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Trump news at a glance: president goes on offensive over NFL and MBL team names

Donald Trump calls on Commanders and Guardians to revert to names that were abandoned due to being racially insensitive – key US politics stories from Sunday 20 July at a glance

Donald Trump has weighed into a new fight – this time with two sports teams. The president wants Washington’s football franchise the Commanders and Cleveland baseball team the Guardians to revert to their former names, which were abandoned in recent years due to being racially insensitive to Native Americans.

Trump said on Sunday on Truth Social that: “The Washington ‘Whatever’s’ should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team …. Likewise, the Cleveland Indians, one of the six original baseball teams, with a storied past.”

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© Photograph: Patrick Semansky/AP

© Photograph: Patrick Semansky/AP

© Photograph: Patrick Semansky/AP

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Caught between a fossil fuel past and a green future, China’s coal miners chart an uncertain path

As the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter shifts to cleaner energy, some families fear being left behind

Gazing over the remains of his home, Wang Bingbing surveys a decades-old jujube tree flowering through the rubble, and the yard where he and his wife once raised pigs, now a pile of crumbled brick.

In the valley below, a sprawling coalmine is the source of their dislocation: years of digging heightened the risk of landslides, forcing Wang and his family out. To prevent the family from returning, local authorities later demolished their home.

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© Photograph: Ding Gang/The Guardian

© Photograph: Ding Gang/The Guardian

© Photograph: Ding Gang/The Guardian

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