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US immigration ICE given permission to force-feed Cuban hunger striker with gastric tube

Israel-Gaza war ‘Guilt by association’: why seven international aid workers were killed in Israeli airstrike Law Lindsay Clancy murder trial ends in dramatic deadlock – what comes next? Brazil ‘It cost me many friendships’: former Brazil military chief reveals inside struggle to stop Bolsonaro’s coup US voting rights US judge extends block on Trump order to restrict mail-in voting

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Politics Leftist insurgents are storming the midterms – just don’t call them all democratic socialists

Tennessee When Memphis went dark, community members brought the light: ‘We keep ourselves safe’ Building power Even in safe-haven Massachusetts, trans care is at risk. Young people are fighting to protect it

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Features

Capital punishment Tennessee says child rapists deserve to die. Now it prepares to execute one of their victims

Culture The trollers v the scrollers: Edith Pritchett’s Bayeux tapestry for the modern age

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Opinion

The US attorney general is fretting about a ‘pandemic’ of gender transitions in schools Arwa Mahdawi

CTE in football players is a health crisis. It’s time for us to stop watching Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva

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Sports

Tennis Williams sisters’ US Open return ends in heartbreak with third-set tie-break defeat

Live soccer Premier League: Newcastle United v Bournemouth

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Culture

Music The rise of south-east Asia’s girl bands: ‘The talent and popularity were always here’

Television 50? Moi? How The Muppets rocked the world with anarchy, nonsense and the inimitable Miss Piggy

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Lifestyle

AI ‘We’re plausibly close to crossing the line’: are warnings of uncontrollable AI coming true?

Pets The unsettling rise of cat seducers: ‘My little companion was missing – and I was consumed with anger’

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