Why there's no room for Ali G in modern Britain | Opinion

So Ali G is back – and not everyone is happy. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 Sacha Baron Cohen’s skull-cap-wearing “rudeboy” is staging a comeback with Ali G: Who Iz I?. The new film premieres tomorrow as the character embraces fatherhood and TikTok, while donning new fake dreads and a rastacap. The Telegraph’s chief film critic, Robbie Collin, wrote that Ali G will save us from comedy’s offence police, while a pressure campaign asking cinemas not to screen Baron Cohen’s “racist caricature” has accrued more than 56,000 signatures. But assistant Opinion editor Jason Okundaye asks: is there really space for Ali G, a product of 90s and 00s culture, in today’s antagonistic political climate? #alig #sachabaroncohen #comedy #whoizi

I broke my back in a car crash. As a working American, why didn't I have healthcare?

When Tara 'Baby T' Sexton got into a car crash, she was unable to stay overnight in the hospital because she did not have health insurance. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 For the latest installment of Anywhere but Washington, Guardian reporter Oliver Laughland travelled to West Virginia, where he met with Sexton, a local organiser and the Democratic nominee for the West Virginia House of Delegates. Follow the link to watch the full episode ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H2OiRhNK_o #anywherebutwashington #westvirginia #usa #midterms #usmidterms

'China has a very, very strong incentive to undermine' AI datacenters | Anywhere but Washington

Amid fierce opposition, West Virginia's Republican supermajority passed a bill that would roll back local governments' power to regulate datacenters. Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 For the latest installment of Anywhere but Washington, Guardian reporter Oliver Laughland spoke with one of the Republican state delegates who voted to pass the bill, which comes as a vast new datacenter campus is being proposed in the region. Follow the link to watch the full documentary ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H2OiRhNK_o The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://ift.tt/tsqj4oE Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/7emTXJI Website ► https://ift.tt/TGgRUl5 Facebook ► https://ift.tt/NGkx3Cg Bluesky ► https://ift.tt/vDJNqpa Instagram ► https://ift.tt/ltm1DZg #anywherebutwashington #usa #westvirginia #china #politics

In the fastest-warming town on the planet you can't drink the tap water. Here's why

What is it like to live in one of the fastest-warming towns on the planet? Subscribe► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 Residents of Longyearbyen, in the high Arctic Norwegian Svalbard archipelago, have been told they must no longer drink tap water due to heavy metal contamination that scientists have linked to the thawing permafrost. Guardian journalist Karen McVeigh went there to find out what was happening. #longyearben #svalbard #norrway #arctic #climatecrisis #tapwater #globalheating

I saw Iran execute a man in public. Why was the US considering the same thing?

Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan may have now been shelved, but it conjured vivid flashbacks for Guardian correspondent Robert Tait. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 In 2005, Robert wrote his first story as a foreign correspondent for the Guardian after witnessing a public execution in Iran. “Even though Trump decided the execution won’t be broadcast, it was still an extraordinarily uncivilized action for the administration to consider,” he says. #forthood #petehegseth #iran #usa #nidalhasan #livestreamexecution

Trump's ICE is quietly arresting more people than ever before. We uncovered how they're doing it.

Compared to earlier this year, it might feel like ICE has decreased its operations across the US. But the opposite is true. Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 A Guardian analysis has found that ICE is quietly arresting more people than ever before, under a new strategy that aims to keep them out of the headlines. Watch immigration reporter Maanvi Singh break down the findings of the analysis, and follow the link to read her full story ► #ice #icearrests #massdeportations #trump #immigration

What are men doing to take a stand against rape culture?

Thousands of protesters gathered in New York City on Thursday to demand an end to sexual violence. Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 The protest was one of many nationwide rallies following weeks of public outcry over the mishandling of campus sexual assault cases at Cornell University and Louisiana State University. At City Hall the protest was mostly made up of women, however men of all ages also attended, with some holding up “I Am Jane Doe” signs and shouting “end rape culture”. We asked them how they're personally taking a stand against rape culture. #rapeculture #usa #rape #newyork #men #masculinity