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Tennessee school district bans Alex Haley’s Roots under 2022 state law
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Tennessee school district bans Alex Haley’s Roots under 2022 state law

With third-highest number of books banned, state removes renowned work about slave trade from library shelvesA Tennessee school district has banned Roots, the author Alex Haley’s groundbreaking novel and one of the most renowned and influential works about the horrors of the transatlantic slave trad...

Lucy Campbell
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Georgia town sues over ICE plan for vast immigration detention center
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Georgia town sues over ICE plan for vast immigration detention center

Officials of Social Circle, population 5,000, file lawsuit over plan to turn warehouse into 10,000-capacity facilityOfficials in the small Georgia town of Social Circle have filed a lawsuit against federal immigration agencies over plans for a huge immigration detention facility, arguing the project...

Marina Dunbar
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Israel and Lebanon agree ceasefire extension, US says
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Israel and Lebanon agree ceasefire extension, US says

Talks lead to 45-day extension to shaky truce between Israel and Hezbollah militant group, state department saysIsrael and Lebanon have agreed to a 45-day extension of their ceasefire after another round of talks in Washington, the US state department has said.It came after two “productive” days of...

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How team Burnham finally cleared the first of many hurdles on route to Westminster
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How team Burnham finally cleared the first of many hurdles on route to Westminster

At one stage the northern mayor looked to be locked out of parliament, again, but he is still only one step along the road to his No 10 ambitionsFor weeks, Andy Burnham’s supporters had told MPs to “hold the line”, that he had a seat in parliament in his sights and that he would be a contender in an...

Jessica Elgot, Alexandra Topping, Hannah Al-Othman and Josh Halliday
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Harvey Weinstein’s New York retrial ends in mistrial with jury deadlocked
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Harvey Weinstein’s New York retrial ends in mistrial with jury deadlocked

Weinstein has been convicted of other crimes in the US and is already behind bars but move leaves rape charge in limboHarvey Weinstein’s retrial in New York on a rape charge ended in a mistrial on Friday after the jury deadlocked in the closely watched criminal case that another jury had already fai...

Guardian staff and agency
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‘There’s a deer trapped in an escalator’: muntjac rescued from Norwich M&S
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‘There’s a deer trapped in an escalator’: muntjac rescued from Norwich M&S

Animal wedged upside down nicknamed ‘lucky’ Lucy after being freed with only superficial cut on foot“There’s a deer trapped in an escalator” was not a phrase anyone at Hillside Animal Sanctuary in Norfolk was expecting to hear when staff at a Marks & Spencer department store in central Norwich c...

Donna Ferguson
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Andy Burnham will push to become PM before Labour conference, allies say
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Andy Burnham will push to become PM before Labour conference, allies say

Autumn conference in Liverpool targeted for victorious homecoming but Reform UK to fight hard in byelection Andy Burnham will push to become prime minister in time to address Labour’s autumn party conference in Liverpool, his supporters have said.The Greater Manchester mayor cleared his first hurdle...

Rowena Mason, Jessica Elgot and Pippa Crerar
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Labour’s NEC approves Burnham’s byelection pathway back to parliament
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Labour’s NEC approves Burnham’s byelection pathway back to parliament

Party’s governing body allows Greater Manchester mayor to run for selection as candidate in MakerfieldAndy Burnham has cleared the first hurdle as he seeks to become an MP again after Labour’s governing body said it would approve his request to stand in the candidate selection process for the upcomi...

Ben Quinn and Peter Walker
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Threatened indictment of Raúl Castro ratchets up US pressure on Cuba
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Threatened indictment of Raúl Castro ratchets up US pressure on Cuba

Trump administration move echoes indictment of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro as fuel crisis racks CubaTensions between Cuba and US seem set to rise further amid reports that Raúl Castro, the country’s 94-year-old former president, may soon face the type of indictment that led to the US abduction of t...

Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana
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UK joins European deal to send rejected asylum seekers to third-country hubs
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UK joins European deal to send rejected asylum seekers to third-country hubs

All 46 Council of Europe members sign agreement ‘deplored’ by human rights organisationsThe UK and 45 other European countries have signed an agreement that explicitly endorses plans to send unwanted asylum seekers to third country hubs.A political declaration from the 46 members of the Council of E...

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
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From Blair to Burnham, jogging as political metaphor has just run and run
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From Blair to Burnham, jogging as political metaphor has just run and run

The mayor of Greater Manchester is the latest in a long line of politicians to try to show he’s on the right track … etcPoliticians, as we know, love a metaphor. But do they have to be so literal? No sooner had the Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, announced that he wanted to run for parliamen...

Esther Addley
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Questions over Farage’s houses and £5m gift renew scrutiny of finances
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Questions over Farage’s houses and £5m gift renew scrutiny of finances

Property portfolio in spotlight as Reform UK leader faces official inquiry over money accepted from billionaireA week ago, Nigel Farage was toasting Reform UK’s successes in the May elections, and bragging about his prospects of becoming prime minister.But there is a saying about a week in politics...

Rowena Mason and Kevin Rawlinson
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‘Extremely cruel and tragic’: Iranian director Asghar Farhadi speaks out against state violence and the war
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‘Extremely cruel and tragic’: Iranian director Asghar Farhadi speaks out against state violence and the war

The film-maker, who won the Grand Prix for A Hero in 2021, condemned both the killing of protestors and the conflict’s bombing campaigns during a Cannes press conferenceOscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has described the deaths of civilians in Iran as “extremely cruel and tragic” during...

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
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German leader Merz says he ‘would not advise my children to go’ to US
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German leader Merz says he ‘would not advise my children to go’ to US

Chancellor says he no longer views US as land of opportunity amid ‘deeply polarising’ social climateFriedrich Merz, the German chancellor, already embroiled in a row with Donald Trump over the Iran war, has said he would not advise his children to study or work in the US in the current climate.Speak...

Deborah Cole in Berlin
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Burnham byelection: the small town that could decide next PM – The Latest
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Burnham byelection: the small town that could decide next PM – The Latest

Andy Burnham may have a route back to Westminster – and a path to the Labour leadership. But first the Greater Manchester mayor must win a byelection in Makerfield, where Nigel Farage has vowed Reform UK will ‘throw absolutely everything’ at the contest.Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s north of E...

Presented by Lucy Hough with Hannah Al-Othman; produced by Sam Gruet; senior producer Bryony Moore; lead producer Zoe Hitch
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Iran says it and Oman are coordinating future management of strait of Hormuz
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Iran says it and Oman are coordinating future management of strait of Hormuz

Muscat silent about plans – opposed by US – to charge fee and demand details on nationality of all transiting shipsOman has been caught in geopolitical crossfire after Iran said it was coordinating with Muscat over the future management of the strait of Hormuz, including Tehran’s plans – opposed by...

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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FTSE 100-listed insurer Hiscox’s shares leap amid report of takeover bid
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FTSE 100-listed insurer Hiscox’s shares leap amid report of takeover bid

Canada’s Intact Financial Corp is said to be exploring offer, as London-listed Tate & Lyle attracts US suitorShares in Hiscox surged to record highs on Friday as it became the latest UK takeover target after a flurry of overseas bids for British businesses this week.Canada’s Intact Financial Cor...

Kalyeena Makortoff
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Belle and Sebastian write Scotland anthem after dramatic World Cup qualifier
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Belle and Sebastian write Scotland anthem after dramatic World Cup qualifier

Self-deprecating It Only Takes One Lion is partly inspired by team’s current song, Yes Sir, I Can BoogieThe lyrics came to Stuart Murdoch in the hazy aftermath of Scotland’s dramatic qualification for the World Cup.The Belle and Sebastian frontman had watched his side’s playoff victory over Denmark...

Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent
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