• Ian Rush among those from Liverpool and Juventus at ceremony

• New Anfield Road monument replaces original plaque

Liverpool have unveiled a new memorial on the 41st anniversary of the Heysel Stadium tragedy to the 39 fans who died.

Representatives from Juventus, Liverpool’s opponents in the 1985 European Cup final, attended the unveiling ceremony at Anfield on Friday along with the Liverpool ambassador Ian Rush and the chief executive, Billy Hogan. Entitled Forever Bound, the memorial is in a more prominent location behind the Anfield Road Stand and replaces the original plaque on the wall of the Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand, which was felt to be inadequate.

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Announcement by Marco Rubio is being widely seen as setback for Brazil’s president, and a boost for his far-right challenger

The United States has designated Brazil’s two largest criminal gangs, the First Capital Command (PCC) and the Red Command, as foreign terrorist organisations.

The announcement, made by Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, on Thursday, is being widely seen in Brazil as a setback for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president who had strongly opposed the designation – and a boost for Lula’s main challenger in October’s presidential election, the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro.

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Exclusive: Campaigners and victims call for urgent change after sentences for youths convicted of rape in England

Three teenage boys convicted of the rape and serious sexual assault of girls as young as 14 were given fines of £26 each and rehabilitation orders, the Guardian has learned.

The three separate cases all took place over the past year in north-east England. They were tried under youth court rules that deal with suspects aged 17 or under and place a greater emphasis on rehabilitation than adult courts.

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America's telecoms regulator has issued a public notice to broadcasters reminding them of their public interest obligations, a move that could be viewed as a veiled threat to toe the Trump administration line on content. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) document, published May 28, points out that federal law requires broadcasters to operate in the public interest, and that it has been charged with ensuring they only get to hold a license to broadcast so long as they meet that obligation. It also points out that available broadcast frequencies are a finite resource, so there are inevitably more would-be broadcasters than available spectrum licenses, and it falls to the government to pick the winners and losers when it comes to which organizations get one. "No broadcaster has a 'right' to use the pubic [sic] spectrum," it states. In fact, the document goes to great lengths to point out that broadcast spectrum is different from other media, such as newspapers or the internet, where there is no FCC obligation to identify and serve the needs of any particular community. Unlike essentially all other forms of distribution, "no one can broadcast without a license from the federal government due to the unique technical aspects of the public resource that they operate on." Broadcasters are prohibited from engaging in news distortion, the FCC says, which is pretty much uncontroversial, as is the requirement to provide equal opportunity to political candidates. They are also prohibited from airing obscene, indecent, and profane content, or broadcasting hoaxes, it says. But on the latter point, President Trump has labeled as a hoax any suggestion that the Russian government tried to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, for example. Would news reports discussing this topic therefore be considered to be broadcasting a hoax? The FCC goes on to claim that US courts have recognized there are limits on First Amendment rights for broadcasters, and if it finds that a media firm has failed to serve the public interest, it may take appropriate action. This may include unspecified enforcement action; attaching conditions to a renewal application or limiting it to a short-term basis; or requiring a licensee to file an early license renewal application. The FCC concludes by encouraging broadcasters to "review their current practices and confirm that they fully align with their statutory public interest obligation." The public notice comes against the backdrop of ABC being ordered to file early license renewal applications for eight owned stations after complaints about late-night host Jimmy Kimmel over jokes he made about First Lady Melania Trump. ABC criticized the move as "unlawful, arbitrary, and unconstitutional," according to reports. It has also been reported that more than 40 civil rights organizations are pushing back against an FCC inquiry asking whether TV content featuring transgender or non-binary people should include specific content warnings or revised ratings classifications. ®

In 2007 streed Danny Hoekzema, toen veertien jaar, ervoor dat jongeren onder de zestien óók een plek op de Pride kregen. De Amsterdamse burgemeester Job Cohen was eerst tegen, maar de jongerenboot kwam er. Een terugblik aan de vooravond van de Pride-maand.

De nieuwe elektrische Renault Twingo heeft aardige kanten, maar haalt het niet bij het origineel, ziet Bas van Putten. Aan boord een sympathieke digitale assistent met robotdictie.

Mijn generatie is niet lui of overgevoelig, schrijft Aixa de la Cruz. We zeggen alleen hardop wat eerdere generaties waarschijnlijk ook al voelden, maar nooit echt uitspraken: dat het leven niet alleen om werk draait. Uiteindelijk verlangt iedereen naar hetzelfde: meer rust, meer liefde, meer tijd voor elkaar.

*Leiss has added a photo to the pool:

Bishamon-do Temple (=毘沙門堂), Yamashina, Kyoto...

Taken w/ Fuji X100T