Tuesday
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November
2016
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Fox News wrongly links Republican anti-Trump protester to voter fraudReport implicated Austyn Crites in scam involving his ‘dead’ grandmother but Guardian can reveal she is alive and well -
Trump v Clinton: the comic stripThe primaries, the debates, the allegations, the assertions, the hope and the despair – writer Paul Owen and illustrator Katie Fricas tell the story of the 2016 US election
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headlines
Tuesday
8
November
2016
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Lawyers prepare protest march after China inflames political crisisPro-Beijing newspapers praise blow to ‘political extremists’ after Beijing bars two from parliament
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Former president Ferdinand Marcos granted ‘hero’s burial’Supreme court votes in face of protests to approve removal of former president’s remains to Heroes’ Cemetery in Manila
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University administrator awarded $3m for defamationFormer associate dean of students Nicole Eramo wins case over discredited gang rape story that cast her as a villain
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UK press lambasted for coverage of girlfriend Meghan MarkleRoyal attacks ‘racial undertones’ of British press coverage of relationship with the American actor
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spotlight
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Who is to blame for this awful US election cycle?Fox News? The four horsemen of the Republican apocalypse? The FBI? Whatever the outcome, historians will judge harshly those who did not stop Trump when they could
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Jolie to retain custody of six children with Pitt getting 'therapeutic visits'Agreement reached by the actors comes after Jolie filed for divorce in September ‘for the health of the family’
opinion
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The human zoo: Mumbai's new animal park can't hide our chronic lack of spaceWhen a penguin imported from Seoul died in quarantine recently, it only heightened Mumbaikars’ frustration at expansion plans for their beleaguered zoo – in a city where public space remains a rare commodity
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Theresa May’s deal with Nissan is a foretaste of a future in which welfare will be for businesses, not struggling familiesIn Brexit Britain there will be no benefit caps for the multinationals
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Arab forces to lead fight to recapture Raqqa from Isis, US saysUS seeks to reassure Turkey that Kurdish troops will not be in a position to take over Sunni Arab city in Syria
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Single mother faces jail for selling homemade food on FacebookMariza Ruelas spoke about police targeting her in an investigation of a Facebook group that members used to share recipes, organize potlucks and sell dishes
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explore
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Is this the world’s first mass blinding?The Long Read: A bloody summer of protest in Kashmir has been met with a ruthless response from Indian security forces, who fi red hundreds of thousands of metal pellets into crowds of civilians, leaving hundreds blinded.
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Rock photographer Michael Zagaris on his most famous shotsThe man behind some of the most celebrated pictures of the Who, the Rolling Stones and Etta James talks about documenting an era of music
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US military successfully tests electrical brain stimulation to enhance staff skillsStudy paves way for personnel such as drone operators to have electrical pulses sent into their brains to improve effectiveness in high pressure situations
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Could an algorithm replace the pill?Cern scientist Elina Berglund developed an app to monitor her own fertility, with impressive results. Now thousands of women are using Natural Cycles to prevent – and plan – pregnancy
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What have we left for our children?In Under the Surface, a special Guardian film, the writer and environmental campaigner travels to the Great Barrier Reef with her son, Toma, to see the impact of coral bleaching caused by climate change
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Study reveals huge acceleration in erosion of white cliffsIconic southern coastline is eroding 10 times faster than the past few thousand years due to human management and changes in storm intensity
documentaries
Watch Desert Fire now, the new release from the Guardian’s groundbreaking documentary series
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Football is for everyone … apart from the KurdsThey’re denied entry to the official tournament, but can Kurdistan’s footballers take home the trophy at the alternative contest?
people
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The glam rocker who hated being in the spotlightHe is best known for Wizzard’s perennial Christmas novelty hit, but, as Roy Wood celebrates his 70th birthday, his idiosyncratic pop is ripe for rediscovery
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First female US attorney general dies aged 78One of the highest profile figures of President Clinton’s presidency, whose tenure included the Waco raid and Lewinsky scandals
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Lil Wayne's Black Lives Matter comments 'unacceptable'Rapper TI tells Lil Wayne: ‘you’re disrespecting yourself’ in response to his colleague’s negative interview regarding the movement
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At last, Peter Tosh gets a museum of his ownMove over Marley – finally Tosh, uncompromising reggae legend and proponent of Rastafari has a museum in Kingston Jamaica devoted to his life
life
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Everything you wanted to know (but were in too much pain to ask)Are women more prone to them? Do they get less severe with age? And what drug treatments are on the horizon?
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Easy homemade bread recipesAnna Jones recipes: Whichever way you cut it, no flavour compares to freshly baked bread straight from the oven. These upper-crust loaves use two types of flour to make a lurid beetroot and caraway soda bread and crusty seeded rye
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I’m deeply in love – but terrified of it endingA young woman enjoying a blissfully happy relationship is haunted by the idea it won’t last forever. Mariella Frostrup says it’s a blueprint for future relationships
the big picture
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A year on the US election campaign trailPhotographer Mark Makela selects some of his favorite images from a unique presidential race
Live Voters head to polls as Trump and Clinton aim to make history
Election eve Trump and Clinton make passionate final pitches
Philadelphia Clinton visits city of Founding Fathers for final rally
Madonna Singer performs at surprise rally for Clinton