headlines
Thursday
4 January 2018
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Lawyers try to halt book's release as White House fights to contain firestormBook throws White House into a frenzy as lawyer Charles Harder demands publisher ‘cease and desist from further release or dissemination’
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Jeff Sessions to crack down on legalized drug, ending Obama-era policyAttorney general to end lenient enforcement of federal marijuana laws, days after new legalization measure took effect in California -
Canada snowmobilers rescue animal buried in snowAfter seeing a bull moose’s head protruding from 6ft of snow, a group grabbed their shovels and dug him out – while taking care to avoid a thrashing -
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'I was asked to do a romantic comedy. I thought they’d lost their minds'Bale is back playing a brooding, damaged man in the gritty western Hostiles. He talks about why Hollywood has to change, balding up to play Dick Cheney – and why he'll never, ever, do a romcom
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The ecological catastrophe that turned a vast lake into a salt desertWhat was once the country’s second largest lake is now a salt flat and the vanishing waters are taking an indigenous community’s way of life with them
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How to Get Away with Scandal and the problem with crossover TV episodesThe news that the two Shonda Rhimes shows will be combining for a special episode might excite fans but small screen history shows that it’s likely to be a bust
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His toughest new year's goal yet: fixing FacebookCEO reveals this year’s ‘personal challenge’ as site faces relentless criticism over spreading of misinformation and damage to users’ mental health
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Trump to attend Atlanta title game with Kendrick Lamar set to perform at half-timeThe president will attend Monday’s national championship game between Georgia and Alabama with noted Trump critic Kendrick Lamar slated to perform
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Why NFL teams should leave coaching retreads on the scrap heapOf the 12 NFL playoff teams, eight are led by coaches in their first-ever NFL head coaching job. Let it be a guiding light for teams looking to fill vacancies
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Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United – live!Can Spurs keep pace with the top four by beating West Ham in the London derby at Wembley? Find out with Scott Murray
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Trump’s Bannon outburst removes any shred of presidential decorumThis latest playground brawl must surely mean the end of our hopes for a return to sanity or normalcy
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Which works better: climate fear, or climate hope? Well, it's complicatedCommunication is everything when it comes to the climate change debate
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Tony Blair’s a flawed messenger – but he’s worth listening to on BrexitThe former prime minister remains a divisive figure on the left, but Labour should heed him on Brexit, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
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Tell-all book shifts frame of Russia inquiryIn Fire and Fury, Steve Bannon is specific about what he regards as the most dangerous aspect of the investigation: Jared Kushner’s ties to Deutsche Bank
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Father of Slender Man attacker calls new movie 'extremely distasteful'Bill Weier, whose daughter attacked a classmate inspired by the fictional bogeyman, has claimed that Sony’s new horror film is ‘popularizing a tragedy’
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Jet Airways grounds pilots after incident on London-Mumbai flightJet Airways investigating claims that male pilot slapped female colleague, leading pair to briefly leave cockpit unattended
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At least 11 killed in latest Islamic State suicide bombingAt least 11 people killed in latest attack in Afghan capital as both Isis and the Taliban ramp up attacks
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explore
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Ivanka seeks the presidency – and other big claimsIn his book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, Michael Wolff reports on clashes between Trump and his inner circle
in pictures
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Yoga camp and frozen fallsThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world
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The colorful Black and White carnivalMore than 10,000 people take part in the Black and White carnival, which has its origins in a mix of Andean, Amazonian and Pacific cultural expressions
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Sport from aboveWatching sport from ground level puts the viewer right in the middle of the action but, if seen from above, the same event can take on a strikingly different perspective
people
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Boris Becker's son to press charges over AfD MP's 'clearly racist' tweetJens Maier of far-right Alternative für Deutschland party called 23-year-old Noah Becker ‘little half-negro’
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Actor to head Cannes film festival juryAustralian actor, who this week launched Time’s Up initiative to end sexual harassment, becomes 12th woman to lead jury
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Beatles promoter dies aged 74The British record executive, producer and manager worked with acts including Marianne Faithfull, Black Sabbath and Fleetwood Mac
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Former Mail Online columnist joins far-right Canadian websiteFormer Mail Online columnist aims to ‘tell the stories not being told’ through new website called Hopkins World
Environment Oceans suffocating as huge dead zones quadruple since 1950, scientists warn