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the guardian today Sunday 07 Aug 2016 Top stories More » Rio Olympics 2016: Australia lead early medals after swimming golds – live! Rolling report: Join us for live news from the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, with 13 gold medals at stake on day two All Russian athletes to be banned from Paralympic Games in Rio Venus Williams out in first round of Olympic tennis as US players struggle Rio Olympics 2016 – medal table and results in full Rio Olympics 2016 – full events schedule Headlines More » Lib Dems vow to block new grammar schools if May lifts ban Theresa May may lift ban to allow for wave of new grammar schools at the October Conservative conference Thailand referendum gets under way as military seeks to cement power Will Italy be Europe's next casualty as Renzi risks all on referendum? So long, Marianne: Leonard Cohen writes to muse just before her death Assailant dies after machete attack on Belgian police officers Jeremy Corbyn rules out second referendum on Brexit Most viewed in last 24 hours More » How millions of trees brought a broken landscape back to life After 25 years, the decision to site the National Forest amid derelict coal and quarry workings has borne spectacular fruit Games day one: Swimming records fall as Australia get better of US – as it happened Same old, same old. How the hipster aesthetic is taking over the world The day my brother was taken Maya 'snake dynasty' tomb uncovered holding body, treasure and hieroglyphs Liverpool hopes bloom after brushing aside bumbling Barcelona 4-0 Sport More » Bullet, blast and queues cast shadow over first day of Rio Olympics Hannah Miley misses 400m medley bronze on mixed day for GB swimmers Lizzie Armitstead has more than hills to climb in Rio road race after fraught week Comment is free More » Elites must start listening to the 'smelly citizens' in the streets | Anne McElvoy Landmarks, shelter, air filters – trees are our friends South Africa has broken the post-colonial narrative. It's a thrilling turning point | Justice Malala Culture More » Pink Floyd's psychedelic revolution will rock the V&A Peter Lindbergh: 'I don't retouch anything' Twenty years of Game of Thrones: how well do you know the book? – quiz Business More » BHS's pension deficit has just got bigger. How will Sir Philip Green sort it? Stiglitz resigns from Panama Papers commission Technology More » Google is trying to stop you having to put in passwords Pokémon Go jumps the shark – thanks Switzerland Travel More » Arthouse in Tuscany for creative types On Everest: meet the people scaling the world's highest peak Life and style More » I'm happy now, but don't know what to do with my life Keep on running: train your brain Eyewitness picture of the day More » Residents of the Mangueira favela watch fireworks explode over the Maracanã stadium during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games AFP/Getty Images Football Comment is free Environment Get more Guardian emails

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