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The polluters
Wednesday
9 October 2019
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New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers -
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Fossil fuel companies have been aware of their impact on the planet since at least the 1950s
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Headlines
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Trump offers only mild criticism of Erdoğan offensive as civilians flee bombing -
Authorities say indications suggest ‘possible rightwing extremist motive’ as media report gunman was 27-year-old German citizen
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Department announced arrest of Defense Intelligence Agency employee Henry Kyle Frese for allegedly leaking sensitive information -
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Pair to meet in north-west England on Thursday and discuss Northern Ireland
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Spotlight
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Frank Laws’s Hopperesque watercolours depict the individual character of east London’s most impressive – and everyday – buildings, as gentrification threatens their very existence -
People in Kurdish northern Syria begin fleeing opening salvos of attack as fears of ground offensive mount -
You didn’t always know why MPs at the hustings wanted the job of Speaker – or who some of them even were
In 1995, the Nigerian government executed nine anti-pollution activists. Four widows are now taking the oil company to court. And: Dan Sabbagh on the ramifications of Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Turkish-Syrian border
Opinion
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At the top there’s corruption, down below there’s dismantling and disarray. Americans are entering a period of immense danger -
Thanks to outspoken celebrities like Lupita Nyong’o, the discrimination faced by darker-skinned black people is finally being noticed. But we still have a long way to go
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England’s match against France and Scotland’s eliminator with Japan may be moved to different venues or cancelled -
It’s a meeting of international heavyweights in Dortmund. Join Gregg Bakowski for updates
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How can any one firm wield so much influence, then claim to be little more than ingenues when agents of that influence are found to be cheats? -
The Guardian selects the best young players at each side born between 1 September 2002 and 31 August 2003
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State media says ‘poisonous’ app made Apple an accomplice in the Hong Kong protests -
Swedish activist, 16, visits North and South Dakota in solidarity with indigenous groups fighting Dakota Access oil pipeline
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Remain supporters plan civil action against Boris Johnson if he reneges on Brexit pledge -
Farrow reports in Catch and Kill that ex-Today show host assaulted former NBC News employee Brook Nevils at the Sochi Olympics -
Culture
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He has composed a Prom and scored Paul Thomas Anderson films. As he launches his own classical record label, the guitarist reveals how it all started with the humble recorder -
The actor’s Institute on Gender in Media has announced a new machine-learning tool, to be piloted by Disney, that can analyse scripts and reveal unconscious biases -
As good as Joker is, do comic book fans really want its nihilistic malaise infecting the DC cinematic universe? Aren’t superhero films supposed to be fun?
Lifestyle
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As she releases a book in conjunction with the Museo de la Moda in Chile, the supermodel remembers some of her favourite vintage looks -
Forget the chilled soups and consommés of high summer; it’s time to appreciate the heartier sort now that soup season proper is with us again
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Documentaries
Explore
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Bangladesh has undergone an economic miracle in recent years, albeit at huge cost to its garment workers. But things are finally starting to improve for them -
From ignoring the Benn act to holding vote on no deal, the PM has several options available -
In his second report on the mood of voters in swing counties, Chris McGreal meets Republicans in rural Wisconsin where the president has divided old friends
Take part
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If you have encountered problems applying to the EU settlement scheme or your application has been denied, share your stories with us -
Your space to discuss the books you are reading and what you think of them
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For our second series about modern masculinity, we’d like to hear men’s views on fatherhood and getting older -
We’re highlighting the best reader photography in print in the letters pages of the Guardian. Share your images with us here
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The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world -
Two weeks of worldwide climate protests by Extinction Rebellion are under way, with the group pronouncing: ‘To governments of the world: we declared a climate and ecological emergency. You did not do enough. To everybody else: rebel’
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Marcellas Reynolds’ new book, Supreme Models: Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionised Fashion, is a glorious celebration of more than 70 black models from the past 60 years. From the supers of the 1960s to the ingenues of the 2010s, he explains the backstory to 10 trailblazing images from his tome -
Hunter Barnes documents people on the edges of US society. ‘I never go to a place with a camera first,’ says the photographer. ‘I spend a lot on beer and coffee instead’ -
China is destroying Uighur graveyards where generations of families have been laid to rest, leaving behind human bones and broken tombs in what activists call an effort to eradicate the ethnic group’s identity in Xinjiang -
The fourth of a new Guardian Print Shop series featuring classic sports images from the likes of Gerry Cranham, Mark Leech and Tom Jenkins
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