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Ukraine invasion
Thursday
19 May 2022
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Russian servicemen patrol the destroyed Azovstal plant in Mariupol 
Journalists visit the ruins of the steelworks in Mariupol 
Russian soldiers play with a bear in a zoo, Mariupol 
A local man looks at the debris of his shelled home in Mala Rohan village 
A Ukrainian soldier pets stray dogs in Barvinkove, Ukraine Russian foreign minister says access to Ukrainian Black Sea ports linked to sanctions; further 771 fighters allegedly surrender in last 24 hours -
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Injured soldiers being treated in hospital while 900 are held in a former prison colony, according to Moscow
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The Georgia secretary of state resisted Trump’s call to overturn the presidential election result and is now facing his ire -
‘Don’t let our reality become your reality,’ campaigners warn after woman is freed after decade behind bars for medical emergency ruled attempted murder
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Putin’s war on Ukraine and political deadlock in Caracas have combined to herald a new dawn in US-Venezuela ties -
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But climate scientists say that despair can be paralyzing and activism is the best release valve for climate anguish
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Peter Cook says in the aftermath of the Buffalo racist shooting white Christian denominations have a duty to act -
The deal resulted in 6,000 New Yorkers placing an order every minute, overwhelming kitchens and delivery workers -
With the new collective bargaining agreements announced Wednesday by US Soccer and the players unions, everyone is finally on the same side
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In a damning new season of podcast docuseries Fiasco, journalist Leon Neyfakh revisits a period of devastating loss and horrifying apathy -
The Angels haven’t had a winning season since 2015, despite the presence of their nine-time All-Star. This year could be when things change though -
Aiming to underscore the threat to abortion rights in the late 1990s, activists created a provocative campaign
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Massive food producers hold too much power – and the regulators scarcely understand what is happening. Sound familiar, asks George Monbiot -
Women have breastfed for thousands of years and yet there are still those who think we can just ‘switch on’ our milk, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
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Conservatives are animated by a vision of 1950s-style white Christian patriarchal dominance – it is the only order they will accept for America -
Reading Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, I found her lines about living in London resonating intensely, so many years later
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Join Scott Murray for the latest updates from golf’s second major of the year, at Southern Hills -
With the new collective bargaining agreements announced Wednesday by US Soccer and the players unions, everyone is finally on the same side
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Golden State held Luka Dončić in check and the Warriors beat the Mavericks 112-87 on Wednesday night for a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference finals -
The Angels haven’t had a winning season since 2015, despite the presence of their nine-time All-Star. This year could be when things change though
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The Evident Project is a photography-led campaign focusing on the impact of the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and the causes of viral pandemics -
It’s a wake-up call for the world’s forests. Madeleine Finlay hears from biodiversity reporter Patrick Greenfield about what his trip deep inside Argentina’s precious region showed him and what’s needed to end deforestation by 2030, as promised at Cop26 -
Enormous energy consumption has barely reduced despite $1tn being wiped off the sector
Finland and Sweden this week formally applied to join Nato after years of non-alignment. Jon Henley reports on how the Ukraine war has given the alliance a new lease of life
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His role in The Last Samurai changed Hollywood’s attitude to Asian characters overnight – but illness very nearly ended his career. He discusses recovery, regret and yakuza drama Tokyo Vice -
From Essex wedding singer to the face of British pop, it’s been a wild ride for Sam Ryder. He talks about the hard graft behind his meteoric rise
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4 out of 5 stars.
Mavis Staples & Levon Helm: Carry Me Home review A final blaze of glory for the late Band musician
4 out of 5 stars.On poignant yet defiant recordings made in 2011 shortly before Helm’s death, Staples’ commanding vocals give enormous vibrancy to blues, folk and soul standards -
A 12-year-old girl in rural Kenya has the power to see into her country’s painful past in this compelling, beautifully written novel -
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They agreed on the topic of what to do with problematic statues, but what about injustice in the police force? -
Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?
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From a giant Gulliver in Spain to a sleek basking whale in Budapest, readers tip 10 destinations with stunning contemporary buildings -
A solo hike on the celebrated 192-mile route from St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay gave our writer solace after the death of her mother -
In a 13th-century Puglian castle, the fashion house’s creative director would rather think about magic and the universe than party clothes for the rich -
Over the years I spent thousands of pounds and endured painful procedures trying to adhere to conventional beauty standards. But shielding in the pandemic allowed me to take a break
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Hard-right candidates who challenged 2020 result win string of primary victories on a good night too for progressive Democrats -
President also authorizes Pentagon to use commercial aircraft to import supplies amid growing political pressure
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Kathy Hochul condemns ‘mainstreaming of hate speech’ and easy access to military-style weapons after Buffalo shooting -
Deaths are the highest in 16 years as Americans returned to the roads after deserting them early in the pandemic -
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Those fleeing combat were internally displaced 14.4m times, with biggest toll in sub-Saharan Africa, report reveals -
Met concludes Partygate investigation and says 126 fixed-penalty notices were issued covering 12 events
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State media have told patients to use painkillers as well as unverified home remedies such as willow leaf tea -
Move comes in response to significant increase in disorder at games, much of which, police say, is driven by class A drugs -
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The Shanghai-based photographer Luo Yang has been documenting Chinese youth for more than a decade -
Fed up with media cliches around a ‘typical’ Jewish person, Keith Kahn-Harris and Rob Stothard set out to showcase the community’s diversity – and hear their stories -
The Milky Way photographer of the year winners are selected every year by the travel blog Capture the Atlas. The Milky Way season ranges from February to October in the northern hemisphere and from January to November in the southern hemisphere
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