Do I sound British?

[EnglishJMA]

I’m Asian and have been trying to learn the British RP accent for a while now. Could you give me some feedback as to whether or not I sound British to you?

Your feedback would help greatly in my progress to picking up this accent.

Here’s a short recording of me reading an article from The Guardian: Vocaroo | Online voice recorder

Link to the article: Woman charged in dating app druggings and one death of older men in Las Vegas | Las Vegas | The Guardian

 

[emsr2d2]

Do you sound like a British native speaker? Absolutely not. Do you sound like someone from Asia who is aiming for BrE pronunciation rather than AmE pronunciation? Yes.

Here are the main things that stood out:
1. You put the stress on the wrong syllable of "sedatives". It should be on the first syllable.
2. "Las" in "Las Vegas" should be a short "a", as in "cat".
3. In "Friday", you made the "i" far too long.
4. In "authorities", your "th" was just a "t", sounding like "autorities".
5. The double consonant at the end of "theft" wasn't clear enough.

 

[Skrej]

Do you sound like a British native speaker? Absolutely not. Do you sound like someone from Asia who is aiming for BrE pronunciation rather than AmE pronunciation? Yes.

2. "Las" in "Las Vegas" should be a short "a", as in "cat".

That is the AmE pronunciation of 'Las' - 'ah' as in 'father'. One minor detail that detracts from your attempt at a BrE pronunciation.