headlines
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Smoke alerts issued on board flight, reports say - liveEgyptian military says debris from plane found in Mediterranean, after EgyptAir rowed back on announcement that wreckage had been spotted -
French festivals ditch Eagles of Death Metal over singer's commentsJesse Hughes alleged he saw Muslims celebrating during Paris attacks and that Bataclan staff were involved in assault
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Aggressive spiders cause panic on Canada-bound planeTwo tarantulas that likely escaped from a passenger’s bag caused upheaval on an Air Transat flight from Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, to Montreal -
highlights
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How Trump's foe made peace – and aimed for a bigger prizeThe Fox News presenter went for the jugular at the first Republican TV debate in August, so why did she act like a fawning publicist with Trump this week?
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Israel has turned right and exposed the battle withinBinyamin Netanyahu’s reshuffle was brutal, but don’t rule out one last diplomatic push from President Obama
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Questions over Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid are spreading far and wideOlympic bid corruption claims regarding Tokyo 2020 keep mounting and leave the governing body and authorities fighting to catch up
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The Tempest performed naked in New YorkTo celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday and to promote normalisation of nudity, an all-women group are performing his final play naked in Central Park
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Out to end special first season with FA Cup final victoryAnthony Martial, who has made a huge impact at Old Trafford, tells Jamie Jackson he wants to end his first season with victory over Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final
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Chris Gayle could face more sexism allegations after latest interviewChris Gayle, who was embroiled in a sexism row in Australia in January, has made more potentially offensive comments in an interview with the Times magazine
opinion
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Excluding women at the cost of the Open shows just how desiccated and joyless the sport’s guardians areGolf’s glory is wasted on the men-only, Lexus-driving bores of Muirfield
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Is Elbowgate the end of the Justin Trudeau honeymoon?It has been fun for Canadians to see their leader in the flashbulb glare. Now his carefully constructed brand has been damaged by his own temper
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Mother jailed for poisoning daughter with painkillers in expressed breast milkRose Jones jailed for seven years after repeatedly adding tramadol to her own expressed milk and after she was caught blaming the child’s father
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Rising food prices could spark 'cauliflower revolution'Social media post criticising cost of vegetable prompts a supermarket boycott, reports Transitions Online
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in depth
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My mother is a hypochondriac and has tantrums like a toddlerI find it hard to cope with her behaviour but I put up with it because I can’t bear the guilt trips. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
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Sex is just a hobby: I wouldn’t be jealous if she had another badminton partnerWhat’s it like to have an open relationship? Five people on why having sex with someone other than their partner works
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How Oklahoma’s execution protocol led to errors – and horrific consequencesScathing report on botched execution underscores a ‘failed’ system rife with ‘negligence’ and raises the question of whether the state can be trusted
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Britain's main Brexit cheerleader Nigel Farage on why his own side don't seem to want himNigel Farage is the man who has done the most to bring about the referendum that could take Britain out of Europe – and now it’s finally here, he’s been frozen out. He talks about why he thinks Vote Leave don’t really want to win, and how the decision could change politics for ever
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Insiders reveal what TV gets right and wrong about the super-richChampagne, private jets, holiday fortresses … how do TV’s mega-wealthy stack up to reality? Our panel of experts size up shows from Billions to The Night Manager
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A new breed of female lead emerges at CannesDebate still rages over the scarcity of women directors, but many at the festival have been encouraged by the wealth of competition films featuring female leads – not all of them preoccupied with their love lives
the big picture
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Elle Fanning, Sean Penn and Charlize TheronToday’s big films are The Neon Demon, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and The Last Face, with Javier Bardem and Charlize Theron
'We are like a bomb' Food riots show Venezuela's crisis has gone beyond politics