Wreckage of US military helicopter found in NepalHelicopter carrying six Americans and two Nepalese was delivering post-quake aid when contact was lost on Tuesday
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Father and son had nowhere to goWael al-Sahlee and nine-year-old Montasser found themselves in limbo in terminal two for a fortnight, as choices narrow for fleeing Palestinian-Syrians
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Fish found to be warm-blooded in world-first discoveryFish found in waters off US, Australia and several other countries has developed an internal ‘heat exchange’ system
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Harry Kane to Manchester United?Kasper Schmeichel to Arsenal?| Shinji Okazaki to Leicester?| Gus Poyet to Leeds as manager?
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Foster’s ‘Good Call’ series to end after six yearsChief executive says it is time to move on from themes that are ‘dismissive’ of women
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Croatia cranks up the festival volumeThe festival boom shows no sign of abating in Croatia, despite the misgivings of some locals. Will Coldwell previews this year’s parties and talks to the UK promoter who helped kickstart the scene
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How a fatal car crash in Iran exposed growing anger towards super-richOrdinary Iranians feeling the pinch of sanctions lash out at occupants of luxury cars that have come to symbolise the opulence of Tehran’s ‘rich kids’
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Cut-and-paste crew escape the indie ghettoFan obsession has come offline, and the photocopied, stapled end-products are as likely to be about One Direction or Kanye West
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Poignant stories of first world war's conscientious objectors go onlineImperial War Museum launches world’s most comprehensive archive on 16,500 British pacifists who refused to serve in Great War, often at huge personal cost
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How can women reclaim their bodies after sexual assault?‘I typed “rape, body image, can’t go to doctor” into Google’ – years after being raped, student nurse Pavan Amara found it difficult to be touched or look in the mirror
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From a volcano erupting in Chile to Antarctica’s expanding sea iceA selection of images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month
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What would happen if Britain left the EU?Growth, trade, immigration, jobs, diplomacy: what would the impact be if a 2017 referendum pushed UK towards the exit?
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Ghost factories of GreeceAbandoned factories all over Greece once produced everything from marble to nuts and cooking oil. Yannis Behrakis from Reuters took a 1,550 mile road trip to show the country’s industrial remnants
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Giant squid found on New Zealand coast
Pictures released by Kaikoura Marine Centre and Aquarium shows a dead giant squid, found on Tuesday
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Lego Walking Dead, The Simpsons and David CameronWatch the prime minster do the spidey strut, a 102-year-old blow out her teeth and the return of National Lampoon’s Griswold family in Vacation
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UN calls on south-east Asian nations to act as Thailand and Malaysia turn migrant boats away
The UN has called for south-east Asian nations to respect international law amid a growing humanitarian crisis
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Giro d'Italia through the yearsWith the 2015 Giro d’Italia well under way, we’ve had a rummage through the archives to checkout some of the races from yesteryear
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We always have the wanderer in the wasteland searching for purpose
Director George Miller and stars Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult talk to Catherine Shoard
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He really is a smart guyAnimator talks about working with West on animated Heard ‘Em Say music video, in a Daily Beast interview
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‘There’s nothing in which I believe so strongly that I would die for it’The Skins star was inspired by Andrex ads for his role as an eager wannabee suicide bomber in George Miller’s movie. He talks martyrdom, indoctrination and hanging off exploding lorries
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Riot grrrl to rock criticMusic critic Jessica Hopper’s work has been anthologised in a new book – still a rare accolade in the macho world of rock writing
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The ups and downs of a pop superstarDo you find it hard to keep up with the world of Britney? We hear your pain: so here is a handy timeline, from Britney aged 10 belting out the heartbreak, to age 20, on stage with an albino snake, to age 30, a Vegas veteran
the big picture
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New York's hair-raising 90s drag queen scenePhotographer Michael James O’Brien captures Manhattan’s most glamorous drag queens – Miss Guy, Ebony Jet, Butch Queens in Chanel – who were out in their finery and fetish gear for Wigstock festival in 1992
A&E is no place for suicidal patients – so why do so many end up there?