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Two thirds of women 'sexually harassed at work'

80 per cent of women who said they have experienced sexual harassment at work did not tell their employer, fearing it would affect their relationships at work, hit their career prospects or they were too embarrassed to talk about it

Stanley Johnson Why it’s time to ban halal meat

The UK now carries out more halal slaughter than the rest of Europe. Most of us eat halal meat unwittingly on a daily basis, since it is sold in most major outlets, including big brand-name supermarkets, without being labelled as such

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Twitter users support Mexican gymnast after body shaming comments

Prudential is considering moving funds out of Britain after Brexit

Man in Donald Trump shirt allegedly attacked after using racial slur

Labour strife deepens as Tom Watson attacks ‘Trotskyist’ infiltrators

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World news in pictures

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    Pakistani nurses place candles at the site during a vigil to pay tribute to victims a day after a suicide bombing at the Civil Hospital in Quetta

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    People take pictures of the smoke rising from a wildfire at Curral dos Romeiros, Funchal in Madeira island. Several houses were destroyed by multiple blazes in the region of Funchal and some 250 people were evacuated to spend the safe night in military installations

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    Palestinian Suleiman al-Hadhalin (C) is evacuated by Israeli border police as he tried to prevent Israeli authorities to destroy his house, that they said was built without permission, in the village of Umm al-Kheir, south of the West Bank city of Hebron

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  • 4/30 9 August 2016

    Indian schoolchildren wear the colours of the country's tricolour as they pray for world peace at The Anjuman-E-Islam School in Ahmedabad, while commemorating the 71st anniversary of the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki

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    Dani tribespeople perform a mock tribal war battle during the 27th annual Baliem Valley Festival in Walesi district in Wamena, Papua Province. Performances at the 27th Baliem Valley Festival, taking place from August 8 to 10, feature mock battles of highland tribes of Dani, Yali and Lani to symbolise the high spirit and power that have been practised for generations

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    Pilgrims wearing raincoats pray before the opening ceremony of World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland

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    Former President Bill Clinton speaks on the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia

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  • 8/30 27 July 2016

    Pennsylvania State Troopers face off with Bernie Sanders supporters and delegates outside of the convention arena after Hillary Clinton won the Democratic presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia

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    Residents walk next to a graffiti of presidential candidate Maryse Narcisse together with ousted deposed president Jean Bertrand Aristide in a street of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The country is currently in the early stages of elections for Senate

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    Wearing the yellow jersey, Chris Froome of Great Britain cycles through Paris during stage twenty one of the 2016 Tour de France

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    Vehicles are seen stranded at a crossroads during a heavy rainfall in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China. Recent flooding has left 300 people dead or missing.

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    People enter the water for a morning swim at Copabacana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The iconic Copacabana beach will be the starting point for the road cycling race, marathon swimming and triathlon competitions in the upcoming Olympics

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    Solar Impulse 2, a solar-powered airplane, piloted by Swiss pioneer Bertrand Piccard is seen as it lands in Abu Dhabi to complete its round-the-world flight

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    People pray in front of the Tsukui Yamayuri-en, a facility for the disabled where a number of people were killed and dozens injured in a knife attack, in Sagamihara, outside of Tokyo, Japan

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    People mourn in front of candles and flowers on July 24, 2016 in front of the Olympia Einkaufszentrum shopping centre in Munich, southern Germany, where an 18-year-old German-Iranian student run amok on a shooting spree

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    A woman stands by the new makeshift memorial in tribute to the victims of the deadly Bastille Day attack at the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, after it was moved from the pavement of the road to the seafront so that the street can be re-opened

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    CodePink demonstrators protest at an anti-Donald Trump rally in Cleveland, Ohio, near the Quicken Loans Arena site of the Republican National Convention

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    Lightning is seen in the sky over the Ostankino TV tower during a storm in Moscow, Russia

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    A Turkish police restrains a man on the ground during an operation in front of the courthouse in Ankara. Turkey has detained more than 7,500 suspects involved in the coup plot seeking to oust the government

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    Tents are seen set up along a mountain road during a camping festival in Luoyang, China

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    A woman lays her head on the coffin of a victim of the failed coup attempt during his funeral in Istanbul

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    People gather at a makeshift memorial on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, in tribute to the victims of the Bastille Day attack that left 84 dead

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    Police officers stand in front of an East Baton Rouge police car with bullet holes as it's towed away from the scene where three police officers were killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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    Surrendered Turkish soldiers who were involved in the coup are beaten by a civilian

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    People occupy a tank on the streets of Istanbul. Istanbul's bridges across the Bosphorus, the strait separating the European and Asian sides of the city, have been closed to traffic. Reports have suggested that a group within Turkey's military have attempted to overthrow the government. Security forces have been called in as Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim denounced an 'illegal action' by a military 'group', with bridges closed in Istanbul and aircraft flying low over the capital of Ankara

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    A man reacts near bouquets of flowers near the scene where a truck ran into a crowd at high speed killing scores and injuring more who were celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday in Nice

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    A child's toy is placed among the floral tributes laid out near the site of the truck attack in the French resort city of Nice

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    Investigators continue at the scene near the heavy truck that ran into a crowd at high speed killing scores who were celebrating the Bastille Day in Nice

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    Rescue workers help an injured woman to get in a ambulance, after a truck drove into a crowd watching a fireworks display during Bastille Day in the French Riviera town of Nice. A truck ploughed into a crowd leaving at least 84 dead and scores injured

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    A dike between two lakes is seen under demolition in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

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Ranieri agrees four-year contract extension with champions Leicester

Ranieri has signed a new contract through until 2020

Murray brothers knocked out of Olympic doubles in shock defeat

Thomaz Belucci & Andre Sa beat Andy & Jamie Murray 7-6, 7-6 in the men's doubles

Ian Herbert We were right all along to fear Rio's ability to stage the Olympics

To say so risks exuding that air of western superiority that the British Olympic Association are so keen to guard against, but can you imagine the reaction if it had happened in London?

The actor The Rock was calling a 'candy ass' has reportedly been outed

Vin also serves as a producer on the film

American Crime Story to 'turn the lens on America' in season 2

'It's going to be about the intensity of what it was like to be there on the ground'

Children's author dies just before her first novel is accepted

Helen Gradwell is believed to have accidentally overdosed at her home in Bolton

Rio Ready: Go for gold with these Olympic worthy beauty buys

From sandy beaches to sun-kissed skin, Brazil isn’t exactly lacking for beauty but what about us bystanders? In honour of the Olympics Sarah Young discusses how to get your body Rio ready with a playful edit of Brazilian-inspired beauty. 

Summer without the crowds: escape to Greece's quiet corners

A beach break needn't mean sharing the sand or the poolside with hordes of other holidaymakers

How clever space-saving tricks transformed a tiny studio flat

Every centimetre of space and every piece of furniture works to turn this small studio into a big lesson in design. 

Mother told her cancer was a pregnancy side-effect dies after birth

A couples therapist reveals why modern marriage is so hard

Magnificent medieval castle for sale for the first time in 650 years

Brexit fears put spending on hold

Donald Trump Twitter analysis reveals the secrets behind his tweets

Mr Trump appears to send his own, angry tweets from an Android phone; while the more calm, measured ones are from somebody else using an iPhone, according to research by a data scientist

Why everyone needs to care about being spied on

It's not about philosophical questions or what your principles are – it's about saving money and making sure people don't ruin your life

Pokemon Go update brings back ‘Nearby’ tracker – but only for some

The new release also resurrects the battery saving mode and adds new warnings to stop people putting themselves in danger