Italian fashion house Prada has unveiled the inner-layer garment destined for NASA astronauts, signaling its strategic push to become the first major luxury player to establish a significant presence in the burgeoning space industry.

The body-hugging suit, developed in collaboration with Houston-based space infrastructure developer Axiom Space, incorporates advanced ventilation tubes knitted directly into the fabric.

“We have really a broad spectrum of capability and know-how,” stated Lorenzo Bertelli, Prada’s chief marketing officer, at an event in the brand’s Manhattan store, where a mannequin showcased the new Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment.

Jonathan Cirtain, CEO of Axiom Space, echoed this sentiment, noting that expertise for developing space exploration products “can come from lots of seemingly unrelated industries.”

This latest innovation follows Prada’s high-profile foray into space fashion in 2024 with the unveiling of a spacesuit slated for NASA’s Artemis 3 Earth orbit mission in 2027, and the anticipated Artemis 4 moon landing in 2028.

While luxury brands have historically drawn inspiration from space travel, Prada has moved “beyond inspiration into an actual partnership,” according to Thomai Serdari, a luxury brand strategist and marketing professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, as the space exploration and tourism sectors continue to evolve.

Serdari highlighted two key motivations behind Prada’s interest in the space industry: gaining access to affluent consumers considering space travel and aligning the brand with avant-garde thinking.

This strategy mirrors the efforts of companies like Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which have increasingly focused on space tourism for the wealthy.

The renewed focus on space exploration and human missions to the moon is “bound to attract a lot of eyeballs,” observed Luca Solca, global head of luxury goods at Bernstein, emphasizing the need for luxury brands to maintain relevance and visibility.

Prada’s ambitious venture also unfolded against the backdrop of a struggling luxury goods sector, which, after two years of contraction, had shown signs of stabilization until the Iran war began in late February, disrupting travel and dampening luxury spending far beyond the Middle East.

Other apparel companies have already entered the space arena, with Under Armour partnering with Virgin Galactic for space apparel and Columbia Sportswear collaborating with Intuitive Machines on space fabric technology.

However, it remains uncertain whether other luxury players will follow Prada’s lead. “In luxury, it is important to be the first to do something, to be a trend-setter,” Serdari explained, suggesting that while brands like LVMH’s Louis Vuitton, Hermès, and Chanel are interested in space travel, they would likely seek unique avenues for their involvement.

“You will never see the upper crust of the luxury sector copying each other,” she concluded.

MONACO (AP) — Kimi Antonelli is writing his place in Formula 1 history at record speed.

“You’re catching me up,” Lewis Hamilton, who has the most wins in history with 105, told Antonelli after the 19-year-old Italian beat him in a bizarre and much-delayed Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday.

Antonelli replaced Hamilton at Mercedes last year, and only won his first race in March. He now has five wins in a row and a vast lead of 66 points over Hamilton.

“He’s only 19, so just imagine what the future holds for him, but I’m going to do my best to try and chase him down for the rest of the year,” Hamilton said. “It’s a real privilege to witness it.”

Antonelli said he needed to find his focus again but stayed cool when the race was stopped and briefly seemed set to be abandoned before a restart. All that on a tight, twisty circuit threaded between metal barriers where any slip brings a crash.

An uncertain restart

Antonelli was on course for victory with 10 laps remaining when the race was red-flagged after parts of the asphalt broke away and two cars crashed in quick succession, one of them Charles Leclerc in third place.

After a long delay, officials said the race would be resumed from a standing start. When that happened, Antonelli took control again to become the youngest F1 winner in Monaco, and was never in real danger of being overtaken.

“Thank you so much guys, the car was a beast today,” he told the Mercedes team.

Hamilton was second as a raft of penalties and investigations meant other positions weren’t immediately clear. Isack Hadjar was on the podium in third for Red Bull after battling engine problems but was one of those under investigation.

Antonelli’s Mercedes teammate George Russell missed the points for the second race running, dropping out of the top 10 with a penalty. That followed an engine failure while battling Antonelli for the lead of last month’s Canadian Grand Prix.

Russell said Thursday the title was Antonelli’s “to lose.” Now it certainly seems that way.

Max Verstappen started second for Red Bull but lost power at the start and dropped to the back before retiring the car at the end of the first lap. Like many F1 drivers, the four-time champion lives in Monaco and suggested he’d watch the rest of the race from home.

Confusion continues after the finish

The track damage put a decidedly un-glamorous twist on one of F1’s most prestigious races as drivers waited in the pit lane, officials gazed at the damaged asphalt and a road-sweeping machine inched along the circuit clearing away loose stones. Antonelli admitted he’d been hoping the race wouldn’t be restarted at all.

There was more confusion as numerous drivers received time penalties or were under investigation, meaning the final standings remained uncertain.

Hadjar was facing an investigation after the race for a potential breach of red-flag rules after the FIA’s technical delegate said Red Bull had tried to replace engine parts, against the rules, but stopped when challenged.

Hadjar kept the place, his first podium finish since joining Red Bull, after a hearing decided no penalty was needed because no changes were actually made.

Russell had been second in the standings before the race — the position is Hamilton’s now. Russell ended the day in 13th after a hefty penalty for failing to serve an earlier penalty properly. He said he didn’t understand what happened.

New team Cadillac could have had its first F1 point when Sergio Perez crossed the line 10th, but lost it for a false start at the restart. That put Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso up to 10th for his team’s first point of a year which it started with severe reliability problems.

More disputes were to come Sunday evening as Alpine said it was challenging the spate of penalties issued for pit lane speeding, one of which cost Gasly third.

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The Swansea-born Game of Thrones star, who is in the new season of BBC drama Death Valley, said it’s a technique that has served him well

When it comes to watching productions set and filmed in Wales they tend to have an extensive Welsh cast and Death Valley is no different. You may be sat wondering why you recognise certain faces and then think: “Ah, it’s probably Casualty.”

One actor who features in the new season of the BBC comedy crime drama is Owen Teale. The actor is best known for appearing in Game of Thrones, Line of Duty, and Sky’s Stella which was written by and stars Ruth Jones.

The actor from Swansea features in series as the hippy estranged father of DC Janie Mallowan, played by Gwyneth Keyworth. His character Michael (or his nickname Mwcdi) is reunited with his daughter when she is investigating a case at the environmental commune where he lives.

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Teale, chatting in a small rural arts space in St Hilary while the cast and crew were in the middle of filming the fourth episode of the second series where his character appears for the first time, reflected on the realisation he was now at a stage, aged 65, where he was playing father figures.

“t’s still a surprise, you know, this ageing thing where you go: ‘Oh yeah, of course, I’m everyone’s dad now.’ Grandad’s coming.

“And of course inside you still feel – well I do anyway – very, very similar to how I felt 20 years ago.

“All I see is I have to take responsibility for these people and be the father figure. I’m very, very happy. I’m really happy to be here and not be just retired off.”

Keyworth was also looking forward to once again starring alongside Teale and speaking about reuniting she said: “He’s played my dad before in a short film. So it’s nice because we’ve sort of got a shorthand established in that I know him and I admire his work – and also he’s just a lovely human being so that’s been really nice.

“He’s great casting. He is really great and he brings such a lovely energy to the show and real comic timing but also real warmth, which is what this show’s all about.”

After taking on heavy roles such as Ser Alliser Thorne in Game of Thrones Teale is thrilled to be delving back in to comedy. He said: “Most of my work recently has been quite heavy. I can’t wait to get my teeth into it.

“It was much more – once we’d had a few chats on the phone and the thought of working with [Timothy Spall] and I knew that I’d done this short film which is a beautiful film with Gwyneth – the elements were there. And then a character that if you get it wrong he becomes a completely ridiculous character and so trying to find the truth of that.

“So that was really lovely, then, to go: ‘Oh actually this is a challenge I want to be brave and jump in’.”

He compared his role in Death Valley to his role of David ‘Dai’ Kosh in Stella, which he appeared in 20 episodes from 2012 to 2013. Teale said: “I mean, the closest I came to this is a thing I did years ago with Ruth Jones which was called Stella. That was great fun as well. It’s sort of more towards that.

“But the thing was I started doing Stella and I did the first two seasons and then I started doing Game of Thrones and it just couldn’t be more different. Then, due to the nature of Game of Thrones, they were sort of like all-consuming and I couldn’t do both. They weren’t going to allow me to dash off so I didn’t do any more of Stella because of that.

“But although it is like Stella this is breaking other ground as well. Getting to know what it is for them, for them all, the producers, and that is a wonderful, wonderful journey.

“For it to be supported by the Beeb and then for them to get success from it so that they can come back and revisit it – it’s a very exciting thing. I don’t think it’s that easy a time at the moment to get things financed.”

He explained he hadn’t watched the first season of Death Valley as he didn’t want any preconceptions of the characters or his own character, which is something he also did when working on Game of Thrones.

Teale said: “Still to this day every day of my life people will want to talk about the story and then they’ll go off onto other parts of the story and I say: ‘I never used to watch it because it wasn’t helpful,’ especially as it became such a big world thing to be playing what’s going on in King’s Landing.”

He tried to understand the character of Michael and how he enjoys living on the environmental commune, which was filmed in a rural arts centre in St Hilary in the Vale of Glamorgan. He said: “When I’m in this place that we’re in I flip where I go: ‘Do you know there’s part of this I get?’

“When things have been super-successful you earn an awful lot of money in this game and then it drops away and when I look back I don’t think I was ever any happier when I was earning this much or that much and you start to think it is true, that part of it is true. So what if you just let it all go and I can get to live a simpler life?

“It’s not my job to judge the character, that’s for you, because you know I have to be him and understand and why he’s in a damp tent.”

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The actor described how he loves returning to Wales to film as when he started his career in acting he felt like he had to leave and go to England for jobs.

The Swansea-born star said: “I left, if I’m honest, I left for my career’s sake you know. I went to England to become an actor and to join The Royal Shakespeare and things like that.

“I don’t think you would leave if you were brought up here now. There’s so much. I’ve come back and done really earthy things like Stella, or this, but I’ve also come here and I did a series for Bad Wolf called A Discovery of Witches and its locations were here, the studios are here, there’s massive studios, and then the two locations we worked were Oxford and Venice.

“When we went to Oxford they shut down. You can’t imagine how much that cost to shut down huge bits of it in the Bodleian Library. It’s massive. And you think [Death Valley] is based in Cardiff. This company, this is fantastic.

“Then they go to Venice and shooting, you know, on the Grand Canal, and they took over the island, I can’t remember the name of it now, and you just go: ‘Wow, it’s all right to be Welsh’. I don’t think that was always the way it was. We were sort of thought of as a bit of poor relation. So that’s really lovely for me.”

He praised his Stella co-star Ruth Jones for the work she has done for Welsh media through programmes like Stella and Gavin & Stacey.

Teale said: “To me what Ruth did was huge because you think of all the ones from all around the UK that always got that slot, the Heartbeats and Monarch of the Glen in Scotland, never the ones from Wales would get that sort of exposure.

“I think Gavin & Stacey, I think Ruth and James Corden, obviously, but what Ruth did for Wales was, I will always remind people that it’s wonderful because she really helped make it interesting to the whole country in popular television.

“She sends me texts and she gets quite nostalgic as we do and she says: ‘All right? Do you remember this?’ and she’s sent me a little screen. She’s obviously been re-watching some of the old episodes you know and I was very touched by that.”

Death Valley continues on BBC One at 9.15pm on Sunday, June 7.

A British adventurer has made history after flying across the Atlantic Ocean in a hydrogen-powered balloon.

Alicia Hempleman-Adams, from Bath, completed the epic journey alongside teammates Bert Padelt and Peter Cuneo, touching down in Bastendorf, Luxembourg, at 5.58am on Sunday.

She has now become the first British woman, and second woman in history, to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a gas balloon.

The gruelling 70-hour journey began in Presque Isle, Maine, on Thursday morning. Flying at an average altitude of 14,000 feet and hitting speeds of up to 62mph, the trio faced were in an open basket that left them completely exposed to the freezing elements.

The team’s goal was to complete the first successful manned transoceanic flight powered solely by hydrogen gas.

Once they cleared Newfoundland, they had no safety net – the only alternative landing spot would have been the open ocean.

To find the right flight path, the pilots had to constantly change altitudes.

Speaking after the landing, Hempleman-Adams said: ‘I’m incredibly proud that we completed the crossing and made it safely across to Luxembourg.

‘There were times when we thought we might not make it. Flying through rain caused ice to build up on the balloon, which made conditions extremely difficult and added real jeopardy to the flight.

‘It was an extraordinary team effort to keep going and bring the balloon safely across the Atlantic. I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to learn so much from two world-class pilots.’

Hempleman-Adams, who was awarded an MBE for services to hot air ballooning in the King’s Birthday Honours in 2024, is now celebrating the record-breaking feat.

Aviation excellence runs in the family. Her father, Sir David Hempleman-Adams, previously completed the exact same Atlantic crossing solo in an open basket.

He said: ‘I am enormously proud of Alicia. I know first-hand just how tough an Atlantic crossing in an open basket can be, and to complete it in such challenging conditions is a remarkable achievement.’

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Declan Fahey took the law into his own hands after a friend’s quad was stolen

A vigilante has been jailed after using a flatbed truck to ram a stolen quad bike, leaving a 16‑year‑old rider with serious injuries.

Declan Fahey, described in court as a usually law‑abiding “good man”, took the law into his own hands after a friend’s quad was taken the previous night, Chronicle Live reports.

While out searching for it, Fahey spotted the vehicle being ridden by several people without helmets, including the teenage victim. In what prosecutors said was a moment of anger, he pursued the quad before deliberately driving into it, intending to cause serious harm, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

The teen, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, suffered multiple fractures, including to his skull, face and thigh bone in the ordeal. Fahey, who later said “it was his own fault”, denied causing GBH with intent but was convicted by a jury and has now been jailed.

“Shortly before 1pm on March 5 last year on Redworth Road, Shildon, you deliberately drove a Mazda flatbed truck into a quad bike which was probably carrying four people, intending to cause really serious harm to one or more of them,” described Recorder Richard Herrmann, sentencing Fahey.

“Having been informed by your friend his quad bike had been stolen in the early hours of that morning, you and others went out looking for it. You found yourself stationary at a junction when the quad appeared.

“Your vehicle lurched forward and as it accelerated forward you began your pursuit of the quad bike. I’ve seen the footage a number of times. In short, you pursued that quad bike, caught up with it and you then intentionally drove your large, heavy vehicle into collision with the quad bike.

“There were probably four riders on it, fully exposed as is the nature of vehicle of that type and clearly none of them wearing helmets. The collision sent the riders flying through the air – that can be seen graphically in the footage.

“You didn’t stop to give assistance to those you had caused to be violently thrown from the quad. The callous disregard you had for the riders of that quad bike is best demonstrated by the fact you drove off from the scene.”

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During police interview, Fahey didn’t take responsibility for causing the injuries and said “It’s his own fault”, the court was told. When asked during the trial if he intended to collide with the quad bike he said no, and when asked why, he replied: “I would not have wanted to have damaged my friend’s quad”.

Recorder Herrmann added: “I’ve concluded that, rightly or wrongly, you believed those on the quad were responsible for its theft, so you decided that made them fair game, or that you would take the law into your own hands. I’m satisfied it was premeditated or revenge or a vigilante-type attack.”

Fahey, 27, of Windsor Court, Croxdale, County Durham, who has no previous convictions, was found guilty after a trial of GBH with intent. He was jailed for 42 months and banned from driving for 57 months.

The court heard the teenager suffered multiple fractures to his skull, face and thigh and he had possible bruising to his lung. However he did not participate in the case so there was no update on his condition.

Chris Morrison, defending, said the attack was “based on a chance sighting” and said Fahey reported the incident to police. Mr Morrison told the court the incident was out of character and added: “He is a good man who has been convicted of doing a bad thing.”

He added that Fahey has always worked hard and references speak well of him. Mr Morrison said Fahey had “felt the clang of the gates” having been remanded in custody for the first time after he was convicted, since when he has lost three-and-a-half stone.

Christian Eriksen is conscious after collapsing again while playing for Denmark during a friendly with Ukraine in Odense on Sunday evening

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Christian Eriksen is undergoing tests in hospital after collapsing again while playing for Denmark during a friendly against Ukraine. Play halted after Eriksen appeared to clutch his chest and fall to the ground in the 64th minute of the game in Odense.Medical staff immediately rushed to attend to the Dane as many of his team-mates broke down in tears. The former Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United star momentarily lost consciousness but walked himself off the pitch after treatment.He was then rushed to the hospital for more tests, while the game, which Denmark were leading 2-1 through first-half goals from Patrick Dorgu and Joakim Maelhe, was subsequently abandoned.

“Christian Eriksen is conscious and doing well under the circumstances,” the Danish football federation said in a statement on the 34-year-old’s condition. “The match has been called off.”

Morten Boesen, Denmark’s national team doctor, added: “Christian walked off the field on his own. As I see it, the pacemaker is working as it should.

“He was briefly unconscious but regained consciousness very quickly, and we were quickly in contact with him.

“He will now undergo further tests at the hospital to determine what caused the incident. We are in close contact with him and the doctors at the hospital.

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“But Christian is doing well, and he asked me to send his regards to all the players and tell them that he was okay.”

Denmark manager Brian Riemer said: “The most important thing is that Christian is doing well. And he has. He has left the pitch and has sent a greeting to the players. But that’s why the experience is still scary.”

Former Arsenal forward Nicklas Bendtner fought back tears as he covered the distressing incident as a pundit for Danish TV channel TV2.

He said: “These are horrible pictures, and it completely overshadows the rest of the evening. My thoughts are with the family and the children, and it’s a difficult situation to be in right now. This is the second time it has happened, and as Christian’s friend also… it’s really terrible.”

In 2021, Eriksen collapsed during a European Championship match in Copenhagen against Finland ⁠and was given life-saving CPR treatment after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was later fitted with a special heart-starting device ⁠known as an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD).

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Coronation Street fans have been suspicious of Gary Windass (Mikey North) and Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien) for weeks now, and tonight’s (Sunday, June 7) episode confirmed that they’re hiding something big.

Things have been tense between Gary and DC Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) since the beginning of Theo Silverton’s murder investigation, with Kit having already pegged Gary as his number one suspect.

In tonight’s episode, Kit questioned Gary about Todd Grimshaw’s (Gareth Pierce) missing phone, which had been found in a pawn shop covered in Brody Michaelis’ (Ryan Mulvey) fingerprints.

With Brody having admitted that he found it in the skip outside the builder’s yard, Kit turned his attention back to Gary – though he was easily able to explain things away.

That wasn’t enough to put Kit off, though, and when Sarah overheard him sharing his suspicions with DS Lisa Connor-Swain (Vicky Myers) over the phone, she wasted no time in arranging to meet Gary.

In their clandestine meeting, it became clear that Sarah and Gary know something, though whether or not it’s related to Theo’s murder is anyone’s guess.

Before they could get too deep into conversation, they were startled by Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon) arriving home unexpectedly, forcing Sarah to hide and Gary to find a way to usher her out of the flat.

Having persuaded her to join him in the Rovers for dinner, Gary was in the pub when Todd arrived and revealed that Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby), who is currently awaiting trial for Theo’s murder, had been hospitalised.

As Todd ranted to Kit that Summer had deliberately turned off her insulin pump to get out of prison, Gary rushed outside for air, where Sarah soon came to meet him.

It was clear that whatever the pair of them are hiding has taken its toll on Gary, who admitted to Sarah that he ‘doesn’t know how much more he can take’ and that he ‘can’t do this anymore’.

What can’t he do? He seemed to feel guilty about what Summer is going through, so could he have had something to do with the murder after all? Could he and Sarah be covering for each other?

Or is there something else going on? Could Gary be set to put an end to whatever they’re hiding?

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In his fourth major final, Alexander Zverev can finally call himself a grand slam champion, holding his nerve to beat Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1.

Both men were their own worst enemies at times, as the unforced error count mounted. But it was the favourite who was finally able to celebrate, falling backwards onto the clay in tears that were prompted by a mixture of both joy and relief.

In 2024, when Zverev played his last Roland Garros final, his fortnight was overshadowed by a domestic violence trial that was discontinued the morning of the men’s semi-finals by a criminal court in Berlin.

This time around, he has been the standout favourite since Jannik Sinner was undone by a combination of illness and heat in the second round. Only a year ago, Zverev proclaimed that “didn’t want to be the best player in history without a grand slam” and on Sunday, he ensured he would not be.

The German had an ideal opportunity at the US Open in 2020 to win a first grand slam title, but blew a two-set lead against the injured Dominic Thiem. He then lost to Carlos Alcaraz in the Roland Garros final in 2024, before being beaten by Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open final last year.

Both Zverev and Cobolli noticeably tightened up in the fourth set, and started to play with more hesitation, often opting to keep the ball in play rather than going for winners, but it was the German who came out on top.

There was a moment just before the fourth set tie-break when it looked as though yet another opportunity to lift the trophy would slip away from his grasp and he had to call the trainer, armed with a jar of some concoction, onto the court.

But in the decider, however, it was Cobolli who started to feel the weight of the occasion, missing straightforward shots and continuing to miss first serves with alarming regularity. That was despite having the backing from the majority of the almost 15,000 crowd in Philippe-Chatrier.

The groundbreaking two-part BBC documentary has been praised for showing “never-before-seen” behaviour of tigers

BBC audiences watching the debut episode of Tiger Island have been united in their response.

The two-part documentary chronicles two tigresses – Goma and Mala – alongside their young cubs as they hunt and endure life on an island within Nepal’s Bardiya National Park.

The programme also follows Bandheil, the territory’s only male tiger, reportedly far more secretive than the females. Additionally, it showcases sisters Sushila, Manju, and Ranju Mahatara, expert tiger guides and expedition leaders at the park, who accompanied the BBC production team to provide guidance and expertise during filming.

On X, previously Twitter, one viewer wrote: “Anybody watching Tiger Island on BBC1? These tigers are such majestic creatures. Most probably going to watch the second episode straight after on BBC iPlayer.”

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Another commented: “The footage is amazing and we’re only 10 minutes into the documentary #tigerisland.” A third viewer remarked: “I adore tigers, tigers and leopards are my favourite big cats I think, just beautiful. This documentary looks like it gets never before seen behaviour which is cool #tigerisland.”, reports the Mirror.

Someone else enthused: ” This is incredible behaviour to be witnessing #tigerisland.” A fifth concurred: “Wow I’ve not seen this before, where another female tiger cares for another mothers cubs #tigerisland.”

Documentary-maker Dan O’Neill and presenter Anna Dimitriadis had previously featured on BBC Breakfast to discuss the new series.

Dan informed presenters Jon Kay and Sally Nugent at the time: “It’s hair-rising being so close to the largest cat in the world but I think it’s also important to say that they are exclusively stalk and ambush hunters so if they are looking at you and you are looking at them, they are far less likely to see you as prey.”

During production, Dan and Anna had to master appropriate behaviour while in close proximity to the tigers. Presenter Anna elaborated: “Because we’re using drones so much, it meant we could stay at a distance from them, and that’s really important as well because you want to make sure that whatever you’re capturing is them in their most natural, pure form.

“The drone technology that we were using was incredible because it meant we were able to stick with the tigers and follow them like never before.”

Discussing the production of the series, Anna added: “People love to watch other people struggle and go through hard times.

“On this series, on the second shoot we were there during monsoon season, it was 40 degree heat, 90% humidity, so we had to adapt the way we work to our tigers’ schedules and essentially become nocturnal because it was just so unworkable in the morning heat.”

The second episode of Tiger Island airs on Sunday, June 14 at 7.15pm

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal lawsuit seeks to halt the upcoming UFC fight card on the White House South Lawn in a mixed martial arts show timed for President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday and part of the celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary.

The filing Saturday by the Public Integrity Project on behalf of two Virginia residents contends the Trump administration’s authorization of the June 14 event was unlawful. The lawsuit says such approval violated National Park Service regulations prohibiting sporting events on federal parklands, Congress did not consent to the towering arch overlooking the event space and no environmental review was conducted before the construction.

“This is fundamentally a private, commercial, corrupt use of our most sacred national monuments for private gain,” said Brendan Ballou, a lawyer for the plaintiffs. “And that is what is motivating this lawsuit.”

The White House said in a statement that the legal challenge was “an obstructionist, baseless, and dilatory” attempt to prevent Trump from hosting the fight and that the event was “no different than the various other White House-hosted events on the South Lawn and properly permitted events on the Ellipse and National Mall throughout the year.”

UFC did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday.

Crews are erecting an octagon-shaped cage on the South Lawn. Trump has said the finished UFC project will feature “a 5,000-seat arena right outside the front door of the White House.” Additional large screens broadcasting the fights will be set up in a park at the nearby Ellipse, and the UFC has said it plans to issue as many as 85,000 free tickets to accommodate spectators at both locations.

The octagon and surrounding structures are the latest project in the White House building boom Trump is leading.