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• Il rapporto suggerisce che iniziative popolari come NT Live e NT at Home stiano rendendo il pubblico del Regno Unito più avventuroso • I servizi di streaming teatrale e le proiezioni cinematografiche di spettacoli teatrali non rappresentano una minaccia per la frequenza "di persona" e stanno rendendo il pubblico più curioso, secondo una nuova ricerca commissionata dal National Theatre. • Presentando i risultati lunedì, la direttrice del NT, Indhu Rubasingham, ha affermato che il boom del teatro filmato ha sollevato questioni importanti, tra cui il timore che iniziative popolari come NT Live e NT at Home potessero avere un impatto negativo sulla frequenza agli eventi dal vivo. L'organizzazione ha incaricato l'agenzia Indigo di condurre una ricerca per approfondire l'atteggiamento del pubblico verso il teatro filmato. Continua a leggere...

• Diciassette passeggeri della nave da crociera MV Hondius sono trasportati via aerea presso la National Quarantine Unit di Omaha, Nebraska, la stessa struttura utilizzata all'inizio della pandemia di COVID-19, a seguito di una potenziale esposizione all'hantavirus a bordo della nave. • I funzionari del CDC hanno confermato tre decessi legati al focolaio e stanno monitorando almeno nove americani in sei stati — Arizona, California, Virginia, Texas, Georgia e New Jersey — per possibili infezioni, sebbene nessuno abbia ancora manifestato sintomi. • Il Dr. Michael Osterholm, direttore del Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy dell'Università del Minnesota, ha dichiarato che il focolaio "è attualmente in fase di esaurimento", notando che l'hantavirus ha una capacità di trasmissione interumana molto limitata ed è una "rara eccezione" per quanto riguarda la diffusione.

I passeggeri sono stati evacuati in sicurezza dopo che l'aereo ha colpito una persona e un motore ha preso fuoco Un aereo di Frontier Airlines ha travolto una persona sulla pista dell'aeroporto internazionale di Denver durante il decollo, causando un incendio al motore e costringendo i passeggeri a evacuare, hanno riferito le autorità. L'aereo, diretto a Los Angeles, ha "segnalato di aver colpito un pedone durante il decollo" intorno alle 23:19 di venerdì, ha scritto l'account ufficiale X dell'aeroporto di Denver. Continua a leggere...

• Chandranath Rath, personal assistant to West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was assassinated in Madhyamgram, North 24 Parganas, hit by three of four bullets while in a moving car. • The killing occurred two days after BJP's historic assembly election win over TMC on May 6, 2026, heightening post-poll tensions. • TMC condemned the murder on Thursday, demanding a CBI probe, while Chandra's mother broke down publicly, calling for life imprisonment for the killers.

Green party leader also accuses rightwing media of politically motivated attacks as popularity growsZack Polanski has said he was wrong to describe himself as a British Red Cross spokesperson, and that intensified media scrutiny of the Green party reflected fears of its rising popularity and support for wealth taxes.Polanski described himself as a British Red Cross spokesperson while campaigning for the party leadership, the Times revealed. The claim was also mentioned on his personal website in 2020 when he said he was “really proud of the work we do”. Continue reading...

Green leader said he hosted fundraisers for the Red Cross but accepts he should not have described himself as a spokesperson for itGood morning. Zack Polanski was largely unknown until he became the Green party leader in September last year and since then, as his party has soared in the polls, there has been intense scrutiny of his pre-politics career. The best-known embarrassing revelation about his past is the fact that he once told a woman he could enlarge her breasts if she listened to his hypnotherapy spiel. Nigel Farage, who also leads a dispruption party enjoying spectacular success, has scandals in his past too, and Polanski’s allies would argue that they are worse. Farage took a £5m donation from a political supporter which he did not declare, he still has not provided as good explanation as to how his partner was able to afford to buy a home in Farage’s Clacton constituency and arguably he told 30 million women that he could enlarge the size of their bank balances if they listened to his spiel on Brexit. Guardian readers can decide for themselves who is more dodgy.But, as we tell our children, life isn’t fair. And it certainly isn’t fair for leftwing politicians campaigning in an environment where the rightwing media have considerable influence. Polanski discovered that again last night when the Times printed a story with various claims about him, of which the main one related to an allegation about his embellishing his CV. Here is our version by Jessica Elgot.I hosted various fundraisers for the British Red Cross, and indeed I would go on stage and speak for them about the amazing work they do tackling humanitarian crises, on the climate crisis and indeed for refugees all around the world.I used the wrong word and I accept that.It feels some of these stories feel like scraping the barrel to go back 10, 15 years.I’ve had so many friends – I’m literally talking maybe 20 or 30 in the last few weeks – who have phoned me and said a Times journalist has been phoning and they’ve been desperately trying to find things about your past. They asked me lots of questions and seem disappointed that I didn’t have some juicy, dirty gossip. Continue reading...

Green party leader also accused of incorrectly stating he was a full member of the National Council of HypnotherapyZack Polanski falsely claimed to be a spokesperson for the British Red Cross while campaigning for Green party leadership, the charity has said.This was also mentioned on his personal website in 2020, where he said he was “really proud of the work we do”. Continue reading...

UK chancellor said to have told US treasury secretary she did not like his tone during meeting in Washington in AprilUK politics live – latest updatesMiddle East crisis – live updatesRachel Reeves had an angry exchange with her US counterpart, Scott Bessent, in Washington last month over the war in Iran, sources have said, in the latest sign of the deepening tensions between the two countries.The chancellor and the US treasury secretary argued in person during the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund, according to people briefed on the exchange, confirming a story first reported by the Financial Times. Continue reading...