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EU countries agree plan to handle migrants and refugees

 

Macron says 14 states back mechanism to redistribute people saved in Mediterranean

 

Agence France-Presse in Paris

Tue 23 Jul 2019 09.53 BST

 

 

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The rescue ship Alan Kurdi picking up 44 people from a wooden boat in the Mediterranean this month
Photograph: Fabian Heinz/Sea-Eye/EPA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Bernie Sanders' ideas are shaping the 2020 debate – but is he still a force?

 

The diverse Democratic field is a contrast from 2016 but the leftwing firebrand believes Medicare for All can dent his rivals’ hopes

 

Tue 23 Jul 2019 13.30 BST

by Lauren Gambino in Washington

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/22/bernie-sanders-struggles-2020-medicare-for-all

 

 

 

 

 

 

The progressive prosecutors blazing a new path for the US justice system

 

Movement promising fundamental reforms to the US criminal justice system, including ending mass incarceration and the death penalty, is gaining steam

 

Daniel Madina

Tue 23 Jul 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Tue 23 Jul 2019 16.38 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/23/us-justice-system-progressive-prosecutors-mass-incarceration-death-penalty

 

 

 

 

Budget deal: Republicans and Democrats agree to raise debt ceiling – as it happened

 

The US was on track to run out of money in September if there was no deal

 

Sam Levin in Los Angeles (now), Joan E Greve in Washington and Jessica Glenza in New York (earlier)

Tue 23 Jul 2019 01.30 BST

 

Key events

 

 

Live feed

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/jul/22/trump-news-today-2020-election-iran-mueller-politics-live-updates

 

 

 

 

 

Pete Buttigieg: white supremacy could be the end of America

 

South Bend mayor says this ‘is the only issue that almost ended this country’ amid controversy over Trump’s racist remarks

 

Martin Pengelly in New York

Sun 21 Jul 2019 20.15 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/21/pete-buttigieg-trump-racist-comments-white-supremacy

 

 

 

 

Trump's racist attacks will make it easier for ‘the Squad’ to recruit more members

 

Trump hopes his racist attacks will detract the four congresswomen from America’s domestic and foreign policy disasters

 

Tue 23 Jul 2019 10.00 BST Last modified on Tue 23 Jul 2019 13.44 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Why are so many people getting shot on California highways?

 

San Francisco Bay Area freeways have become a common venue for gun violence. Experts point to gang conflicts and displacement

 

 

by Darwin BondGraham and Abené Clayton in Oakland

Tue 23 Jul 2019 06.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/22/california-highway-freeway-shootings-bay-area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump says he could win Afghan war 'in a week … but I don't want to kill 10m'

 

  • President hosts Pakistani PM Imran Khan amid aid dispute
  • US pursues talks with Taliban with Islamabad’s cautious support

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Mon 22 Jul 2019 19.31 BST

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/22/trump-imran-khan-pakistan-afghanistan-war

 

 

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Union-led general strike demands Puerto Rico governor resign

 

July 23, 2019 11:13 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 
Union-led general strike demands Puerto Rico governor resign
Demonstrators with their mouths covered with a tape in which they wrote in Spanish "Fired!" march on Las Americas highway demanding the resignation of Gov. Ricardo Rossello, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, July 22, 2019. | Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo / AP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

AOC & Co. are not communists—I should know

 

July 23, 2019 1:26 PM CDT By Joe Sims

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/aoc-co-are-not-communists-i-should-know/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revolutionary Angela Davis inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame

 

July 23, 2019 2:41 PM CDT By Chauncey K. Robinson

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/revolutionary-angela-davis-inducted-into-the-national-womens-hall-of-fame/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Union leaders laud house vote to repeal ‘Cadillac tax’ on health care plans

 

July 19, 2019 10:41 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/union-leaders-laud-house-vote-to-repeal-cadillac-tax-on-health-care-plans/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republican Senate + Republican president = Extreme right-wing federal courts

 

July 19, 2019 2:00 PM CDT By Mike Arney

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/republican-senate-republican-president-extreme-right-wing-federal-courts/

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'We saved ourselves': Hong Kong train attack victims describe 30-minute ordeal

 

Victims describe ‘smell of blood’ in train carriages as China blames ‘black hands’ of US for unrest

 

Lily Kuo in Hong Kong

Wed 24 Jul 2019 08.18 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/24/hong-kong-protests-china-blames-black-hands-of-us-for-unrest

 

Just horrible......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neil Armstrong's family 'paid $6m by hospital' in wrongful death claim

 

Settlement reportedly reveals hospital’s fears of adverse publicity over family’s allegations of botched surgery

 

Associated Press

Wed 24 Jul 2019 05.15 BST Last modified on Wed 24 Jul 2019 13.30 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/24/family-of-astronaut-neil-armstrong-paid-6m-by-hospital-in-wrongful-death-claim-report

 

 

 

 

 

Hong Kong: why thugs may be doing the government’s work

 

Sunday’s assault was blamed on criminals, but there are signs of links to pro-Beijing figures

 

Lily Kuo in Hong Kong

Tue 23 Jul 2019 07.20 BST

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/22/why-hong-kong-thugs-may-be-doing-the-governments-work

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Far-right leaders join Trump in welcoming Boris Johnson to No 10

 

Italy’s Matteo Salvini and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro are among nationalists hailing Johnson

 

Jon Henley

Wed 24 Jul 2019 11.19 BST First published on Wed 24 Jul 2019 11.17 BST

 

Wow....Bolsonaro and Salvini...Talk about the cream of the crop.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capitalism gone wrong: how big pharma created America's opioid carnage

 

A web of firms ramped up narcotic painkiller sales, creating the biggest drug epidemic in American history as profits surged

 

Wed 24 Jul 2019 07.00 BST

by Chris McGreal

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/24/opioids-crisis-big-pharma-drugs-carnage

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump Jr writes Triggered, 'the book leftist elites don't want you to read!'

 

President’s eldest child claims his literary effort will ‘expose tricks the left uses to smear conservatives’

 

Kate Lyons

Tue 23 Jul 2019 04.42 BST Last modified on Tue 23 Jul 2019 17.55 BST

 

 

 

 
 

Mueller confirms he did not exonerate Trump despite president's claims – live

 

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Seven things you need to know about Antifa

Online battles between far right groups and anti-fascists – or "Antifa" – are now regularly spilling out onto the streets of America. But who are Antifa and what do they represent? ........

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/X56rQkDgd0qqB7R68t6t7C/seven-things-you-need-to-know-about-antifa

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa_(United_States)

 

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Up to 150 feared dead in shipwreck off Libya, says UNHCR

 

Similar number were rescued and are being returned to Libya, refugee agency says

 

Reuters in Geneva

Thu 25 Jul 2019 15.14 BST Last modified on Thu 25 Jul 2019 16.02 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

US justice department resumes use of death penalty and schedules five executions

 

William Barr announces he has reinstated a two-decades long dormant policy, following authorization from Congress and signing by Trump

 

Reuters

Thu 25 Jul 2019 15.38 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Puerto Rico governor Ricardo Rosselló to quit after weeks of protest

 

Rosselló says he will stand down on 2 August after key aides deserted him in the face of huge popular discontent

 

Oliver Laughland in New York

Thu 25 Jul 2019 08.52 BST

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/25/puerto-rico-governor-ricardo-rossello-to-quit-after-weeks-of-protest

 

 

 

 

 

Crete 'struggling with shame' after rape and murder of US scientist

 

Lawyer for man who admitted crime says islanders feel sense of responsibility for her death

 

Helena Smith in Athens

Thu 25 Jul 2019 10.05 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/25/crete-struggling-shame-rape-murder-us-scientist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barak forges leftwing alliance in bid to end Netanyahu's reign

 

Israeli former prime minister forms pact with Meretz ahead of elections in September

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Thu 25 Jul 2019 14.49 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/25/israel-ex-pm-ehud-barak-makes-pact-with-leftwing-party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hunt siding with Europe over the US in the Gulf makes practical sense

 

Defence secretary’s decision may seem puzzling but is in Britain’s best interests

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Tue 23 Jul 2019 18.12 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/23/jeremy-hunt-sides-with-eu-over-us-in-plan-to-address-gulf-crisis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The voting rights advocates fighting Florida's 'poll tax' on former felons

 

Hundreds of thousands of ‘returning citizens’ who regained voting rights had them taken away by a financial barrier law

 

Richard Luscombe in Miami

Thu 25 Jul 2019 07.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/25/the-voting-rights-advocates-fighting-floridas-poll-tax-on-former-felons

 

 

 

 

They look white but say they're black: a tiny town in Ohio wrestles with race

 

Many residents in East Jackson were raised to identify as black – even though they have little black blood. So what dictates race: where you live, your DNA, the history you’re taught?

 

Thu 25 Jul 2019 06.00 BST

by Khushbu Shah

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/25/race-east-jackson-ohio-appalachia-white-black

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeffrey Epstein found unconscious in jail cell, say reports

 

Billionaire accused of sex trafficking hospitalized in unclear condition, with injuries to his neck that may have been self-inflicted

 

Edward Helmore in New York and agencies

Thu 25 Jul 2019 13.48 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/25/jeffrey-epstein-found-unconscious-in-jail-cell-say-reports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump vetoes bills prohibiting arms sales to Saudi Arabia

 

Arms package includes thousands of precision-guided munitions and aircraft maintenance support

 

Associated Press

Thu 25 Jul 2019 09.09 BST Last modified on Thu 25 Jul 2019 11.44 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Residents of US Cancer Town diagnosed at 'highly unusual' rates, study says

 

Locals in Reserve, Louisiana, the focus of a Guardian series, are fighting against toxic emissions from a nearby chemical factory

 

Jamiles Lartey and Oliver Laughland in Reserve, Louisiana

Thu 25 Jul 2019 00.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/24/reserve-louisiana-cancer-highly-unusual-rates-study

 

 

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People rescued from migrant boat kept at Libyan centre hit by airstrike

 

UNHCR says Tajoura detention building is near frontline of fighting between rival factions

 

Staff and agencies

Fri 26 Jul 2019 13.24 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/26/migrants-rescued-from-sea-kept-at-libyan-centre-hit-by-airstrike

 

Such news makes one speechless and incredulous

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

War on science: Trump administration muzzles climate experts, critics say

 

Whistleblowers and groups tracking agency decisions say administration is ignoring science and censoring expertise

 

Emily Holden in Washington

Fri 26 Jul 2019 12.49 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/26/war-on-science-trump-administration-muzzles-climate-experts-critics-say

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'He wants to destroy us': Bolsonaro poses gravest threat in decades, Amazon tribes say

 

Indigenous leaders who say Brazil’s new president is trying to force them from their lands are braced for a new era of ruin

 

Tom Phillips in Atalaia do Norte

Fri 26 Jul 2019 07.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/26/bolsonaro-amazon-tribes-indigenous-brazil-dictatorship

 

 

 

 

Unsavoury truths about fair trade

 

Tim Gossling and Bob Caldwell advise checking the smallprint and question how trustworthy the movement is
 

Letters

Fri 26 Jul 2019 16.27 BST Last modified on Fri 26 Jul 2019 16.29 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

From Trump to Johnson, nationalists are on the rise – backed by billionaire oligarchs

 

The ultra-rich are benefitting from disaster capitalism as institutions, rules and democratic oversight implode

 

Fri 26 Jul 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Fri 26 Jul 2019 12.10 BST

By George Monbiot
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Young people are not watching TV news, but they still want to know about the world

 

If we want children to understand what they can trust online, we have to support them to develop their own news habits

 

Fri 26 Jul 2019 09.00 BST Last modified on Fri 26 Jul 2019 15.45 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Snakes, stupidity and sycophants: the horror of the Johnson cabinet

 

Difficult to know which is more distressing – Priti Patel as home secretary or Dominic Raab as foreign secretary. None of it gets any better from there …

 

Thu 25 Jul 2019 17.27 BST Last modified on Thu 25 Jul 2019 22.10 BST

Hannah Jane Parkinson

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/25/snakes-stupidity-sycophants-horror-johnson-cabinet

 

 

 

 

Americans positive on economy but views deeply split by politics and wealth

 

Pew study finds richer, Republican Americans more likely to view economy positively than poorer Americans and Democrats

 

Dominic Rushe in New York

Thu 25 Jul 2019 19.13 BST

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Pro-Trump Republican aiming to unseat Ilhan Omar charged with felony theft

 

Exclusive: Danielle Stella, reported to support baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, held twice this year over alleged shoplifting

 

Jon Swaine in New York

Thu 25 Jul 2019 20.38 BST Last modified on Thu 25 Jul 2019 21.24 BST

 

 

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A US-born teen was in border custody for 23 days. Now he’s suing the government

 

Francisco Galicia and his mother are speaking out on the inhumane conditions they say he endured while detained

 

Christine Bolaños in Austin

Sat 27 Jul 2019 06.00 BST

 

 

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Francisco Galicia is reunited with his mother Sanjuana Galicia at the McAllen, Texas, central station
Photograph: Delcia Lopez/Associated Press
 
 
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Donald Trump: Elijah Cummings is a 'brutal bully' from a 'rat-infested' district

 

  • President lashes out at prominent Democratic critic
  • Attack follows racist invective aimed at four congresswomen
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Martin Pengelly in New York

Sat 27 Jul 2019 14.07 BST

 

 

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Elijah Cummings delivers a press conference following Robert Mueller’s testimony this week
Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Iran tanker standoff: Tehran releases nine crew of Mt Riah vessel

 

India urges Tehran to release remaining three crew of tanker seized on 13 July amid Middle East tensions

 

Reuters

Sat 27 Jul 2019 07.26 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The right to a free and fair vote in America might rest on this landmark court case

 

Plaintiffs in North Carolina say Republicans drew maps ‘impervious to the will of the voters’ that will be used in 2020

 

Tom McCarthy in Raleigh

Sat 27 Jul 2019 13.23 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/27/us-supreme-court-2020-election-gerrymandering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supreme court allows Trump to use $2.5bn in Pentagon funds on border wall – as it happened

 

White House announces an asylum deal with Guatemala three days after Trump threatened tariffs, among other sanctions, if it did not sign on

 

Sam Levin in Los Angeles (now) and Joan E Greve in Washington (earlier)

Sat 27 Jul 2019 01.40 BST

 

 

Key events

 

 

Live feed

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/jul/26/trump-news-today-latest-mueller-republicans-election-security-pelosi-aoc-latest-updates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump says agreement reached with Guatemala to restrict asylum seekers

 

Immigrant rights advocates say the ‘safe third country’ agreement is cruel and unlawful, though it could still be blocked

 

Sam Levin in Los Angeles and agencies

Sat 27 Jul 2019 01.10 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/26/us-guatemala-asylum-agreement-trump-safe-third-country

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creator of fake presidential seal hails 'absolute hero' who pulled off Trump stunt

 

  • Seal at Republican event showed Russian symbols and golf clubs
  • Charles Leazott created doctored image in 2016 as comic protest

 

Edward Helmore in New York

Fri 26 Jul 2019 18.33 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/26/trump-fake-presidential-seal-charles-leazott

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US government to pay farmers hurt by China trade war $16bn

 

As trade talks are set to resume after a two-month halt, an aid package will see producers paid up to $150 per acre

 

Reuters

Fri 26 Jul 2019 01.45 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Photo of mother begging Mexican guard becomes symbol of migrants' struggle

 

Viral images show Ledy Pérez sobbing as she pleads with an armed guard to let her and her son aged six cross the US-Mexico border

 

Amanda Holpuch in New York

Fri 26 Jul 2019 18.15 BST

 

 

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Guatemalan migrant Ledy Pérez embraces her son, Anthony, while praying to ask a member of the Mexican national guard to let them cross into the US, as seen from Ciudad Juárez
Photograph: José Luis González/Reuters
 
 
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Mussolini’s birthplace cashes in on the surge of far-right tourism

 

Thousands of curious visitors – and fascists – descend on the Apennine town
 

Angela Giuffrida

Sat 27 Jul 2019 21.30 BST

 
 
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Mussolini and fascist memorabilia on sale in Predappio Tricolore
Photograph: Espen Rasmussen/VG/Panos Pictures
 
 
 
 
There's a proverb which aptly states  : The mother of jerks / dorks is pregnant all the time.......As long as they're happy...Ok

 

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Liberals, it's time to forget the Mueller-fuelled impeachment fantasies

 

The Democratic obsession with Mueller is symptomatic of a party that’s lost touch with the real concerns of working people

 

Sat 27 Jul 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Sat 27 Jul 2019 17.14 BST

Nathan Robinson

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/27/mueller-investigation-impeachment-fantasy

 
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Author Marianne Williamson on 2020 run: 'The best thing I can do is be myself'

 

The self-help writer, who was the most Googled candidate following her debate performance, tells the Guardian she can win

 

 

Miranda Bryant

Sat 27 Jul 2019 17.35 BST Last modified on Sat 27 Jul 2019 18.04 BST

 

 
 
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Marianne Williamson announces her campaign in Los Angeles in January
Photograph: ZUMA/REX Shutterstock
 
 
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Baltimore Sun and CNN lead response to Trump’s racist Cummings attack

 

Editorial says ‘better to have some vermin in your neighborhood than to be one’ while anchor Victor Blackwell speaks emotionally

 

Martin Pengelly in New York

Sun 28 Jul 2019 13.47 BST

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/28/baltimore-sun-cnn-trump-cummings-racist-attack

 

 

 

 

 

Amazon gold miners invade indigenous village in Brazil after its leader is killed

 

Brazil’s police have been urged to investigate a ‘very tense situation’ in Amapá state

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Sun 28 Jul 2019 06.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/28/amazon-gold-miners-invade-indigenous-village-brazil-leader-killed

 

 

 

 

'Like a child': the disabled migrant stranded and alone in Mexico

 

Like thousands of migrants arriving in the US before him, Saul was forcibly separated from his family under Trump administration policy

 

Adam Gabbatt at the US-Mexico border and in Virginia

Sun 28 Jul 2019 07.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/27/mexico-disabled-migrant-stranded-trump

 

 

 

 

 

This Is Not Propaganda by Peter Pomerantsev review – dispatches from the war on truth

 

A timely volume of analysis and memoir shows how populism is destabilising democracy and reshaping our sense of normality
 

Tim Adams

Sun 28 Jul 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Sun 28 Jul 2019 11.34 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

'Own up to reality': 2020 Democrats urged to confront US racial divide

 

As the NAACP gathered in Detroit, leaders warned presidential hopefuls not to shy away as Trump fans the flames

 

Lauren Gambino in Washington

Sun 28 Jul 2019 06.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/28/own-up-to-reality-2020-democrats-urged-to-confront-us-racial-divide

 

 

 

 

 

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China calls for Hong Kong to swiftly punish ‘radical’ protesters

 

Beijing offers full support to region’s leader in rare remarks from government office

 

Laurel Chor and Lily Kuo in Hong Kong

Mon 29 Jul 2019 11.18 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/29/china-calls-for-hong-kong-swiftly-punish-violent-protesters

 

Brave folks no doubt...it'd take  maybe less that 2 hrs for China to go down there and invade giving them all a very hard time...God forbid

 

 

 

 

Alexei Navalny discharged from hospital against wishes of doctor

 

Russian opposition politician may have been poisoned, says doctor who visited him on Sunday

 

Shaun Walker in Moscow

Mon 29 Jul 2019 11.19 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/29/russian-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-may-have-been-poisoned-says-doctor

 

Authorities jail this man with the same easiness they'd use to push him into revolving doors... A month in and next out all the time....He strongly opposes Putin and organizes rallies against him......He's got attributes, that's for sure....

 

 

 

 

Greta Thunberg to sail across Atlantic for UN climate summits

 

Teenage activist to travel to US on racing yacht to cut environmental impact of travel

 

Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Mon 29 Jul 2019 12.24 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/29/greta-thunberg-to-sail-across-atlantic-for-un-climate-summits

 

 

 

 

 

Author of Christian relationship guide says he has lost his faith

 

Joshua Harris says his marriage is over and apologises to LGBT+ people for promoting bigotry

 

Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent

Mon 29 Jul 2019 10.31 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/29/author-christian-relationship-guide-joshua-harris-says-marriage-over

 

 

 

 

 

'People are dying': how the climate crisis has sparked an exodus to the US

 

As part of the Running Dry series, the Guardian looks at how drought and famine are forcing Guatemalan families to choose between starvation and migration

 

by Nina Lakhani in Camotán

Mon 29 Jul 2019 07.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jul/29/guatemala-climate-crisis-migration-drought-famine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boko Haram fighters kill dozens at funeral in Nigeria

 

Local official says extremists’ attack on mourners has left more than 60 people dead

 

Ruth Maclean and Ismail Alfa in Maiduguri

Mon 29 Jul 2019 14.24 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/29/dozens-feared-killed-by-suspected-boko-haram-fighters-in-nigeria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Putin’s treatment of protesters and rivals shows weakness, not strength

 

The shocking treatment of Alexei Navalny and the arrest of hundreds of protesters expose the dark underside of the presidency

 

Mon 29 Jul 2019 14.45 BST Last modified on Mon 29 Jul 2019 15.36 BST

By  Simon Tisdall
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Trump lines up loyalist as Coats leaves US intelligence chief post

 

Dan Coats to go next month after turbulent two years of disagreements with president

 

Edward Helmore and Associated Press

Mon 29 Jul 2019 08.06 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/28/dan-coats-trump-director-national-intelligence

 

 

 

 

'Insulin is our oxygen': Bernie Sanders rides another campaign bus to Canada

 

Accompanying Americans seeking affordable medicine, the Democratic candidate lambasted US pharmaceutical giants

 

Lauren Gambino in Windsor, Canada

Sun 28 Jul 2019 22.44 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/28/bernie-sanders-americans-canada-insulin-bus-caravan

 

 

 

 

 

Dominic West joins David Simon in condemning  Trump

 

Wire star tells Guardian Trump is like serial killer Fred West

 

Edward Helmore in New York

Sun 28 Jul 2019 17.46 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/jul/28/david-simon-donald-trump-simplistic-racist-moron

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nadler: Mueller’s testimony ‘broke the lie’ Trump has been telling Americans

 

  • House judiciary chair says it could clear path to impeachment
  • Adam Shiff: ‘We are now in preliminary to a judicial proceeding’

 

Martin Pengelly in New York

Sun 28 Jul 2019 17.17 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/28/mueller-testimony-nadler-schiff-trump-lie

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Prince Harry: unconscious bias affects whether you are racist

 

Perception is learned from family, advertising or surrounding environment, the duke says

 

Caroline Davies

Tue 30 Jul 2019 16.37 BST Last modified on Tue 30 Jul 2019 16.52 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Pink seesaws reach across the divide at US-Mexico border

Children seen playing on art installation that aims to show unity amid Trump-era hostility

 

Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

Tue 30 Jul 2019 12.09 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/30/pink-seesaws-reach-across-divide-us-mexico-border

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'He'll reap everything he sows': what does Baltimore make of Trump?

 

Trump has repeatedly demonised big cities with large minority populations – part of his ploy to exploit America’s racial divide

 

David Smith in Baltimore

Tue 30 Jul 2019 15.23 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/30/trump-baltimore-attack-cities-racism-dispatch

 

 

 

 

 

Trump: 'I am the least racist person there is anywhere in the world' – video

 

The president called himself ‘the least racist person’ after he was accused of racist behaviour once again. In his comments on Tuesday..........

 

Tue 30 Jul 2019 17.29 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Cardi B and Bernie Sanders team up for 2020 campaign to ‘transform country’

 

Partnership is part of an outreach to get younger voters involved in politics

 

Luke O'Neil

Tue 30 Jul 2019 16.28 BST Last modified on Tue 30 Jul 2019 16.45 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Trump's friend tried to profit from Middle East nuclear deal, lawmakers say

 

Congressional report finds Tom Barrack tried to buy Westinghouse as he sought a related government post

 

Reuters

Tue 30 Jul 2019 02.16 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Democratic debates, round two: Sanders and Warren to face off for first time

 

Matchup between progressive contenders will be closely watched, as will encounter between Biden and Harris

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington

Tue 30 Jul 2019 06.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/29/democratic-debates-round-2-p

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Egyptian minister: Sisi opponents abroad will be “cut to pieces.”

 

July 25, 2019 9:16 AM CDT By Aboulfotouh Kandil

 

 

 

Egyptian minister: Sisi opponents abroad will be “cut to pieces.”
Dictator Al-Sisi of Egypt, King Salman of Saudi Arabia, and Trump, birds of feather, meet in 2017. Trump supports both leaders who murder political opponents on a regular basis. May 21, 2017, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

By voice and vote, Communications Workers censure Trump’s racism

 

July 30, 2019 9:12 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

By voice and vote, Communications Workers censure Trump’s racism
Line of delegates waiting to speak in favor of a motion censuring President Donald Trump for his racism at the CWA convention. | Hyungwon Kang / CWA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Defeating the extreme right – An opening for transformative change

 

July 30, 2019 2:44 PM CDT By John Bachtell

 

 

 

Defeating the extreme right – An opening for transformative change
From left, Queen Jackson, John Rankin, and others march during the annual re-enactment of the 1965 Selma march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. | Albert Cesare / The Montgomery Advertiser via AP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Playing politics with human rights: The recent anti-BDS House bill

 

July 29, 2019 10:16 AM CDT By Rabbi Brant Rosen

 

 

 

Playing politics with human rights: The recent anti-BDS House bill
An Egyptian raises a poster with the Boycott, Divestment ,and Sanctions (BDS) logo and Arabic that reads, "We are all with Palestine, boycott Israel." BDS is a global movement initiated by Palestinian civil society activists in 2005 that organizers say will continue until Israel complies with international law and respects Palestinian rights. | Amr Nabil / AP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Can Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter keep his Southern California seat?

 

July 26, 2019 9:24 AM CDT By Eric A. Gordon

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/can-republican-rep-duncan-hunter-keep-his-southern-california-seat/

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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris brace for tonight's debate – live updates

 

  • Frontrunners unlikely to face as many existential questions
  • Trump defends himself against accusations of racism

 

Amanda Holpuch in New York

Wed 31 Jul 2019 17.51 BST

 

Key events

 

 

Live feed

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/jul/31/trump-news-today-federal-reserve-democrats-debates-2020-latest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who won the Democrats' debate? Our panelists' verdict

 

A combative Democratic debate saw clashes on healthcare policy and the Green New Deal. Our experts weigh in

 

Geoffrey Kabaservice, Theodore R Johnson, Malaika Jabali, Lloyd Green

Wed 31 Jul 2019 07.12 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/31/democrats-debate-panelists-verdict

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is this fascism? No. Could it become fascism? Yes

 

Trump’s persistent hold on his base shows the power to be had in reinventing anti-American values as patriotic

 

Wed 31 Jul 2019 11.00 BST Last modified on Wed 31 Jul 2019 17.11 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Warren and Sanders give rivals Bonnie and Clyde treatment during fiery debate

 

Analysis: pair were dominant at event showcasing Democratic party’s split personality, pitting progressives against moderates

 

David Smith in Detroit

Wed 31 Jul 2019 06.28 BST

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/30/debate-analysis-elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-marianne-williamson-what-happened-moments

 

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Hong Kong protests: China releases dramatic army propaganda video

 

Chinese military garrison chief in Hong Kong says army is determined to protect China’s sovereignty, stoking fears of intervention

 

Laurel Chor in Hong Kong

Thu 1 Aug 2019 05.51 BST

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/01/hong-kong-protests-china-military-breaks-silence-to-warn-unrest-will-not-be-tolerated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Five police officers face disciplinary action over Stormy Daniels arrest

 

Investigations says strip club arrest failed ‘conduct policy’, but finds no political motive

 

Edward Helmoreand agencies

Thu 1 Aug 2019 11.53 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/01/five-police-officers-face-disciplinary-action-stormy-daniels-arrest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edward Snowden memoir to reveal whistleblower’s secrets

 

In Permanent Record, the former spy will recount how his mass surveillance work eventually led him to make the biggest leak in history

 

Alison Flood

Thu 1 Aug 2019 14.09 BST Last modified on Thu 1 Aug 2019 14.10 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hamza bin Laden: the end of a dynasty, but not al-Qaida

 

Osama bin Laden’s son was being groomed to be new leader of group responsible for 9/11

 

Jason Burke

Thu 1 Aug 2019 14.51 BST Last modified on Thu 1 Aug 2019 15.18 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

How the media contributed to the migrant crisis

 

Disaster reporting plays to set ideas about people from ‘over there’

 

Thu 1 Aug 2019 06.00 BST

By Daniel Trilling

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/aug/01/media-framed-migrant-crisis-disaster-reporting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'The selling of an election': how private firms compromised midterms security

 

Georgia’s voting machines and online registration were almost entirely managed by private companies, raising security concerns

 

Jordan Wilkie

Thu 1 Aug 2019 13.44 BST First published on Thu 1 Aug 2019 07.00 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Better from Biden but Democrats have yet to find 'the one' – which suits Trump

 

Biden resisted an onslaught and landed some blows – but the debates leave Democrats with more questions than answers

 

David Smith in Detroit

Thu 1 Aug 2019 06.35 BST

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/01/democratic-debates-2019-detroit-joe-biden-trump

 

 

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Alarm over voter purges as 17m Americans removed from rolls in two years

 

  • Areas with discriminatory history purging at higher rates
  • Brennan Center report finds millions ‘wrongfully purged’

 

Tom McCarthy in New York

Thu 1 Aug 2019 22.23 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/01/voter-purges-us-elections-brennan-center-report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'How is this not inciting violence?': gun shop billboard targets the Squad

 

North Carolina billboard calls congresswomen ‘The 4 Horsemen’ in what anti-gun violence advocates call an incitement to violence

 

Edward Helmore in New York

Thu 1 Aug 2019 21.27 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/01/gun-shop-billboard-the-squad-aoc-omar-tlaib-pressley

 

 

A billboard erected by the store Cherokee Guns. Photograph: Cherokee Guns via Facebook

 

 

A billboard erected by the store Cherokee Guns.

 

Conspiracy theories like QAnon could fuel 'extremist' violence, FBI says

 

Social media companies could lessen threat with ‘significant’ crackdown on related content, bureau says

 

 

Jason Wilson in Portland

Thu 1 Aug 2019 22.42 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/01/conspiracy-theories-fbi-qanon-extremism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joe Biden was appallingly mediocre. Sadly his opponents were, too

 

Biden repeatedly fumbled in response to basic challenges about his own positions, displaying more arrogance and bluster than competence or vision

 

Thu 1 Aug 2019 05.49 BST Last modified on Thu 1 Aug 2019 17.21 BST

 
 

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Dedicated  (with a lot of affection) to all those claiming  "global change is just  an  hoax" ( most likely created by the  wicked and demonic Left)

 

 

Heatwaves amplify near-record levels of ice melt in northern hemisphere

 

Greenland’s ice sheet shrank more in past month than in average year, experts warn

 

Jonathan Watts Global environment editor

Fri 2 Aug 2019 07.00 BST

 

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Visitors walk among free-floating ice jammed into the Ilulissat Icefjord during unseasonably warm weather on July 30, 2019 near Ilulissat, Greenland
Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
 
 
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NYPD officer who put Eric Garner in chokehold should be fired, judge says

 

  • Eric Garner died in July 2014 after being pulled to the ground
  • Federal prosecutors last month declined to bring charges

 

Adam Gabbatt in New York

Fri 2 Aug 2019 16.32 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/02/daniel-pantaleo-eric-garner-nypd-officer-fired-judge

 

 

 

 

 

Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US

 

Exclusive: the high-altitude balloons promise a cheap monitoring platform that could follow multiple cars and boats for extended periods

 

Mark Harris

Fri 2 Aug 2019 11.00 BST Last modified on Fri 2 Aug 2019 17.28 BST

 
 
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The new balloons could follow multiple cars and boats for extended periods
Photograph: Ron Chapple/Alamy

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/02/pentagon-balloons-surveillance-midwest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do Democrats win by moving left? Or is moderation the key to victory?

 

The ideological battle for the heart of the Democratic party is far from over

 

Fri 2 Aug 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Fri 2 Aug 2019 13.20 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nancy Pelosi takes aim at Trump and 'slumlord' Jared Kushner – as it happened

 

  • Speaker defends Elijah Cummings in Trump Baltimore row
  • Pentagon reviews $10bn Amazon deal after Trump criticism

 

Maanvi Singh in San Francisco (now), Joanna Walters and Adam Gabbatt in New York (earlier)

Fri 2 Aug 2019 01.34 BST

 

 

Key events

 

 

Live feed

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/aug/01/trump-news-today-democrats-debate-us-politics-live-updates

 

 

 

 

Saoirse Kennedy Hill, granddaughter of Robert F Kennedy, dies

 

22-year-old daughter of Courtney Kennedy and Paul Hill - one of the Guildford Four - found at family compound

 

Caroline Davies

Fri 2 Aug 2019 15.13 BST First published on Fri 2 Aug 2019 03.42 BST

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Saoirse Kennedy Hill was the daughter of Robert and Ethel Kennedy’s fifth child, Courtney
Photograph: Facebook
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

‘They’re deporting the wrong people’: a family torn apart by border policy

 

Leticia Stegall owned a business, paid taxes and had a teenage daughter who was a US citizen, but Ice deported her anyway

 

Chris McGreal in Kansas City

Fri 2 Aug 2019 07.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/01/deportations-us-trump-immigration-kansas-city-mexico

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New wave of terrorist attacks possible before end of year, UN says

 

UN report warns threat from Islamist extremist groups remains high

 

Jason Burke

Sat 3 Aug 2019 05.00 BST Last modified on Sat 3 Aug 2019 05.02 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/03/new-wave-of-terrorist-attacks-possible-before-end-of-year-un-says

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump's 'go back' comments were 'genius', says Nigel Farage

 

Brexit leader admits racist remarks about congresswomen made him feel uncomfortable but says they were shrewd

 

Press Association

Sat 3 Aug 2019 01.56 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Atlanta's confederate monuments: how do ‘context markers’ help explain racism?

 

Symbols dedicated to the south’s soldiers have come under debate for not mentioning their roots in racial segregation

 

Khushbu Shah in Atlanta

Sat 3 Aug 2019 07.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/03/atlanta-confederate-monuments-racism-south

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The party of white men? Will Hurd's exit exposes Republicans' diversity problem

 

Hurd’s departure set to leave one Republican African American in Congress – and 41 of 53 sitting GOP senators are white men

 

Tom McCarthy in New York

Fri 2 Aug 2019 19.47 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/02/republican-party-trump-will-hurd-diversity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘I prefer non-religious’: why so few US politicians come out as atheists

 

Non-believers remain few and far between in US politics, with atheism bringing ‘the notion of being anti-religion’, the California representative Jared Huffman explains

 

David Smith in Washington

Sat 3 Aug 2019 07.01 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/03/athiesm-us-politics-2020-election-religious-beliefs

 

 

 

 

This US heartland has been flooded for five months. Does anyone care?

 

About half a million acres of land in the rural Yazoo backwater area in Missisippi is underwater, a devastating blow for a poor region where agriculture is the economy’s lifeblood

 

Sat 3 Aug 2019 07.00 BST

by Rory Doyle

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/03/yazoo-backwater-mississippi-flooding-months

 

 

 

 

 

 

What we know about child sexual abuse rates in the US

 

The spike in interest around Jefrrey Epstein’s charges could create an opportunity for discussing just how prevalent child sexual abuse is. But estimates vary

 

Mona Chalabi in New York

Sat 3 Aug 2019 06.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/datablog/2019/aug/03/us-children-sexual-abuse-data-stats-estimate

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video shows Dallas police mocking man killed as they pinned him down

 

  • Tony Timpa died in police custody after calling 911 for help
  • Bodycam video finally released after three-year legal battle

 

Edward Helmore in New York

Fri 2 Aug 2019 22.49 BST

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/02/dallas-police-officers-video-bodycam-tony-timpa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Don’t call them Syria’s child casualties. This is the slaughter of the innocents

 

As violence escalates, more children have died in rebel-held areas in the past month than in all of 2018. But does anybody care?

 

Sun 4 Aug 2019 07.00 BST First published on Sat 3 Aug 2019 11.33 BST

By  Simon Tisdall
 
 
 
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A rescue worker with a child saved from rubble in the Arihah district of Idlib after airstrikes by Russia and the Assad regime on 24 July
Photograph: Muhammed Said/Getty Images
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

‘I called out Palestinian suffering – and was met by antisemitic abuse’

 

Labour MP Rosena Allin-Khan was trying to improve lives for sick children, but she unleashed a torrent of trolling

 

Harriet Sherwood

Sat 3 Aug 2019 15.20 BST

 

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Tooting MP Rosena Allin-Khan says dialogue can effect change, but abuse will stop people speaking out
Photograph: Rii Schroer/Eyevine
 
 
 
 
 
That's obviously wrong and she has my total support.....Those abusing her are just plain stupid and self-hurting their cause  ( stupid and senseless)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Economics is a failing discipline doing great harm – so let's rethink it

 

Our global economy should serve rather than dominate people – and that includes factoring in the climate crisis, too

 

Sat 3 Aug 2019 09.00 BST Last modified on Sat 3 Aug 2019 21.10 BST

Andrew Simms

 

 

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‘Roasted by heatwaves, this year the world went into ecological overshoot on 29 July, the earliest yet.’ An iceberg floats in Disko Bay, Greenland
Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

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