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Too close to call Harris leads the polls-but it's still on a knife-edge
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Too close to call Harris leads the polls-but it's still on a knife-edge

Analysis of 2024 polling and previous elections involving Donald Trump suggests race could go either way

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September 13, 2024
The write stuff How human scribes are fuelling AI
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The write stuff How human scribes are fuelling AI

20,000 people work full-time to train’ models like ChatGPT. Here, a data annotator spills the beans on hisjob

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September 13, 2024
'It's a human disaster' Towns on frontline of tragic Channel deaths
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'It's a human disaster' Towns on frontline of tragic Channel deaths

Security around Calais has led to dinghies launching farther along the coast-and taking bigger risks at sea

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September 13, 2024
IDF holds selfinvestigation after shooting of US activist
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IDF holds selfinvestigation after shooting of US activist

US officials last weekend insisted that a ceasefire in Gaza is close even as fighting raged unabated in the blockaded Palestinian territory and violence spirals in the occupied West Bank, where witnesses said an AmericanTurkish dual national was killed by Israeli forces last Friday.

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September 13, 2024
Inside the Russian town where Kyiv is now in charge
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Inside the Russian town where Kyiv is now in charge

One recent morning, historian Yevhen Murza and comedian Feliks Redka, both from the city of Sumy in eastern Ukraine, hitched a lift into Ukrainian-occupied Russia.

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September 13, 2024
Police under pressure in wake of inquiry into Grenfell fire
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Police under pressure in wake of inquiry into Grenfell fire

Police are under pressure to accelerate the criminal investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire after an excoriating report found companies operated with \"systematic dishonesty\" and that all 72 deaths were avoidable.

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September 13, 2024
Hard choices Merz is likely to be the next chancellor -but can he defuse the AfD?
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Hard choices Merz is likely to be the next chancellor -but can he defuse the AfD?

Friedrich Merz, Germany's mercurial conservative opposition chief and a passionate hobby pilot, should be flying high these days as the country's hotly tipped next leader.

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September 13, 2024
The great divide
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The great divide

The rise of the hard-right AfD in recent state elections has caused panic in Germany, but is it premature? James Hawes argues that deep historical and cultural divisions between east and west will serve to protect the country from the spread of populism

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September 13, 2024
When it comes to a good savoury crumble it's all down to the detail
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When it comes to a good savoury crumble it's all down to the detail

\"Savoury crumbles are a really good idea, so I don't get why we don't make them more often,\" says Esther Clark, who writes The Good Home Cook Substack. As Clark notes: \"Crumbles are incredibly forgiving: they go into one tin, there's barely any washing-up, and they freeze well, making them a good weeknight number.\"

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September 06, 2024
Generation game An American's view of life in China during the turbulent Covid years, through the eyes of his curious, jaded students
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Generation game An American's view of life in China during the turbulent Covid years, through the eyes of his curious, jaded students

When Peter Hessler, the celebrated chronicler of Chinese society, arrived at Sichuan University in the autumn of 2019, he was expecting to take a break from writing. Hessler made his name as a journalist documenting the lives of everyday people during China's boom years in the early 2000s.

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September 06, 2024
Claims to fame Will this sympathetic biography of a failed pop star help its enigmatic protagonist find the status his stoicism deserves?
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Claims to fame Will this sympathetic biography of a failed pop star help its enigmatic protagonist find the status his stoicism deserves?

In 2004, the British journalist Chris Heath spent more than a year shadowing Robbie Williams's every movement for his book on the singer, Feel. If this was above and beyond the usual requirements of a biographer, you could see why he thought it might pay off. We tend to be fascinated by success, and the cost that fame can exact upon the individual. And so who better to take such an approach with than both the biggest pop star of his generation and the most self-critical?

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September 06, 2024
Heartfelt home truth An extraordinary portrait of a 1950s American housewife, based on the diaries of Will Self's mother in an act of filial generosity
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Heartfelt home truth An extraordinary portrait of a 1950s American housewife, based on the diaries of Will Self's mother in an act of filial generosity

Will Self has a history of gonzo premises. He has written novels set in the afterlife, in a world ruled by chimpanzees, in a post-apocalyptic society based on the misogynist rantings of a London cabby.

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September 06, 2024
'My dance is a kind of prayer'
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'My dance is a kind of prayer'

After success in France, choreographer Qudus Onikeku has returned to Nigeria to bring new life to Lagos's dance scene and to mastermind a pan-African creative awakening

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September 06, 2024
The lighter side of grief A romcom where love never dies
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The lighter side of grief A romcom where love never dies

Marrying your dead fiance may be taboo, but Colin Hanks and director Daniel Reisinger hope their new film will help those coming to terms with their own loss

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September 06, 2024
Look who's back in anger
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Look who's back in anger

Will an Oasis reunion be a success? Definitely. Will it be worth it? Maybe, say Guardian arts writers

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September 06, 2024
Voters rejected Macron. Why is he still trying to dictate who governs us?
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Voters rejected Macron. Why is he still trying to dictate who governs us?

After the electoral turbulence of June and July, few in France imagined that we would be heading into September without a new prime minister appointed to reflect the results of July's parliamentary elections.

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September 06, 2024
Forget the clothes-eating critters-we should love moths in all their beauty
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Forget the clothes-eating critters-we should love moths in all their beauty

Let me start with a confession: I love moths. If your instant reaction to that statement is a shudder and expression of dislike (or worse), be assured that you're not alone. It is the commonest response I get. But moths are extremely important and beautiful creatures, and we should all love them.

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September 06, 2024
Is Starmer's 'reset' with Europe enough to undo Brexit damage?
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Is Starmer's 'reset' with Europe enough to undo Brexit damage?

Every prime minister has their verbal tell-tales. \"Reset\" is a favourite Starmerism. When he visited Berlin last week to pave the way to a bilateral co-operation treaty, the prime minister said he was there as part of a \"wider reset\" in Britain's relations with Europe. There was the same message when he journeyed on to Paris for a grip, grin and chat with Emmanuel Macron. I see why he's fond of the word. \"Reset\" conveys new thinking, a fresh start and altered priorities, while being conveniently vague about the direction of travel or the ultimate destination.

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September 06, 2024
'Of course, you've got to be ruthless' As Britain's PM for a decade and now head of his own global policy institute, Tony Blair knows a thing or two about leadership. To coincide with a new book on the subject, he reflects on the nature of decision-making, the difficulty of relinquishing power - and why a second Trump term wouldn't faze him
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'Of course, you've got to be ruthless' As Britain's PM for a decade and now head of his own global policy institute, Tony Blair knows a thing or two about leadership. To coincide with a new book on the subject, he reflects on the nature of decision-making, the difficulty of relinquishing power - and why a second Trump term wouldn't faze him

Were you to board an aeroplane piloted by a man who has never previously sat in a cockpit, you'd be alarmed. Were you to face surgery by a woman with no medical qualifications, you'd be frightened.

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September 06, 2024
A BEAUTIFUL MIND?
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A BEAUTIFUL MIND?

Groundbreaking mathematician Alexander Grothendieck spent his last years alone, engrossed in his esoteric theories. Some say solitude drove him to madness, but others think his work may hold the key to the future of AI

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September 06, 2024
The flight speed record that remains unbroken 50 years on
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The flight speed record that remains unbroken 50 years on

On 1 September 1974, two men made the fastest ever journey between New York and London. The astonishing trip - at three times the speed of sound - set a record that still stands 50 years later.

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September 06, 2024
Tribal target Democrats chase voters who may flip to Harris
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Tribal target Democrats chase voters who may flip to Harris

A siren blares. Feet crunch on gravel. A county sheriff looks into a car and tells a teenage girl he knows she is pregnant. He arrests her father for driving her to a state where she can get an abortion. \"And you, young lady,\" the sheriff says, \"well, you're under arrest for evading motherhood.\"

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September 06, 2024
Birds of a feather The flying scientists showing ibis the way home
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Birds of a feather The flying scientists showing ibis the way home

Extinct in central Europe for 300 years, a flock of northern bald ibis is following a light aircraft on a migration route from Austria to Spain

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September 06, 2024
South China Sea island community stands up to Beijing
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South China Sea island community stands up to Beijing

From the sandy beaches of Thitu Island, blue waters stretch for as far as the eye can see. It feels like a tranquil paradise: there's no noisy road traffic, air pollution or crowds. But Thitu is not a luxury retreat, it's a tiny island in the remote Spratly chain and one of the world's most fiercely contested maritime sites.

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September 06, 2024
Beetlemania How nation fell in love with quirky classic car
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Beetlemania How nation fell in love with quirky classic car

When Yared Agonafer, an Ethiopian gold and silver merchant, wanted to buy a car five years ago, he settled quickly on the model: a 1977 Volkswagen Beetle. The low price was its main draw, but nostalgia motivated him too.

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September 06, 2024
Self-serving China's divide-and-rule tactics risk shock waves across region
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Self-serving China's divide-and-rule tactics risk shock waves across region

Ethnically, religiously, ideologically fractured Myanmar, formerly Burma, has never been a model of harmonious, integrated nationhood. Yet since the 2021 military coup and ensuing civil war, new and old divisions have grown rapidly. Western and neighbouring states supporting a democratic restoration now face a more fundamental, urgent challenge: how to prevent Myanmar's anarchic disintegration.

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September 06, 2024
Family affairs Can Asia break free from the power of political dynasties?
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Family affairs Can Asia break free from the power of political dynasties?

In early August, against a backdrop of deadly student-led protests, Bangladesh's prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned her position, bringing to a close a political dynasty that stretched back to the country's founding.

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September 06, 2024
Grenfell communities share solace and succour
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Grenfell communities share solace and succour

'Seven long years on from Grenfell, progress has seemed agonisingly slow on any number of fronts, but I find the seeds of hope in many places,\" said Mary White from the Latymer community church in the shadow of the burnt-out tower.

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September 06, 2024
Friends disunited? East and west drifting apart as far-right AfD rides a populist wave
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Friends disunited? East and west drifting apart as far-right AfD rides a populist wave

After the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989, the former West German chancellor Willy Brandt predicted that reunification would finally allow \"what belongs together to grow together\".

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September 06, 2024
'It was all a blur' Troops tell story of audacious attack
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'It was all a blur' Troops tell story of audacious attack

While the situation in the country's east looks increasingly bleak, the surprise incursion into Russian territory has boosted morale in Kyiv

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September 06, 2024