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As the crisis continues, confinement and worry are taking a huge toll on children, young people and their parents. From across the country, families reveal the experience of everyday life in confinement, and the issues it highlights – from autism to bad housing
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Fata and Yankuba are two young Gambians with ambitious dreams, who fled dictatorship and poverty, and landed in Naples only to discover a new kind of violence: a pernicious climate of racism and an unhelpful immigration system. The Teranga nightclub provides a rare safe space for migrants to meet young Italians while dancing and singing away the collective trauma of their journeys to Europe and the discrimination they face in Italy
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A glimpse into the lives of three Greenlanders: a hunter, a ship’s captain and a fisherman, individuals whose very existence and heritage is intertwined with the Arctic Ocean. Like many who live in the polar north, their fortunes straddle the extremes of summer and winter. Faced with a drastically changing environment, these seafarers reflect on their past, their present and uncertain future with a complex mix of emotions -
A film about a young farmer’s connection to the land, his animals, and a changing world in the north of England. Battling against unsustainable farming methods and an unenthusiastic market, Adam Crowe continues to work on two neighbouring farms while fighting to launch his own business and breed a flock of sheep. In rural Britain, the threat of poverty is often frighteningly close
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The influx of modern automatic weaponry in the 1990s turned local disputes into lethal exchanges. Bootleg copies of the American film Rambo circulated in remote communities, becoming a crude tutorial on the use of such weaponry.
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A letter from the British government classifying Paulette Wilson as an illegal immigrant shook her sense of identity and belonging. ‘Hostile environment’ policies years in the making meant that Wilson and other victims of the Windrush scandal had their right to residency in the UK called into question. She had been detained for a week pending imminent deportation though she had done nothing wrong. It was devastating, but luckily she was released before she was deported. Here we follow Wilson as she returns to Jamaica for the first time in 50 years, trying to make sense of her place in the world and rebuild a sense of security and belonging
Spotlight
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How can we understand the risk of dying from Covid-19 when there are so many numbers flying around? There are actually three types of fatality rate, which are calculated in different ways and tell you different things
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The International Monetary Fund expects the global economy to shrink 3% this year with prospects for a rebound next year clouded by uncertainty
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‘There are many things you can debate in the Constitution because they are ambiguous. This is not one of those things that is ambiguous,’says New York governor
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The former US president has endorsed Joe Biden for president, coming off the electoral sidelines to help unite the Democratic party
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US president uses White House press briefing on coronavirus to play propaganda-like video praising his record on the pandemic
Explainers
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Thousands of people die annually trying to cross borders. It’s often argued stronger borders and more checks would deter people from making dangerous crossings. But how accurate is this? Maya Goodfellow explores what the current border regime means for people seeking asylum
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Not so long ago white evangelical Christians were not interested in the politics of abortion; now they are on the frontline fighting against it. Leah Green investigates how it all changed
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With its sea of discarded tents and litter-strewn fields, Glastonbury hhas become almost as infamous for the mountain of rubbish left in its wake as it is renowned for its music. But this year, organisers are hitting back - by banning plastic bottles in a bid to stem the tide of waste. But festivalgoers are being urged to limit their impact on the environment in other ways, too
Sport
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Moss was widely acknowledged as one of the greatest drivers never to have won the Formula One title
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Andy Murray and his wife Kim issued their 100 volley challenge on Thursday and fans have been busy posting their efforts on social media
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Four-time world record holder Liv Cooke is posting tricks that others can follow indoors during the Covid-19 lockdown
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The former Wimbledon champion played a volley round with his wife and has challenged us all to do the same at home
Technology
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The prime minister has hinted he will arrive at a solution over whether to let the Chinese company build parts of the UK’s 5G network
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The Guardian's Stephanie Kirchgaessner analyses the alleged hacking of Jeff Bezos' phone by Saudi Arabia
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In his first interview of the new year, Boris Johnson stressed that he would not put UK security at risk in upgrading the country's 5G network
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Windows on Tesla's first pickup truck shattered when Elon Musk had a metal ball thrown at them during the launch event
Interviews
Culture
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Written by Howard Brenton, the acclaimed play Drawing the Line, staged at Hampstead theatre in 2014, is now available to watch online until 10pm on Sunday 19 April
Life & style
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Cities around the world are seeing out 2019 and bringing in the new decade with fireworks displays in their capital cities
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A comedian who crashed the Chanel catwalk, scrambling on to the stage and joining the models, was confronted by supermodel Gigi Hadid who ushered her away from the Paris show on Tuesday
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Many of our clothes are made from fossil-fuel-guzzling textiles but new leaps in biotechnology are paving the way to a carbon-negative wardrobe
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The trailer for a 12-episode Anna Wintour Masterclass in leadership and creativity has just been released, rendering the one of the most enigmatic names in fashion marginally less mysterious
