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You be the judge: should my girlfriend stop trying to make our lives plastic-free?
Amy is worried about microplastics. Melanie says she can’t bin everything. Whose argument is toxic? You decide• Find out...
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Humiliated by Iran, the US wants an easy scalp: keep your eyes on Cuba | Owen Jones
The decision to charge Raúl Castro is grimly reminiscent of the run-up to Trump’s military operation in Venezuela. Meanw...
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‘Standing up for our children’: parents divided over London teachers’ strikes
Waltham Forest in the east of the capital has seen a wave of industrial action in schools, with more to come The gates t...
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Country diary: Mayday, mayday … the heatwave is killing the swallow chicks | Kate Blincoe
Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: Adult swallows travel across the world to breed in Britain’s supposedly temperate climate. I...
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Milking it: inside America’s lactation rooms – in pictures
Some are bright and cosy, others are starkly depressing – these images of rooms used to pump breast milk expose the some...
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We’re going on a Bosnian bear hunt … in Europe’s oldest forest
A guided walk in the primeval wildwood of Perućica, where wolves, chamois and the elusive brown bear roam‘I know this be...
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Britain ‘sleepwalking into a food crisis’ without urgent action, experts say
Industry figures warn of national security risk and call for ministers to address impact of extreme weather, inflation a...
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Cigarette butts for free food? How one group is asking people to rethink litter
The WasteBar food truck hopes the eye-catching deal will change people’s attitude to waste in the NetherlandsUsing cigar...
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‘This isn’t freedom’: anger, anxiety and tears as Iran’s internet flickers back
After 88 days of near-total blackout, first reactions to the return of partial connectivity were not celebratoryAfter 88...
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Ebola outbreak: What travel restrictions have countries imposed?
Canada, the Bahamas and the US are banning arrivals from affected countries to prevent the spread of the rare strain.
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Weatherwatch: Chinese farmers hope for rain at time of ‘small fullness’
In May, farmers in China look for heavy downpours to fill the rice paddies so that they stay wet throughout summerThe Ch...
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Ghana welcomes home citizens evacuated from South Africa
The first flight carrying around 300 Ghanaians evacuated from South Africa following anti-immigrant tensions.