headlines
Monday
6
June
2016
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Wild weather: several bodies retrieved from floodwatersPolice confirm one body was found in the ACT and one in NSW, with a second person missing south-west of Sydney and two more in Tasmania. Follow all the developments
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Cleveland Cavaliers v Golden State Warriors – live!Minute-by-minute report: Steph Curry and Co are looking to extend their series lead to 2-0 at Oracle Arena. Follow it live with Hunter Felt -
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Train crash leaves three dead and dozens injuredPassenger train derailed after crashing into the back of a freight train in the eastern Belgian municipality of Saint-Georges-Sur-Meuse
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highlights
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Russia's 'valiant hero' in Ukraine turns his fire on Vladimir PutinIgor Strelkov, Russian ‘military hero’ of the war in Ukraine, steps out of the shadows to fire salvo at president Putin and predict upheaval in Russia
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Muhammad Ali up close and personal from inside the boxing fraternityLorded it in the ring in a career that provided bittersweet memories...
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Six dead as families mourn Indian climbersSubhash Paul, Paresh Nath and Goutam Ghosh continued towards summit despite advice time had run out, says Sherpa
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Organ research scientists combine human stem cells and pig DNAResearchers in California have been trying to grow human organs inside pigs in attempt to tackle donor shortage
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City forever changed by Muhammad Ali prepares to bury himIn Kentucky they still remember the jovial, skinny kid who used to tell people he’d one day be the heavyweight champion of the world
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The tenderness in his brightly-coloured artworks was testimony to his courage, but everything about him was artMuhammad Ali, an artistic inspiration
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Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray to claim first French Open titleNovak Djokovic has completed his career Grand Slam and now holds all four grand slam titles after defeating Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 to win his first French Open
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Mexico beat Uruguay after tournament plays Chile anthem by mistakeRafa Marquez and Hector Herrera scored late goals to lift Mexico over Uruguay 3-1 in their Copa América opener
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France ‘84, Holland ’88, Spain ’08: who are the best ever Euros team?Brazil’s 1970 side are widely regarded as being the best World Cup side but who deserves that accolade when it comes to the European Championship?
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23 things to look out for at Euro 2016Also featuring: the official music, official ball and official gaffes, plus the new rules on players wearing tights
Britain's EU referendum
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UK trade union leaders call on 6 million members to vote remainGeneral secretaries of Unite, Unison, GMB and Usdaw warn leaving the EU would allow a Tory government to dismantle workers’ rights
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Bank of England prepares emergency funding plan in case of BrexitFunding operations will ensure UK commercial banks have cash to cope with any turmoil caused by market uncertainty
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Nigel Farage: migrant sex attacks to be ‘nuclear bomb’ of EU referendumUkip leader says women’s safety is an issue in vote on British membership, referring to New Year’s Eve attacks in Cologne
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What if the warnings from the IMF, the OECD and the Bank of England are just going straight over the heads of ordinary people?Brexit forecasters miss everything that matters to real voters
opinion
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From adblocking to a slowdown in mobile phone sales, investment company’s slide deck indicates the end of growth‘Bible of trends’ for the media industry charts more famine than feast
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Humanity’s best hope? A 2,000-year-old sea spongeWe have run out of leaders to believe in. At the bottom of the ocean, however, there is hope…
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Aboriginal art for auction to raise money for legal services – in picturesA selection of Australian Indigenous art is being auctioned off to raise money for the office that represents Aboriginal people on environmental matters, often representing their interests in major development projects. This is a selection of the work for sale.
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Brexit campaign seizes three point lead after immigration focusOpinium survey suggests remain camp has lost four points in two weeks, as Boris Johnson prepares to campaign on security
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in depth
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Hurricane season brings heightened threat to undocumented immigrantsTo those ‘living in darkness’, concerned that movement could mean being apprehended, border checkpoints represent a potentially life-threatening barrier
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Fatou Bensouda, the woman who hunts tyrantsAs chief prosecutor of the international criminal court in the Hague, the Gambian lawyer aims to do what other courts can’t: mete out justice to war criminals and genocidal despots
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Inside the ‘black box’ of human developmentResearchers will soon have the means to study embryos beyond the 14-day legal limit. Does the potential for advances in medicine outweight ethical concerns?
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The RAF veteran facing a chilling choice in CanadaAt 90, Joe Lewis could return to the UK for his full state pension – without his sick wife who’s in care. Or he could sell his home to try and make ends meet
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Shadowy billion-dollar Asian trade exposedCampaigners hope the Thai temple raid will stir the world’s conscience – but the trafficking of tiger parts to China is a booming business
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How Juno could solve the riddle of JupiterThe largest planet in the solar system may finally give up its secrets thanks to a new probe
people
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Fall from hero to zero highlights problems of rich listsHolmes went from Forbes’s richest self-made woman to a net worth of zero but while some super-rich feel undervalued by rich lists others are glad to be omitted
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‘Optimism doesn’t always show in my work’Robert Kirkman on the enduring attraction of zombies, why exorcism fascinates - and how he doesn’t let social media chatter drive him crazy
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‘I feel like my back is straightening when I become Melisandre’The Game of Thrones star on playing Nazi film director Leni Riefenstahl, getting into character and male nudity
the big picture
US election Clinton claims victory in Puerto Rico and edges closer to nomination
Donald Trump 'It's possible, absolutely' Muslim judges are also biased against me
Republicans Playbook reveals strategy to win
'California loves a comeback' Bernie Sanders hopes to defy odds