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Thursday
23 May 2019
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People are reportedly being turned away from European election polling booths due to admin errors -
A general strike globally on 20 September could be a ‘turning point in our history’, they say
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As his Arcadia empire struggles for survival, its chairman is planning a grand prix party
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PM clinging on despite extreme pressure from her party to quit as soon as EU elections are over
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A plot to kill a Labour MP and a police officer was only disrupted after an informant within the neo-Nazi group National Action blew the whistle. Robbie Mullen passed the details on to Hope Not Hate’s Matthew Collins. Here, they tell their extraordinary story. Also today: the columnist Aditya Chakrabortty on his unlikely collaboration with the techno group Underworld
Spotlight
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Geri and the gang do insist on weaving themselves into history – but is the world ready for Stoic Spice?
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She was dedicated to her work, right to the very end – and no one could draw a tiger’s smile quite like her -
Natalie Portman disputes the musician’s account of their ‘relationship’. But fear not: his new book has plenty more steamy stories
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In its Brexit delirium, the party is tearing itself apart in public, on an election day -
Leaving the EU will make life worse for poor and disabled people – but the anger that led to the vote must be addressed
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Letters treat
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Max Rushden and co discuss Uefa’s Europa League final problems, Fifa’s World Cup ticketing problems and more -
Thirty years on from Paris glory, the 1989 champion on underarm serving, toppling Lendl and how Tiananmen Square tinged success with sadness
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The world’s No 1-ranked ODI bowler leads an attack regarded as their best ever but they must avoid being ambushed in a tough start -
The Last Leg host talks about physical disability rugby league, bubble-wrapping his leg and his 400-mile trips to training
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From the UK
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Carl Beech claimed former PM stopped an MP beating him when he was a boy, court hears -
Parliament expected to demand evidence from the firm that bought British Steel for £1
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Creative subjects will be given greater prominence on new website for students -
Anthony Warner claims policy is more about gentrification than tackling obesity -
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Shares fall sharply in Asia, Europe and North America in intensifying war of words -
As a candidate Trump called planned replacement of Andrew Jackson with anti-slavery activist ‘pure political correctness’
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Informant says American helped Cosa Nostra assassinate Giovanni Falcone in 1992 -
Allied Pilots Association says jetmaker’s anti-stall software forced plane into such an aggressive dive pilots could not recover -
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The Thursday Murder Club, which the Pointless TV presenter did not want to be seen as ‘a celebrity novel’, was the subject of a publishers’ bidding war -
With mutts all over our screens in John Wick 3, A Dog’s Journey, Paw Patrol and more, which of film’s furry friends can melt the most hearts? -
Pop-rock band win songwriters of the year and best contemporary song, with Ben Howard and Idles collecting other big prizes
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The Italian luxury fashion house is the latest to announce it will ban fur, starting with its SS20 collections -
From M&S’s LGBT sandwich to Kendall Jenner stopping a riot with a Pepsi can, corporate business is adept at adopting our concerns. But is it all a cynical marketing ploy?
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Documentaries
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The story of sixteen men on trial for sadomasochism in Thatcher's Britain
Growing up next to Britain’s
new nuclear power plantWatch now at theguardian.com/documentaries
Take part
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We asked children around the world to tell us why they will be taking part in Friday’s climate strikes. Here’s what they said
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Help us document what’s happening around Europe on polling day by sharing your stories, photos and videos -
Leeds or Llandudno? Can you tell these popular destinations from their marketing material? -
After eight seasons, the game is over. But was the ending beautifully moving, or deeply odd? Here are your takes on the final episode
Explore
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In 2017, Hussein Kesvani started getting messages from an anonymous Twitter user telling him his religion was ‘evil’. Eventually he responded and they agreed to meet -
Exhibition including skulls, weapons and toilet seats recovered from unseen waterways beneath Londoners’ feet gives new insight into city’s history -
Fifteen years ago, all the Slovenian capital’s waste went to landfill, but by 2025, at least 75% of its rubbish will be recycled. How did the city turn itself around?
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The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world -
Pets accompany their owners across the UK as the nation votes in the European elections
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Think Cannes is all about red carpet premieres and arthouse masterworks? Think again – there’s a whole other side to the festival where the terrible film reigns supreme. Here are some of the most pitiful efforts -
New York’s Swann Auction Galleries is putting pioneering poster art, from the late 19th- up to the 21st century, on the block -
Judith Kerr, the author and illustrator whose debut picture book, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, introduced generations of preschool children to the joyful chaos of uncontrolled appetites, has died at the age of 95 -
Niko J Kallianiotis travelled through the main streets of Pennsylvania to photograph ‘the silhouette of what once was’ now the coal industry has gone
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