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Wednesday
7 December 2016
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Opening statements under way at South Carolina federal courthouse near church where Dylann Roof fatally shot nine black congregants in June 2015
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Prime minister among six western leaders criticising Syrian government and backers for attacks on civilians and obstructing aid
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Army official says there are unlikely to be any survivors of flight PK661, which was en route to Islamabad from Chitral
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US president-elect joins Obama, Hitler and Stalin on list of people deemed most influential ‘for better or for worse’
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Despite the Koch brothers not backing Donald Trump financially with ads during the election, their network is emerging as a winner from his transition
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President-elect declares focus on destroying Isis, hours after Barack Obama dismissed ‘false promises’ of bombing terrorists into surrender
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HBO’s sci-fi hit is an ambiguous, amoral tale pored over online by people looking for meaning. If that isn’t a show for our times, I don’t know what is
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The popular British comedic news show, which fizzled out when Last Week Tonight took off, returns with new co-hosts that aren’t just ‘two white guys’
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Activists host anti-discrimination concert as supporters of the far-right figurehead make views known: ‘Hitler definitely made Germany great again’
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What do you get the feminist who has more vagina charm necklaces than they know what to do with? Here are a few suggestions ...
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Bryce Petty to take over from Fitzpatrick for remainder of the season – but Bowles told media before his quarterback
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Andy Dalton, Matt Ryan, Ryan Tannehill are hardly great, but, like the Rams coach, they show up every day and are just competent enough to stay employed
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His maiden MLS season has seen him finish as Seattle’s top scorer with 14 goals, and on Saturday he will play his in his first MLS Cup. Not bad for a rookie
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The fighters will meet on the undercard to Anthony Joshua v Eric Molina at the Manchester Arena
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Why Steve Bannon wants to destroy secularism
Daniel Steinmetz-JenkinsThe former head of Breitbart and senior Trump strategist blames the decline of Judeo-Christian values for most of the western world’s ills -
Amy Schumer is perfect for the role of Barbie. Here’s why
Rhiannon Lucy CosslettBody-shaming of women and girls who have the audacity to be larger than size zero is a poisonous part of our culture – luckily, the antidote is at hand -
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President used final security speech to present a selective account of his record and urged Trump not to sacrifice US values in the name of national security
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Suit claims male student violently assaulted several women, but the university discouraged them from filing complaints and questioned one woman’s clothes
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Departure of country’s youngest PM to come days after president put temporary freeze on his exit to allow budget to pass
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Under new law anyone found guilty of trying to change, repress or eliminate a person’s sexual orientation faces fine or jail
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Norwich has the highest proportion of residents describing themselves as having no religion, while Berlin has been called the ‘atheist capital of Europe’. But what about the rest of the world? And is such an assessment meaningful?
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in pictures
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Thousands of people gather to mourn the death of one of India’s most popular politicians, the ‘iron lady’ of Tamil Nadu
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The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including captured militants and a Tel Aviv statue
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North Dakota has been hit by heavy snow as veterans join Native Americans and activists at their camp
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Czech photographer Pavel Baňka conjures a world of enigmatic beauty with his lustrous portraits and geometric arrangements
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Artists have painted murals on 16 buildings as part of Dubai Street Museum, an initiative promoting the city’s visual arts and cultural heritage
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Langdon Clay spent two years roaming the streets of New York at night, photographing parked and abandoned cars, in the 1970s
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‘Women hate women. That’s what I think,’ says pop star crowned Billboard’s woman of the year – and once photographed in Trump’s bed
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Damon blames social media ‘clickbait’ for stoking race row over role in Zhang Yimou fantasy action epic
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From the anthemic to the polemic, here are some of the most influential songs by the self-proclaimed ‘Rolling Stones of rap’
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Concept album scored the singer nine nods, followed closely by Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West who all have eight nominations each and Adele with five
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the big picture
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The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world
France Paris bans cars for second day running as pollution strikes