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Kurdi anniversary
One year on, how did we forget Alan Kurdi?
His body symbolised an army of dead children. We ignore them at our peril, says Robert Fisk
What happens to the refugee children who survive Alan’s journey
His family was heading for Kos, where refugees are now detained in camps
Paul Renteurs The first 'Brexit brainstorm meeting' was a pathetic shambles
I voted remain. However, I wasn’t one of the people who went into a deep and dark period of mourning. I was prepared to be optimistic about leaving the EU
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Why Muhammad may be the most common boys’ name in England and Wales
Experts say different spellings are variations on the same name transliterated from Arabic
Spanish café charging rude customers more for their coffee
Restaurant Blau Grifeu in Spain offers different prices depending on how polite its customers are
Senior Tory admits there is problem at the heart of privatisation
Rail track and services should never have been split up, says Sir Malcolm Rifkind
Labour reveals the reasons it suspended supporters
It comes after John McDonnell accused Labour's HQ of 'rigged purge' against party members
Missed connections: direct flights you won’t find flying out of London
As British Airways re-launches services from Heathrow to Tehran, and US airlines reconnect with Cuba, Simon Calder considers the air routes that don’t exist
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World news in pictures
World news in pictures
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1/30 2 September 2016
Caribou "Lindsay" refreshes with a water sprinker at the zoo in Hanover, northern Germany
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2/30 2 September 2016
Indian taxi drivers wait for passengers outside a railway station during a nationwide strike called by 10 major trade unions over wages and economic reforms in Kolkata. Millions of public sector workers went on strike across India protesting against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plans for greater privatisation and a proposed minimum wage hike they say is inadequate
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3/30 2 September 2016
Civilians carry their belongings while walking near a damaged building, after reports of an agreement between rebels and Syria's army to evacuate civilians and rebel fighters from Mouadamiya, in Damascus
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4/30 1 September 2016
Opposition activists march in Caracas. Venezuela's opposition and government head into a crucial test of strength with massive marches for and against a referendum to recall President Nicolas Maduro that have raised fears of a violent confrontation
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5/30 1 September 2016
An aerial view of Amatrice, central Italy, one of the towns hit by an earthquake on 24 August. Italy began looking to the future after an earthquake flattened three towns, with Premier Matteo Renzi tapping an reconstruction czar to oversee the rebuilding and investigators acquiring the first documentation into the construction blamed for the high death toll
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6/30 1 September 2016
The moon covering the sun, leaving a ring of fire effect around the moon, during an annular solar eclipse, seen from Saint-Louis, on the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion
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7/30 1 September 2016
Smoke rising close to the Syrian-Turkish border town of Jarabulus. Turkey denied a US claim it had agreed a truce with a Kurdish militia targeted as part of its week-old intervention in Syria but Turkish-backed fighters confirmed a lull in the fighting. In an unprecedented operation, Turkey sent tanks into Syria to help Arab rebels clear the border area of Islamic State (IS) jihadists and halt the westward advance of a US-backed Kurdish militia, which Ankara sees as a terrorist group
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8/30 31 August 2016
A wounded supporter of Gabonese opposition leader Jean Ping lies on the ground in Libreville, during clashes with riot police as part of a protest sparked after Gabon's president Ali Bongo was declared winner of last weekend's contested election. Protesters shouting "Ali must go!" tried to storm the offices of the election commission shortly after authorities announced his re-election by a narrow majority. Bongo won by a narrow 5,594 votes of a total 627,805 registered voters
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9/30 31 August 2016
Students wave the Malaysian flag during the 59th National Day celebrations at the Independence Square in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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10/30 31 August 2016
Mount Sinabung spews volcanic ash into the air during an eruption in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia
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11/30 31 August 2016
A man pedals his cycle rickshaw during monsoon rains in New Delhi, India
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12/30 31 August 2016
Crowds of people throw tomatoes at each other, during the annual "Tomatina", tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol, 50 kilometers outside Valencia, Spain. The streets of an eastern Spanish town are awash with red pulp as thousands of people pelt each other with tomatoes in the annual "Tomatina" battle that has become a major tourist attraction. At the annual fiesta in Bunol, trucks dumped 160 tons of tomatoes for some 20,000 participants, many from abroad, to throw during the hour-long morning festivities
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13/30 31 August 2016
A man steers a wooden boat through dead fish in a breeding pond at the Maninjau Lake in Agam regency, West Sumatra province, Indonesia. Thousands of fish at the fish farm of the Maninjau Lake died suddenly due to lack of oxygen caused by a sudden change in water conditions
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Iranians spending time in Urmia Lake near Urmia, North-western Iran. Hopes for survival of Urmia salt lake have been revived after more rains boosted a government program aimed at preserving the almost dried up water body
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15/30 30 August 2016
Somali security forces patrol the scene of a suicide car bomb blast in Mogadishu. At least 10 people were killed when jihadists exploded a suicide car bomb outside a popular hotel close to the presidential palace in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. The Al-Qaeda aligned Shabaab jihadists claimed responsibility for the attack on the SYL hotel which was previously attacked in both February 2016 and January 2015
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Turkish soldiers carry a giant Turkish flag during a ceremony to mark 94th anniversary of Turkeys Victory Day in Ankara
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Safari keeper Guy Pear gets a kiss from a five-day-old reticulated giraffe, at an enclosure at the Safari Zoo in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Israel
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A child holds a placard reading "Open the border" during a demonstration in support to refugees and migrants in front of Athens municipality building
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Police fire tear gas grenades at supporters of suspendend president Dilma Rousseff holding a demonstration during her impeachment trial in Sao Paulo, Brazil
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A rescue boat of the Spanish NGO Proactiva approaches an overcrowded wooden vessel with migrants from Eritrea, off the Libyan coast in Mediterranean Sea
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Indian troopers use shields to protect themselves during a clash with Kashmiri protesters in Srinagar. Authorities lifted a curfew in Indian-administered Kashmir after 52 days of lock down amid deadly violence, but street clashes broke out again between protesters and security forces
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A farmer checks hot peppers laid out on a road to dry under the sun before selling them to factories producing pepper products in Kilis province, Turkey
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Heavy rain clouds move over the central business district in Bangkok
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Dead wild reindeer are seen on Hardangervidda in Norway, after lightning struck the central mountain plateau and killed more than 300 of them
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Indonesian students play traditional drums called "Dol" from Bengkulu province as they participate in the Indonesian Independence day ceremony in Jakarta
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A woman attempts to cover a tear gas canister fired by police at a crowd in Srinagar protesting against the recent killings in Kashmir
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Participants struggle to reach the prizes on the top of greasy slippery poles in Jakarta, as part of Indonesia's celebrations to mark its 71st independent day anniversary
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28/30 16 August 2016
An air tanker drops fire retardant on the Blue Cut wildfire in Lytle Creek, California. The fire is currently 9,000 plus acres, with 700 personnel on scene. Fifty-seven engines, 8 crews, 8 air tankers, 2 Very Large Air Tankers (VLATS), with additional firefighters and equipment on order
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Free Syrian army fighters stand atop of a hill as the moon is seen in the background in the south of Nawa city, in Deraa Governorate, Syria
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A Palestinian youth is being evacuated after he was wounded during clashes with Israeli soldiers conducting searches in the Palestinian al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Hebron
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Sterling and Hazard are enjoying a revival under new management
With Pep Guardiola in charge at Manchester City and Antonio Conte taking the reins at Chelsea, the pair are now enjoying an impressive revival following a difficult year on the pitch
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Toure left out of squad for Champions League group stage fixtures
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Messi says he 'did not deceive anybody' over retirement
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Zenit St Petersburg receive offer to change name to Zenit Burger King
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Kompany takes significant step forward on the road to recovery
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Manchester City contest violent conduct charge against Aguero
Williams equals Navratilova win record at US Open
Serena Williams beat Vania King 6-3, 6-3 to reach the third round of the US Open
Editorial Our railways are a disaster – nationalisation would not help
'Nationalisation' is a word that falls readily form the lips of Jeremy Corbyn and others with short memories. Under British Rail from 1948 to 1994, the UK's rail network was notorious for poor service, over mighty unions and government interference
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Letters JK Rowling is right – the Labour leadership race is far from amusing
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Harriet Williamson A year on from Alan Kurdi, we cannot be proud of our achievements
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Editorial Alan Kurdi’s death did change the world, if only for a brief time
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Robert Fisk A year on from Alan Kurdi, we continue to ignore the facts
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Douglas Robertson Archbishop of Canterbury’s ‘Hug a Homophobe’ stance isn't inspiring
RIP Jon Polito, known for role in 'The Big Lebowski'
The cause of the actor's death has not been made public
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Arrival: Finally a sci-fi that doesn’t rely on action movie clichés
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First look at The Rock's Indiana Jones-esque character in Jumanji
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Hear Emma Watson and Dan Stevens as Beauty and the Beast
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Jon Favreau will reprise his role as Happy Hogan in Spider-Man
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Moulin Rouge! is finally getting a stage musical
Rag'n'Bone Man on his debut, London nightlife and Game of Thrones
'One person said I was like the UK Nate Dogg. I was like… are you sure?! And someone else said I was like a white CeeLo Green…'
Follow in the footsteps of Poldark in Cornwall
With Aidan Turner returning to screens as the country's favourite renegade mine owner this weekend, here's how to channel your inner Ross Poldark
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‘I’ll never live this down’: Presenting the most awkward Twitter excha
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Three new Stranger Things characters revealed in season 2 casting call
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Watch the hilarious first trailer for Netflix comedy Mascots
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The Crystal Maze officially coming back for celebrity special
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Black Mirror season 3 episodes 1, 2 and 3 plot details revealed
Open Hearts, Kate Bull, review
This nonfiction look at heart surgery is bright, lively, and always alert to the patient’s perspective
Boy meets girl: The rise of unisex fragrances
A phenomenon that started in the 1990s, gender-neutral fragrances are proving to have widespread appeal. Sarah Young explores the beauty industries fascination with going both ways
25 classic British foods that foreigners find gross
Many countries have special delicacies that anyone who isn't a local might find disgusting.
Hotel review: InterContinental New York Barclay
Following a multi-million dollar renovation, one of Manhattan's original railroad hotels is back on track
London Design Festival 2016: everything you need to know
Now in its fourteenth year, the London Design Festival looks set to be its biggest yet, with hundreds of products launches, new creative spaces, designers and imaginative installations across the capital's seven offical design districts...
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Castle home with a moat and its own dungeon for sale at £1.5m
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Cecconi's brings fiery red glamour to Berlin's Soho House design hotel
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Orkney cottages with breathtaking views for sale - but there's a catch
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Inside the jewel-box home of an opera designer and Vogue photographer
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How to add colour to your late-summer garden
New Apple Watch to have bigger battery and smaller body
The smartwatch is set to be announced alongside the iPhone 7 at Apple’s biggest event of the year next week
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Apple to unveil new wireless Beats alongside new iPhone
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Apple Twitter account activated ahead of iPhone 7 launch event
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Samsung issues unprecedented statement after phones blow up
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Zuckerberg laments destruction of Facebook internet satellite
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 no longer sold after reports of exploding phones
Sony launches new, small phone with beefed up camera and battery tech
Special tools actually stop the battery charging to full – which will help it last much longer
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Batman: A Telltale Series review: Chapter 1, ‘Realm of Shadows’
'An asset to Telltale's already fantastic library of episodic adventures'
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No Man’s Sky receives yet another patch and players are still angry
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PlayStation 4 ‘Slim’ apparently leaked by accident
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Rogue gaming sites let children gamble hundreds of millions
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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, review: An excellent addition to the series
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No Man's Sky patches bugs as developers promise new features
10 best laptops for students
Surf the web, store photos, watch movies – and do some uni work – with a strong, budget-friendly machine