Author: The Guardian

Several Formula 1 drivers, including Lewis Hamilton, have called for changes to the Monaco Grand Prix to ensure a more entertaining race weekend, as the current cars make overtaking on the streets of Monte Carlo almost impossible.The race is often little more than a parade, but drivers still enjoy racing in Monaco, a relentless challenge like no other. From the cockpit, it’s still an exciting ride. However, the track that hosted the first Grand Prix in 1929 is no longer suitable for modern F1 cars, especially since 2017, as they have become increasingly unwieldy on the tight circuit.Hamilton, who won…

Footage from an elite German party island of people singing a Nazi slogan in place of the lyrics of a disco hit has gone viral and triggered a wave of outrage.The film shows a group on Sylt in North Frisia drinking and dancing together to the 2001 song L’amour Toujours by the Italian musician Gigi D’Agostino. Some in the group sing an old Nazi slogan “Germany for the Germans – foreigners out” in place of the song’s apolitical lyrics.Among the participants, who are dressed casually and appear to be holding glasses of Aperol, rosé, and champagne, was one man dressed…

Three American missionaries, including the daughter and son-in-law of a Republican politician, were reportedly killed by gang members in Haiti as a long-awaited deployment of multinational security forces tasked with saving the Caribbean country from Months of disaster.Rep. Ben Baker, R-Mo., announced the couple’s murders on Facebook late Thursday, writing: “My heart is broken into a thousand pieces. I have never felt pain like this.Baker said his daughter Natalie Lloyd and her husband David, both missionaries in Haiti, “were attacked by a gang tonight and both were killed. They went to heaven together.”Their organization, Missions in Haiti Inc, said the…

To any devoted Taylor Swift fan, the musician’s cats are almost as well known as she is, frequently appearing in her TikTok postings and with hundreds of millions of posts devoted to them across social media.But as Swift’s planet-conquering Eras tour prepares to land in the UK next month, animal welfare experts have urged her fans not to copy Swift’s cats, saying the same characteristics that make the breed cute also condemn them to a life of constant pain.Swift has three cats, two of which, Olivia Benson and Meredith Grey, are Scottish folds, a breed distinguished by a genetic mutation…

This is the fiercest competition in athletics. After months of trash talk and bluffing, Britain’s Josh Kerr and Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen will square off on Saturn for the first time in 2024 , this game may become an eternal contest.Cole had bragging rights when he shocked Ingebritsson by winning the 1,500m world title in Budapest last August. However, reigning Olympic champion Ingebritsson insists he was ill at the time.In a race over a mile at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore., both men are hoping to leave a major mark ahead of the Paris Olympics. The previous winter, Cole had…

Documentary-maker Morgan Spurlock, the director of films including Super Size Me and Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? died on Thursday aged 53.His family announced in a statement that he “passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends on May 23, 2024, in New York from complications of cancer.”His brother Craig Spurlock said: “It was a sad day, as we said goodbye to my brother Morgan. Morgan gave so much through his art, ideas, and generosity. The world has lost a true creative genius and a special man. I am so proud to have worked together with him.”More…

Singapore Airlines has tightened seat belt rules on flights after a passenger plane encountered severe turbulence, killing one passenger and injuring more than 100 people.Passengers and crew members on flight SQ321 suffered injuries to their skulls, brains and spines after they were violently thrown around the cabin during Tuesday’s horrific high-altitude test. Some passengers said the turbulence occurred so quickly that they had no time to fasten their seat belts.The flight from London to Singapore, carrying 211 passengers and 18 crew members, was forced to make an emergency landing in Bangkok. At least 48 people are still being treated in…

There has been very little by way of political dressing at the Cannes film festival now taking place in the south of France, but the model and wellness entrepreneur Bella Hadid bucked the trend. Walking along the seafront on Thursday, she wore a dress crafted out of red and white keffiyehs.While earlier in the week Cate Blanchett wore a dress that some saw as a pro-Palestinian statement, others as an optical illusion, Hadid’s dress, which is apparently the work of the artist and designer Hushidar Mortezaie, left no room for doubt.The model, whose father is Palestinian, has faced death threats…

Destiny singer Kelly Rowland, who went on to have a successful acting and solo career, spoke out at the Cannes Film Festival about a highly publicized incident in which she got into an argument with a festival host who suggested she was racially abused discriminate.Loren attended the premiere of Catherine Deneuve’s film “Marcello Mio” on Tuesday, smiling and waving to fans and photographers on the red carpet. She was then led up the stairs by two ushers, their arms forming a barrier behind her. Roland turned to an usher, held up a finger, and spoke sternly to her.”I have a…

The Japanese dog whose photo inspired a generation of oddball online jokes and the £18bn Dogecoin cryptocurrency beloved by Elon Musk has died, her owner said.“She quietly passed away as if asleep while I caressed her,” Atsuko Sato wrote on her blog on Friday, thanking the fans of her shiba inu called Kabosu – the face of the ‘Doge’ meme.“I think Kabo-chan was the happiest dog in the world. And I was the happiest owner,” she wrote.As a rescue dog, Kabosu’s real birthday was unknown but Sato estimated her age at 18, past the average lifespan for a shiba inu,…