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Thursday30June2022
- In a dramatic escalation, panel looks to former White House aide to testify on Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election
- Two of the men face smuggling charges after 53 migrants died when the trailer truck was abandoned in sweltering heat
- R&B singer, 55, was found guilty in September of sex trafficking and racketeering on nine counts involving women, girls and boys
- Team searching courthouse for evidence about lynching of Black teenager finds warrant for arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham
- Russia will respond in kind if Nato sets up military in Finland and Sweden, Vladimir Putin warns; residents attempt to flee from frontline eastern city
- In a statement, Lois Drueke said she was ‘happy to hear is voice and know he’s alive and all right’
- Witness accounts and expert analysis discredit Moscow’s claim fire spread from factory to empty mall
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- The fences Joe Ricketts erected around his ranch in the middle of the Blackfeet reservation flout tribal rules and are a deadly hazard for wildlife
- Carson Pickett started for the United States women’s national team in their 2-0 win over Colombia on Tuesday, making history in the process
- Was it a protest by staff or marketing for a change of programming? Listeners to Kiss Radio 104.9 FM had plenty of time to wonder
- The Texas senator objects that the spot – in which Elmo’s dad decides to vaccinate his son – cites no scientific evidence
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- Thousands of women and young girls living in poverty are forced to turn to a deadly illegal trade – risking jail and their lives
- In a new documentary, fans and experts explore the legacy of a song that was originally shunned before becoming a timeless classic
- Savers talk of devastating losses as assets such as bitcoin and ‘stablecoins’ like terra fell sharply
- Cassidy Hutchinson may have placed Trump’s name on a federal indictment
- On Monday, the supreme court justice issued a worrying signal about his commitment to maintaining press freedoms
- They were killed by this nation’s migration policies, our exclusionary laws, and our obsession with the closing southern border
- Jailed for 20 years yesterday, she was a wicked, greedy and depraved criminal that no childhood troubles can excuse, says documentary film-maker Dorothy Byrne
- Anthony Joshua said there ‘too many voices’ in his corner when he lost his world heavyweight titles to Oleksandr Usyk last September
- Nelson Piquet has denied making a racist slur against Lewis Hamilton but admitted his comments were ill thought out and apologised
- Blistering heat, stronger storms, droughts, floods and fires are putting food production at risk
- Environment ministers back phasing out fossil-fuel cars by 2035 and a €59bn fund to help ease cost burden of new policies on low income earners
- H&M has suspended its use of product labelling tool, The Higg Materials Sustainability Index
The US congressional hearings on the Capitol Hill attack have been prime time viewing. And the case against Donald Trump has been building for all to see, says Lawrence Douglas
- Late-night hosts recap more shocking details from the January 6 hearings and blast GOP attempts to deflect from the consequences of ending Roe v Wade
- 2 out of 5 stars.
Beauty review Flat Netflix drama plays like unauthorized Whitney biopic
2 out of 5 stars.The Lena Waithe-penned film about a young singer on the brink of stardom hiding a relationship with her best friend stumbles with too many wrong notes
- This week marks 15 years since the iPhone first went on sale and ushered in a new era: the age of the smartphone
- This brilliant exploration of psychological manipulation takes in both Mao’s China and the American dream
- My first night walking around the back streets made me feel as if someone had lifted Glasgow up like a giant rock to show me the unmentionables underneath
- Tackling disintegrating sandwiches, the best new design shop, and a retrospective of a seminal art collective
- Javier Salazar posted on Facebook that he would not use his power to ‘impose the morals’ of others on those ‘exercising a right’
- Board unanimously agrees to complete transfer of parcels in area once known as Bruce’s Beach, which was a resort for Black Americans
- Demand for a new union contract that raises wages to cover rising cost of living and to attract workers in understaffed departments
- John F Wood is seeking to stop Eric Greitens who leads the Republican field for nomination in the August primary
- Xi Jinping will make his first trip outside mainland China since the Covid pandemic began, as the territory marks the milestone amid heightened security
- Police in Rajasthan also banned public gatherings, fearing violence after two Muslims posted a video claiming responsibility for murder of man in Udaipur
- Attacks on the press have increased 85% in the three years since president Andrés Manuel López Obrador took power
- An eight-hectare set built in the 1960s for one of Sergio Leone’s films is up for sale for €2.8m
- The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world
- A World History of Women Photographers showcases the work of 300 women from around the world, from the 19th century to the present day. The collection will be published in English by Thames & Hudson on 14 July
- From Bob Dylan at work to the Hong Kong stock exchange, these images form part of Magnum’s first ever venture into the world of NFTs
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