world news
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‘Anger has filled everyone who remains in this city of rubble … God curse humanity if this is what it has become,’ says nurse
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Finance ministers offer to explain Lisbon treaty to him ‘in good English’
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Protesters block roads on third night of unrest as Scott family says police videos of shooting sparks ‘more questions than answers’
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Iran ‘I am Lake Urmia’: a social media campaign takes on the environment in Iran
Shirin Hakim and Kaveh Madani for Tehran Bureau
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spotlight
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Every time conflict flares in Falluja, the Issawis pack up their things and try to escape. Not everyone makes it out alive
around the world
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UKUKTeenager among three arrested over death of Czech man in east LondonSixteen-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of murder after Zdeněk Makar died following a row at a takeaway in Poplar
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EuropeEuropeNew twist in case of Italian student Giulio Regeni's murder in EgyptFive men believed to be connected to the murder were killed by police, but authorities now say that case against them is weak
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For 45 years, Christiania has stood as a community-led utopia, its cannabis trade central to a liberal culture. But the shooting of a police officer has forced residents to take radical action. As the smoke clears, will it ever be the same again?
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On average more than one woman per week is killed in Ecatepec, on the outer edge of Mexico City. But despite living with this constant threat of brutality, local female hip-hop artists are using their music to try to change attitudes
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MPs to press Department for International Development for further details after figures reveal 26% of aid funds will go to other ministries within four years
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Ministers and academics from France, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Italy, Hungary and UK will vie to succeed Margaret Chan as director general in July 2017
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opinion & analysis
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Each ceasefire in Syria seems destined to end in disaster despite bringing brief relief, but there’s hope that even collapsing deals may ultimately bolster peace
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From touting the successes of stop and frisk in New York to the state of African American communities across the US, here’s a fact check of Trump’s statements
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China should be proud of Wang Quanzhang - instead it persecutes him
Michael Caster and Peter DahlinThe human rights lawyer has been detained on baseless charges. Beijing should drop them and uphold the rule of law -
As firms prepare to invest outside London following the vote to leave the EU, one city is already courting potential customers
pictures and video
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Three people were shot dead and two wounded when what is believed to have been a single gunman opened fire at the Cascade mall in Burlington, (105km) north of Seattle. Police described the shooter as Hispanic, wearing a black t-shirt.
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Cellphone footage shows the moments directly before and after the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina
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A group of panda cubs living in the Chengdu panda base in China, still unable to walk, learn to sit and climb trees
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A young girl is pulled from rubble on Friday after an airstrike in Aleppo
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Ukrainian MP Volodymyr Parasyuk scuffles with his rival Oleksandr Vilkul on Thursday night at the headquarters of Ukraine’s 112 TV channel, following a studio debate
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An unidentified member of the Syria civil defence volunteer group describes the bombardment of Aleppo on Thursday
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Police and demonstrators have clashed in the DRC in the latest round of violence sparked by an ongoing political crisis
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Gabon court rules president Ali Bongo rightful winner of September election