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As India goes to the polls, can democracy deliver a better life for all of its people?

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Behind a veneer of progress, injustice and inequality propped up by corruption and the caste system haunt the subcontinent

Labour targets TikTok microinfluencers ahead of election

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Party hopes smaller content creators with loyal following online will attract voters missed through TV and radio

What even is mulch? 27 of the most basic gardening questions answered

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How do I know what soil I have? Do bulbs come back? And how did people garden before Google? As the growing season gears up, our experts are here with a barrowful of advice

‘I was flabbergasted’: refunds for unused subscriptions may be easier than you think

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Whether the deal auto-renewed without your knowledge or you forgot a free trial had ended, try asking for your money back

A gentler side of the Dolomites: a summer break in Italy’s Adamello-Brenta natural park

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Its peaks are a big draw for adrenaline junkies, but this natural park’s newer attractions offer more inclusive family activities

Dead Boy Detectives: this ghost sleuth show is silly, spooky and wicked fun

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Yes, this really is about teens trapped in purgatory solving crimes … but it’s so dazzling and magical you barely need to look at TikTok while you’re watching it!

The wheelie bag rides again as ‘nanna glamour’ takes hold

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Younger women and men are discovering the former fashion faux pas is a great alternative to lugging heavy bags

What links Tutti Frutti with Shout Out to My Ex? The Saturday quiz

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From the Sahara to Violette Szabo, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

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US Senate votes to renew Fisa surveillance program

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Majority leader Chuck Schumer says approving bill was ‘right thing’ for Democrats and Republicans to do

‘Dirty secret’: insiders say UK water firms knowingly break sewage laws

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Exclusive: Whistleblowers point to broader sewage scandal, with wastewater systems manipulated to divert sewage

TV tonight: BBC Two turns 60 with Stormzy, Dolly Parton and the Rolling Stones

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The broadcaster invites you to a four-hour anniversary bash! Plus, a tense finale for Norwegian crime drama Wisting. Here’s what to watch this evening

From Abigail to Taylor Swift: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

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A girl kidnapped by criminals turns out to be less innocent than she seems in a new horror flick, while the queen of stadium pop releases a new double album

Monopoly: the Movie? Pop culture has become a series of lukewarm adverts – and it’s all so very dull | Dan Hancox

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From films about Play-Doh and Barbie to the Shrek ‘experience’, consumer capitalism has run out of ideas

Godspeed: Welsh church to offer 15 minute ‘micro services’

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St David’s weekday services hope to draw in commuters and others with work or family pressures

UK small boats policymakers referred to ‘bloody migrants’, says civil servant

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Exclusive: Former head of policy at illegal migration taskforce details ‘inhumane conversations’

How to turn leftover roast chicken and old tortillas into chicken tinga tostadas – recipe | Waste not

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Wake up tired tortillas and leftover chicken by adding your favourite Mexican-inspired toppings to create the classic Mexican ‘toastie’

Tim Dowling: I’m huge in Ireland, but the cat couldn’t care less

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Invasive feline attention has left me seriously sleep-deprived, but I have appointments with Irish radio – and my wife’s diary

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Max Verstappen wins first F1 sprint race of the season at Chinese Grand Prix

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Red Bull’s triple world champion Max Verstappen won the first sprint race of the Formula One season at the Chinese Grand Prix on Saturday. Verstappen beat Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton by 13.043 seconds in the 19-lap race at the Shanghai…

Country diary: Holding our breath as we watch the bearded tits | Jamey Douglas

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Boyton and Hollesley Marshes, Suffolk: Today these wide open skies give us so much – not least a spoonbill – but there are also great rewards closer to ground

Indonesia volcano: thousands evacuated amid spreading ash and tsunami fears

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More than 11,000 people told to leave their homes after Mount Ruang erupted at least three times since Friday afternoon

‘ICU on wheels’: 24 hours with Ukraine’s combat medics in Donbas

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Moas staff evacuate 80% of critically wounded soldiers from region’s battlefield, where medics say morale is falling

Sudan’s Hotel Rwanda: the man who saved scores of people during Darfur violence

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As militias targeted the Masalit community in a wave of ethnic violence, one man offered shelter and an escape route across the border

Weekend podcast: the extraordinary story of the biggest art fraud in American history, plus Zoe Williams on Liz Truss

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Zoe Williams explores the greatest mystery of modern politics: Liz Truss’ self belief (1m15s), and Charlotte Edwardes delves into the extraordinary inside story of the biggest art fraud in American history (5m53s)

Thousands protest against Canary islands’ ‘unsustainable’ tourism model

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Local people say archipelago’s outdated industry made life unaffordable and prompts environmental emergencies

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Stereophonic review – dazzling 70s-set music saga is a Broadway triumph

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The tale of a fictional British-American rock band trying to make an album makes for compelling and incisive drama

Solomon Islands election: PM Sogavare retains seat as count continues

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Full results are expected in coming days to determine whether Manasseh Sogavare’s Our party can form the next government

Tanya Plibersek rejects windfarm proposed for biodiverse Queensland forest

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Plan for 42-turbine Wooroora project withdrawn after minister signals refusal because of threat to spectacled flying-fox habitat

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert sequel in works with original cast, director confirms

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Stephan Elliott says Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce and Terence Stamp are ‘onboard’ and the sequel will be set partly in Australia but will also head overseas

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Man dead and several injured after car crashes into bus following police pursuit near Dubbo

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Police attempted to stop the vehicle but a short time later it hit the bus on the Mitchell Highway