Takeshi’s Castle is back! UK television gets its best ever version of the Japanese gameshow (www.theguardian.com)
“Except that’s not the case. For the first time, British audiences get to see entire episodes of Takeshi’s Castle as it was designed to be seen by Japanese viewers. Not sneered at by Chris Tarrant, or packaged with a culturally insensitive “oriental riff” influenced theme tune. No, these are new episodes, in full, with...
Recovery of British Museum artefacts under way, says George Osborne (www.theguardian.com)
Institution’s chair of trustees admits its reputation has been damaged by suspected thefts
Ecuador prepares for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ vote to stop oil drilling (www.theguardian.com)
‘Times change’: what authors think about rewriting older books (www.theguardian.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/kBVee...
China vows ‘vigorous’ response to US visit by Taiwan vice president (www.theguardian.com)
China’s foreign ministry has criticised a brief US visit by Taiwan vice president William Lai, saying he was a separatist and “troublemaker through and through” and Beijing would take strong steps to protect its sovereignty.
Russian ‘double tap’ missile strike kills seven near hotel used by journalists (www.theguardian.com)
‘Ghost flights’: Qatar Airways flying near-empty planes in Australia to exploit legal loophole (www.theguardian.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/fj7IK...
US dispatches warships after China and Russia send naval patrol near Alaska (www.theguardian.com)
Combined naval patrol appeared to be largest such flotilla to approach US territory and ‘highly provocative’, expert says
Virus-carrying tropical mosquitos found in Finland as climate heats (www.theguardian.com)
Ocean surface hits highest ever recorded temperature and set to rise further (www.theguardian.com)
Average daily surface temperature of 20.96C (69.7F) breaks 2016 record, with experts saying warmest month for oceans to come
Dozens injured after protesters storm Eritrean festival in Stockholm (www.theguardian.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/ALGwq...
‘The lowest I’ve ever been’: how playing Jar Jar Binks led to abuse, near death – and saving Baby Yoda | Television (www.theguardian.com)
Ahmed Best thought he’d made it big when cast as Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. But it turned into a nightmare of online abuse and accusations of racism. With a new podcast revisiting his story, the actor talks about why he’s still proud of his historic role
A game of football, a boom, then scattered bodies: video shows moment of Israeli strike on Gaza school (www.theguardian.com)
The scene shows a moment of respite and relative calm in Gaza: a crowd of people watching a football match in a school playground. A player fails to control a long pass from a teammate. The opposing goalkeeper gathers the ball and looks to launch it back up the pitch....
First F-16 jets heading to Ukraine after months of training and negotiations (www.theguardian.com)
Dutch and Danish leaders say Ukraine will be ‘flying operational F-16s this summer’ as Kyiv seeks battlefield wins...
Radio host resigns after admitting Biden aides gave her questions for interview (www.theguardian.com)
The outlet, which describes itself as Pennsylvania’s only African American-owned and operated radio station, also said the White House’s decision to supply questions to Lawful-Sanders prolonged a historical practice of marginalizing and “de-legitimizing Black voices” in US media....
Ukraine war briefing: US to announce $2.3bn military aid package for Kyiv (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17193627...
Ann Wilson, frontwoman of Heart, diagnosed with cancer (www.theguardian.com)
Ann Wilson, the lead singer of rock band Heart, has announced that she has been diagnosed with cancer....
Norway blocks sale of last private land on Svalbard after Chinese interest (www.theguardian.com)
The Norwegian government has called off a plan to sell the last privately owned piece of land on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard in order to prevent its acquisition by China....
Reform UK activist filmed making racist comments about Rishi Sunak (www.theguardian.com)
Dutch foreign ministry calls in Israeli ambassador over ICC spying claims (www.theguardian.com)
Israel’s ambassador to the Netherlands was asked to “report” to the Dutch foreign affairs ministry to explain allegations of a secret surveillance and espionage campaign by Israeli spy services against the international criminal court, it has emerged....
Israeli defence minister flies to US for ‘critical’ talks on Gaza and Lebanon (www.theguardian.com)
‘The greatest thinker you’ve never heard of’: expert who explained Hitler’s rise is finally in the spotlight (www.theguardian.com)
After fleeing Hitler, brilliant Jewish economist Karl Polanyi was never welcomed by the British. Now, for the first time in 80 years, his masterwork The Great Transformation has been be published in the UK
Trump’s sledgehammer message to Philadelphia is light on facts, heavy on fear (www.theguardian.com)
The former president used his first rally in the city of brotherly love to tie violent crime with illegal immigration, despite the evidence against this...
‘They miscalculated’: Gaza’s floating aid pier failing to deliver in rough seas | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
What a giant flop