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• Hurricane Dorian, now a Cat 3 storm, is crawling through the Bahamas which is devastating the area. 

• The battle over Brexit resumes as Parliament returns from summer recess today

• Seven people were killed and 22 injured at a mass shooting in Texas on Saturday

THE ELECTION

• A sneak preview of the Dem primaries

• Castro claims he can reassemble the Obama coalition

• Older black voters are getting behind Biden, younger ones prefer Bernie

• Trump allies are raising money to target attacks on reporters

• The media is ignoring Yang despite his impressive polling thus far

THE COMMENT

“We understand that some critics of American interventionism may be inclined to have sympathy for China as a still-developing country bullied by an over-dominant West. But please listen to us here in Hong Kong: Communist China is no alternative to the interventionism you hate or contest — that is an inconvenient truth that the world must reckon with.” - Joshua Wong and Alex Chow, Hong Kong activists in a New York Times op-ed

THE STRANGEST

• Teen goes blind after living off chips, sausages and crisps

THE AV ROOM

• HOMES UNDERWATER FROM DORIAN FLOODING

• FREDDY MERCURY’S ISOLATED VOCALS

• A SPOON YOU CAN EAT