Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard (www.bbc.co.uk)
Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard::It comes after the UK approved the $69bn takeover of Activision Blizzard, which makes Call of Duty.
Lapsus$: GTA 6 hacker sentenced to life in hospital prison (www.bbc.co.uk)
Lapsus$: GTA 6 hacker sentenced to life in hospital prison::Judge says hacker remains a high risk through his skills and motivation to carry out cyber-crime.
Japan's top court says trans sterilisation requirement unconstitutional - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin 'on board' crashed Russian plane (www.bbc.co.uk)
UPDATED – Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on a plane that crashed in western Russia killing all on board, according to the country’s aviation authority...
Unilever will let Russia employees be conscripted (www.bbc.co.uk)
BBC: The woman who successfully sued the website that matched her with a paedophile explains how she forced the site to close down. 'Alice', or A.M. as she was known in court says she feels "vindic... (www.bbc.co.uk)
BBC: The woman who successfully sued the website that matched her with a paedophile explains how she forced the site to close down. ‘Alice’, or A.M. as she was known in court says she feels "vindic…::“Alice” speaks exclusively to the BBC after her successful lawsuit against Omegle forced it offline.
Boeing 737 Max 9: United Airlines finds loose bolts during inspections (www.bbc.co.uk)
The Jewish settlers who want to build homes in Gaza (www.bbc.co.uk)
Daniella Weiss, 78, the grandmother of Israel’s settler movement, who says she already has a list of 500 families ready to move to Gaza immediately....
Bobi, the world's oldest dog ever, dies aged 31 (www.bbc.co.uk)
Australian tycoon apologises over calls for more unemployment to fix worker attitudes (www.bbc.co.uk)
Niger soldiers announce coup on national TV (www.bbc.co.uk)
Donald Trump's Georgia case to be livestreamed (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2185545...
Germany bans neo-Nazi group Hammerskins (www.bbc.co.uk)
German authorities crack down on the skinhead group known for organising far-right concerts.
The BBC on Mastodon: experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media (www.bbc.co.uk)
Edit: they published some transphobic shit: thepinknews.com/…/ilga-europe-transphobia-uk-bbc/
Moscow attack: Russian court charges four men with act of terrorism (www.bbc.co.uk)
[Iowa] Evangelicals on Trump: "God looked down on his planned paradise and said, 'I need a caretaker,' so God gave us Trump." (www.bbc.co.uk)
The video is bombastic, even by Mr Trump's standards. Just consider the title: God Made Trump.
Italy schools that scrap nativity could face fine (www.bbc.co.uk)
Boy survives 100ft Grand Canyon fall after dodging tourist photo (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1427367...
Spain's conservatives miss out on all-out victory as left celebrates (www.bbc.co.uk)
Turkey leader Erdogan will back Sweden joining Nato - Stoltenberg (www.bbc.co.uk)
Rishi Sunak announces UK general election for Thursday 4 July (www.bbc.co.uk)
US says UFO sightings likely secret military tests (www.bbc.co.uk)
BBC: Extending our Mastodon social media trial (www.bbc.co.uk)
Tou Thao: Ex-officer in George Floyd case gets 57 months for role in killing (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1175741...