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Hong Kong protest 2014: democracy or bust? | Report #7
Thousands of protesters have drifted home, but a determined core refuse to give up their occupation of Hong Kong’s main streets without results - to the growing frustration of everyone else. Subscribe to The Guardian ►...
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Women tortured, imprisoned, murdered: Human rights in Pakistan
Alixandra Fazzina, a photojournalist, spent five years collecting the stories and pictures of women surviving conflict in Pakistan. Subscribe to The Guardian ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Now, as fundamentalism spreads across the country...
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The problem with Prevent: 'I was investigated by the government's anti-radicalisation programme''
After Rahmaan Mohammadi, 17, organised a fundraiser for Palestine at his school in Luton, he found himself under investigation by the anti-radicalisation programme Prevent, with visits to his home by the police. He finds out more about...
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The propaganda of 'British values' is a distortion of history – Akala | In my opinion
Manners, aristocracy, freedom: all things we tend to think of as inherent British values. But, says rapper Akala, we are taught a distorted version of history which erases serious political struggle. That, he argues, is what really...
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Florida's disenfranchised: voices of the 1.7 million not allowed to vote | US elections 2016
Nearly 6 million Americans cannot vote due to felony disenfranchisement. Subscribe to The Guardian ► http://is.gd/subscribeguardian In Florida, 1.7 million people are disenfranchised, or 10.4% of the state’s total population. The...
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How does the US electoral college work? | US Elections 2016
The harrowing election season is almost over, and while it may not be rigged as Donald Trump claims, US elections aren’t decided by the popular vote alone. Subscribe to The Guardian ► http://is.gd/subscribeguardian It must be time for a...
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The view from Middletown: 'People feel let down by their politicians' | US Elections 2016
In Muncie, Indiana, residents are disenchanted by a polarising and contentious presidential race, in which neither of the two frontrunners seem particularly appealing. Subscribe to The Guardian ► http://is.gd/subscribeguardian Gary...
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Native American North Dakota Access oil pipeline protesters: 'We refuse to be Trumped'
Native Americans fear that the Dakota Access oil pipeline – a $3.7bn project that would carry crude oil from the Bakken oil field in North Dakota to a refinery in Patoka, Illinois – would contaminate sacred lands and their water supply...
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The Global Laundromat: where the money went – explainer | Guardian Animations
Exclusive: A global money-laundering scheme enabled criminals to funnel at least $20bn out of Russia and into offshore funds, British property, private school fees and even rock music tours. Subscribe to The Guardian ►...
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Sea level rise: Miami and Atlantic city fight to stay above water
Sea levels are rising. For many cities on the the eastern shores of the United States, the problem is existential. We take a look at how Miami and Atlantic City are tackling climate change, and the challenges they face under a skeptical...
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Murder, corruption and Kenya's cattle barons
The Guardian investigates the causes behind the murder of Tristan Voorspuy, a former British army officer shot on his ranch by armed nomadic herders in March. For months, Kenya’s central county of Laikipia has become the epicentre of a...
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Beyond bionics: how the future of prosthetics is redefining humanity
Bionic technology is removing physical barriers faced by disabled people while raising profound questions of what it is to be human. From DIY prosthetics realised through 3D printing technology to customised AI-driven limbs, science is...
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The Trap: the deadly sex-trafficking cycle in American prisons
The Trap investigates how prisons and jails across the United States have become recruiting grounds for human traffickers, who are targeting incarcerated women and trafficking them out of correctional facilities and into pimp-controlled...
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How dangerous is Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's new president? Today in Focus | Podcast
How did a far-right, pro-torture, dictatorship-praising populist become Brazil’s president-elect? The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, describes his run-in with Bolsonaro and the fallout from his election. Listen now...
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Can you take on the EU and win? Today in Focus | Podcast
Listen to the full Today in Focus podcast ► http://bit.ly/TiFVaroufakis The former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis staked his political career on getting a deal with the European Union – and lost. Now, as Theresa May enters the...
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How a 'quick sterilisation' took five years of my life
Jan Faulkner, a mother of five, says she suffered loss of bladder control and mobility after having the Essure contraceptive device implanted. Speaking after it was removed, she explains how she got her life back with the help of other...
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A day of Brexit chaos | Today in Focus podcast
Listen to the podcast here ► https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2018/nov/16/brexit-chaos-cabinet-resignations-theresa-may-today-focus-podcast Anushka Asthana joins her colleagues in Westminster on a chaotic and extraordinary day in...
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Why did the fishing industry vote for Brexit? Today in Focus | Podcast
At the time of the EU referendum in June 2016, a poll suggested that 92% of the fishing industry voted to leave the European Union. The question of fishing rights has remained a sticking point in negotiations ever since. Sam Wollaston...
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Why your memories can't be trusted
Memory does not work like a video tape – it is not stored like a file just waiting to be retrieved. Instead, memories are formed in networks across the brain and every time they are recalled they can be subtly changed. So if these...
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'People’s vote' march: up close with anti-Brexit protesters at the 'biggest ever demo'
The Guardian spends the day with the estimated 1 million protesters who came from all corners of the UK to London to demand a fresh referendum on Brexit. Organisers of the Put It to the People march said the protest could have been even...
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Guantánamo Diary Trailer - exclusive video clip read by Dominic West
Watch a short clip from our upcoming documentary about Guantánamo Diary, a book written by Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who has been a prisoner at the US detention facility for 14 years. Subscribe to The Guardian ►...
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After Banksy: the parkour guide to Gaza
In response to graffiti artist Banksy's Make this the Year YOU Discover a New Destination Gaza tourist video, the Gaza Parkour team show us what real life is like there and their dreams beyond the border. Subscribe to The Guardian ►...
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Batwa: Uganda and the human story behind gorilla tourism | Guardian Features
The Oscar-nominated documentary Virunga exposed the threat to gorillas in Congo, but in neighbouring Uganda the Batwa – who have shared forests with mountain gorillas for generations – face a struggle for survival. Subscribe to The...
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Gaza war one year on: the Palestinian journalists living the news
On 8 July 2014, Israel launched a military operation inside the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire. Subscribe to The Guardian ► http://is.gd/subscribeguardian Of the three wars between Israel and Hamas since the Palestinian militant...