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‘Seriously the best boss ever’: inside the world of Jeffrey Epstein’s assistant

No one’s name appears in the Epstein files more than that of Lesley Groff, his assistant. Reading through the thousands of emails, a troubling question arises: what did she know? By Sophie Elmhirst. Read by Norma Butikofer. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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  ‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza

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  From the archive: Terrorists, cultists – or champions of Iranian democracy…

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  As a Ukrainian journalist, I’ve covered the US for 20 years. I find it inc…

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  ‘Should we leave them to die?’ The battle over how to save orangutans from…

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  From the archive: Sold to the Trump family: one of the last undeveloped is…

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  Prisoner number 804: the plot to erase Imran Khan

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  ‘I couldn’t breathe’: the sinister spread of France’s killer seaweed

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  From the archive: Three abandoned children, two missing parents and a 40-y…

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  After a hard-fought victory to legalise medical cannabis in the UK, why is…

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  Asian mothers, bad feelings: notes on an all-conquering stereotype

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  From the archive:‘I feel like I’m selling my soul’: inside the crisis at J…

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  ‘I had poked the bear right in the eye’: my fight to renounce my Russian c…

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  On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Afric…

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  From the archive: Putin, Trump, Ukraine: how Timothy Snyder became the lea…

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  How to survive the information crisis: ‘We once talked about fake news – n…