Labour’s Red Wall: the places that will decide the election | Anywhere but Westminster
John Harris and John Domokos continue their election road trip through crucial seats that have traditionally been loyal to Labour, but where a majority voted leave and the Tories are now encroaching. What they find defies the usual political cliches: people desperately want change, but there’s a deepening mistrust of national politics, whether red or blue
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December 05, 2019
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How my near-death experience changed my life | Death Land #5
After David Ditchfield was dragged under a moving train, the way he looked at death changed. Before his accident he didn’t consider the afterlife, but now Ditchfield says he knows there is nothing to fear after we die. He tells Leah what he saw the day he almost died
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December 05, 2019
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Blackface in the Netherlands: why is the Zwarte Piet tradition still a thing?
Zwarte Piet or Black Pete has been a festive tradition in the Netherlands for generations – which sees thousands of people, who are often white, dress up as the character wearing afro-style wigs, red lipstick and full blackface makeup. There have been attempts to make the holiday character less controversial but the tradition is still widely practiced. We went to the festivities this year to find out if time is nearly up for the tradition
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December 04, 2019
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Middle Earth: the fight to save the Amazon's soul
In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, an alternative climate conference is taking place that brings together youth activists, indigenous leaders, scientists and forest dwellers. In a region known as Middle Earth, they are building a new alliance and demonstrating that the rainforest is central to life on Earth, even though Brazil backed out of hosting this year's official UN climate talks after the election of Jair Bolsonaro as president
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December 03, 2019
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An army of Greta Thunbergs: one mother's mission
Melanie Harwood is an education entrepreneur and self-styled 'disruptor', who has partnered with the United Nations to educate teachers about climate change. The Guardian's Richard Sprenger joined her on a trip to Dubai, to witness her unorthodox approach first hand
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December 02, 2019
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Why the Green New Deal matters
The climate crisis is the biggest global threat that humanity faces. But despite action being demanded for years, many governments have continued to sustain an economy that’s bad for the environment. The green new deal proposes a different way forward and has been mentioned by the Labour party, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Bernie Sanders in the US, and school strikers around the world. But what does it mean? Maya Goodfellow explores what the green new deal is and how would it work.
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November 29, 2019
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Open Water: Greenlanders on the climate crisis
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
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December 02, 2019
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Planning your own death | Death Land #4
What does it mean to have a good death? Leah Green meets with Aly Dickinson, an end-of-life doula. Aly helps clients to plan what they want to happen at the end of their lives, and she accompanies them as they transition from life to death. She helps Leah draw up a death plan, and takes her to a death cafe, where strangers discuss dying over tea and cake
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November 28, 2019
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Nicosia, Cyprus: the last divided capital in Europe | Divided Cities
It is 45 years since Turkey and Greece came to blows in Cyprus, and the island remains physically and politically divided - not least by a wall that cuts through the capital, Nicosia. But a new generation of conscientious objectors are risking prison – and the scorn of their elders – by refusing to take up arms against each other
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November 27, 2019
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Homeless people: the voters without a voice | Anywhere but Westminster
In the third part of their election series, John Harris and John Domokos go to Southend-on-sea, and find a coastal town with a homelessness crisis. A local charity is making sure that homeless people register to vote, while huge issues scream out for attention: benefit sanctions, abusive landlords, the gap between wages and rents, and the dire lack of mental health services
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November 25, 2019
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Hello, I have death anxiety | Death Land #3
A lot of people are scared of death. But some people, including Leah, think about it an unhealthy amount. Thanatophobia is an irrational fear of death or the dying process. When we asked for your views, a lot of you said suffer from this too. So this week's episode of Death Land is dedicated to an open conversation about the issue
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November 21, 2019
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The food deserts of Memphis: inside America's hunger capital | Divided Cities
In the 'food deserts' of Memphis, Tennessee, dominated by fast food outlets and convenience stores, locals lack what seems a basic human right in the richer half of the city: a supermarket. With a big gap in life expectancy, are these Americans doomed to die younger than their neighbours – or can they fight for their right to nutrition?
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November 20, 2019
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Are the Tories losing their suburban heartlands? | Anywhere but Westminster
As their national election trek goes on, John Harris and John Domokos hit the Surrey town of Guildford, recently won by the Conservatives with a big majority, but shaken up by Brexit, a new cosmopolitan culture, and people's rising unease about poverty and homelessness. The former Conservative MP is running as an independent; the Lib Dems think they're on the march. Only one thing is certain: all the old political categories and cliches are useless
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November 15, 2019
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Is chlorinated chicken safe?
Chlorinated chicken hardly sounds like something you'd enjoy to read on a menu. The European Union bans imports of chlorine-washed chicken from the US but a post-Brexit transatlantic trade deal could allow exports to the UK. So what's the truth about chlorinated chicken and is it safe to eat?
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November 15, 2019
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'Freedom or death!': bringing America's largest slave revolt back to life
Performance artist Dread Scott recreates the the largely untold story of the 1811 slave rebellion in southern Louisiana. Winding through old plantation country, petrochemical plants and the city of New Orleans, the Guardian followed re-enactors along the route
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November 14, 2019
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Why do Havana's taxi drivers earn more than doctors? | Divided Cities
Cuba's strange dual system means that public sector workers and those in private enterprise are paid in different currencies. Laura, a GP, earns Cuban pesos, whereas Rogelio, who was a doctor, now makes more in an hour as a taxi driver than he used to in a month because he is paid in 'convertible pesos', which are worth 24 times more. As doctors and teachers struggle to buy basic goods, is it time for change?
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November 13, 2019
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Before I die: a day with terminally ill patients | Death Land #2
What does it feel like to know you’re dying? In episode two of Death Land, Leah Green meets people who are facing up to the end of their lives. She follows palliative care doctor Sunita Puri as she helps her patients come to terms with their own mortality
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November 14, 2019
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Beyond Brexit, Corbyn and Johnson: Stoke's politics of hope | Anywhere but Westminster
In the 2016 referendum, John Harris and John Domokos watched the Staffordshire city vote heavily to leave the EU. Since then, some remainers say they have grown tired of hearing vox pops from leave areas such as Stoke. But away from the election's noise and the political polarisation in the city, which has made one local MP's life incredibly difficult, there are trailblazing efforts to turn Stoke around, which we can all learn from
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November 07, 2019
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Can we live forever? | Death Land #1
What if you could cheat death and live forever? To people in the radical life extension movement, immortality is a real possibility. Leah Green spends a long weekend at RAADfest, a meeting of scientists, activists and ordinary people who want to extend the human lifespan. So is reversing your age a real possibility? And what’s behind this wish to live forever?
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November 07, 2019
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Divided Cities: stories of five cities split by major global divisions - series trailer
The fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago seemed to herald a more united future. Since then our world has fractured anew and our cities feel more divided than ever, from politics to climate to food. Divided Cities reveals five surprising stories of how major global divisions are playing out in cities around the world: Havana’s strange system of two currencies, the private sector one worth 24 times the state one; populist demands for Melilla, a Spanish outpost in Africa, to refuse asylum seekers by building a huge Trumpian wall; the “food deserts” of Memphis, Tennessee that lack what seems a basic right in richer neighbourhoods – a supermarket; Nicosia, Europe’s last divided capital, where young Cypriots are pushing back against conscription; and Delhi, a city riven by "climate apartheid" into those who can protect themselves from the elements and those who must live, suffer and sometimes die in the pollution and deadly heat. Divided Cities looks beyond Trump and Brexit to the deeper global divisions of a world ever more split into “us” and “them”
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November 18, 2019
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Last week, thousands of protesters took to the streets across India after a series of brutal attacks against women.
According to a 2018 survey by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, India is the most dangerous place to be a woman.
We visited Delhi last year to speak to women about the issue. Click the link in the bio to watch the full video.
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A Chilean protest song about rape culture and victim shaming has become a viral anthem for feminists around the world.
The lyrics of 'A Rapist in Your Path' describe how institutions uphold systematic violations of women’s rights: "The rapist is you/ It’s the cops/ The judges/ The state/ The president.” According to the Chilean Network Against Violence Against Women, 42 cases of sexual abuse are reported each day to the police.
But in 2018 only 25.7% of sexual abuse cases resulted in judicial rulings.
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John Major has endorsed three ex-Conservative independent candidates running against Boris Johnson’s party in the general election.
The former Tory prime minister said he would vote for ex-ministers David Gauke, Dominic Grieve and Anne Milton – who all lost the party whip earlier this year after rebelling on Brexit – if he lived in their constituencies.
In a video shared on social media, the former Tory PM described Brexit as the “worst foreign policy decision in my lifetime”. Click the link in the bio for further developments.
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A striking photo of @Stormzy has been added to the walls of the National Portrait Gallery. The move has been described by the gallery director as a "contemporary intervention". Gallery director Nicholas Cullinan said exhibiting the portrait was “as a contemporary intervention within our historic galleries (..) we hope our visitors will enjoy the juxtaposition of this new work with historic paintings of influential figures from the Victorian era, from politicians, royalty and radicals to artists, sporting heroes and singers.” The image by Mark Mattock features Stormzy wearing a crown while looking at the Banksy-designed stab-proof vest he wore for his headline performance at Glastonbury festival.
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Veteran BBC interviewer Andrew Neil turned to the camera last night and addressed an audience of millions about Boris Johnson’s refusal to be interviewed by him.
The prime minister is the only leader of a major party who hasn't faced the presenter during the election campaign.
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Nancy Pelosi has announced the House of Representatives will proceed with articles of impeachment against Donald Trump.
In a statement, she outlined the allegations against Trump and argued the president abused his power.
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French rail workers, air-traffic controllers, teachers and public sector staff staged mass walkouts today against proposed changes to the pension system.
The government argues that unifying the country's pensions system is crucial to keep it financially viable.
But unions argue the changes will mean millions of workers will have to work beyond the age of 62 or face a severe drop in their pension values.
Tensions are running high after months of anti-government protests by the gilets jaunes earlier this year, and there's a general feeling in France that public services are declining.
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You're witnessing the Teddy Bear Toss event, which happens every year in Hershey, Pennsylvania. More than 45,000 teddy bears were tossed this year
and all of them will be donated to local charities for the holiday season.
This year the number of teddy bears exceeded the number of fans at the arena by almost five to one as the arena only holds a capacity of 10,500 people. Via @guardian_sport
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This video has gone viral causing widespread speculation that Princess Anne snubbed the US president and first lady.
The footage from a Buckingham Palace reception shows the Queen seemingly gesturing to her daughter to greet Donald Trump. But it's since emerged that she turned her head to see which world leader was next in line to meet Trump and spotted Anne in the distance.
The princess, raising her hands in the air, laughed and said "It's just me", before adding "and this lot", pointing to members of the household behind her.
Anne is considered to be the most down-to-earth member of the Windsor family. Neither of her husbands accepted peerages and her children don't have official titles. She also works more than any of the other royals and is involved with more than 200 charities and organisations.
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From now on, the New Zealand government will be applying a climate crisis 'lens' to all its major decisions.
Climate change minister, James Shaw, said cabinet “routinely” considers the effects of its decisions on human rights, the Treaty of Waitangi, rural communities, the disability community, and gender.
Now climate change will become a standard part of cabinet’s decision-making too, in a week in which the country has being battered by extreme weather events in both the North and South islands.
He said a ‘climate impacts assessment’ will be mandatory for proposals that are designed to reduce emissions, or which are likely to have an impact on greenhouse emissions greater than 250,000 tonnes a year.
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A concrete tunnel in central Baghdad has become a centre of colourful murals painted by young protesters against government corruption.
By transforming the tunnel leading to Tahrir Square into a revolutionary art gallery, Iraqi artists - many of them women - are attempting to sketch out their vision of a brighter future.
More than 400 people have died in Iraq's anti-government protests, which started in early October with frustration over corruption, a lack of jobs and an out-of-touch political class.
Security forces killed at least 45 civilians who were protesting around the southern city of Nasiriyah last week in one of the worst incidents in the recent outbreak of anti-government protests.
At stake now is whether the post-Saddam Iraq constructed by the US remains viable 16 years after the invasion that overturned the country’s regime and reset the balance of power in the region.
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Saturday was a day dominated by wellies and shovels across the UK, as thousands of people planted trees in parks, fields and gardens for the @woodlandtrust's Big Climate Fightback campaign. The charity wanted to give people a simple way to make a difference to the climate crisis, by pledging to plant trees. It is now believed up to a million trees have gone into the ground since the campaign was launched in September.
More than 10,000 of those trees were planted at Mead in Derbyshire, the site of the new Young People’s Forest, where both Game of Thrones actor @bellaramsey and TV gardener Danny Clarke took part.
Woodland Trust CEO, Darren Moorcroft, said; “The Big Climate Fightback has shown the huge appetite people have to take action and with people power behind us who knows what could be achieved in the future.” Photos: Phil Formby + @NeilMarshment
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