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Italian navy saves 550 refugees as smugglers' trawler capsizesPraise for sailors’ swift action after dramatic photographs show overloaded boat turning over as naval vessel approaches -
Can Elizabeth Warren unite a divided Democratic party to stop Trump?Hopes are turning to the anti-establishment senator to heal the wounds of the Democratic race, and help the party build a united front for the general election
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What happened to the 12 Syrian refugees rescued by the pope?When Pope Francis saved a dozen refugees from a Lesbos detention centre and took them to Rome it was ‘like a miracle’, one of them said. A month on, what is their new life like?
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UKUKFather urges Home Office to honour deal as family faces deportationGregg Brain moved with his wife and Gaelic-speaking son to Scottish Highlands on an initiative that has now been cancelled
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EuropeEuropeVote Leave: EU rules add almost £1.7bn to costs of Whitehall contractsCampaign group claims complying with public procurement regulations increases fees and creates expensive delays
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From Addis to Yiwu via Manchester and Washington, the new resilient cities – in picturesThe Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities programme has unveiled the final tranche of 37 cities it is helping to prepare for – and bounce back from – shocks and stresses such as flooding, terrorism, earthquakes and hurricanes
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100 Resilient Cities announces hundredth member, but 'work is only just beginning'Washington and Seattle, Nairobi and Lagos, Manchester and Belfast are all included in the final list of member cities as 100RC programme reveals it has had more than 1,000 applications since 2013
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Kenya tells UK to resettle Somali refugees living in DadaabDeputy president William Ruto affirms decision to close Kenya’s camps and says western countries should take their share of refugees from east Africa
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The IMF has not lived up to its own hype on social protectionThe International Monetary Fund claims to support health, education and welfare programmes. Yet our research shows enforcing fiscal austerity remains its real concern
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New Taliban leader's daunting task: uniting group as officials seek peaceMullah Haibatullah Akhundzadah inherits a divided movement after a US drone strike killed Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, while governments hope he is open to talks
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Across Europe, distrust of mainstream political parties is on the riseThe far right is gaining support in some corners of Europe, but more marked is the rejection by voters of the political establishment
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Most victims of US mass shootings are black, data analysis findsFew of the incidents in the New York Times-Reddit analysis resembled planned massacres that attracted intense media and political attention in recent years
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Donald Trump takes poll lead over Hillary Clinton – is it time to panic?The latest presidential polling average shows the Republican candidate ahead by 0.2 percentage points. But this is not the first indication of a potential Trump win
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Who is Nadiya Savchenko? - video reportOne of several Ukrainian service personnel held prisoner in Russia, Nadiya Savchenko, was released in a prisoner swap on Wednesday
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Elizabeth Warren: Donald Trump is a ‘small, insecure money-grubber’ – videoThe senator unloaded on Trump in a speech, calling him a ‘money-grubber’ who rooted for families to get thrown out of their homes in the housing market crash
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Italian navy rescues 500 refugees after boat capsizes – videoA fishing boat packed with migrants capsizes during a rescue operation off the Libyan coast on Wednesday, according to the Italian navy
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Ukrainian pilot defiant after return from Russia – videoUkrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko arrives at Boryspil Airport near Kiev on Wednesday
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The hidden risks of climbing Mount Everest – videoAscending Mount Everest is a huge challenge for anyone but a 2008 study found the descent is riskier
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What do liberals get wrong about guns? – videoThe Guardian’s Lois Beckett went to Louisville, Kentucky, where the National Rifle Association’s annual convention was taking place, and asked gun owners: what do liberals get wrong about guns, and how can we make America a safer place to live?
ExxonMobil CEO Ending oil production 'not acceptable for humanity'