35 minutes ago 'Michael Schumacher ignored me for five years – until we got drunk in a nightclub'

Martin Brundle partnered Michael Schumacher on the grid in 1992 but revealed the iconic German refused to speak to him for five years after a falling out

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95 minutes ago Citizen: My Life After the White House by Bill Clinton review – convivial without being confidential

In this account of his years after leaving office, Clinton is a hyperactive and loquacious presence, helping out in disaster zones and pontificating about public service – but he reveals little about his private lifeAmerican presidents are supposed to renounce pomp and disappear into private life when their term ends. George Washington enjoyed sampling the whiskey produced by the distillery at his Virginia plantation, while George W Bush currently amuses himself by clearing underbrush on his Texas ranch. Bill Clinton, aged only 54 when he left office in 2001, spurned bucolic oblivion; as he says with scriptural solemnity: “I didn’t think my work here on Earth was finished just yet.” Although he calls his memoir Citizen to signal his reduced status, he admits to hankering after his years...

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95 minutes ago The big picture: earthbound reality at the International Space Station landing site in Kazakhstan

Andrew McConnell’s shot of a young scrap collector at the remote spot where astronauts return from space captures a curious juxtapositionThe photographer Andrew McConnell first went to Kazakhstan in 2015, to witness what the Earth’s primary space portal looked like on the ground. A particular corner of the remote steppe-land, near a village called Kenjebai-Samai, was where, every three months, astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station fell to earth, having been launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome 400 miles to the south. McConnell had spent much of the previous years working in war zones and was keen to focus on something more life-affirming.He discovered a curious landscape that was both on the frontier of human exploration and unchanged for centuries. Over a dozen ...

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3 hours ago Trump depends on the EU and UK to act as peacemakers more than he thinks

The US doesn’t need to spend more on Ukraine. Britain can bring funding to the table – and help Trump reboot alliancesWith Donald Trump the very meaning of words is up for negotiation. What does he really mean when he promises to “build a wall”? When he pledges to end the Russo-Ukrainian war in one day?His supporters say they don’t take him literally but seriously – but who decides what “serious” is? The very ambiguity can be part of Trump’s appeal. There’s something exhilarating in the sense one is in an exclusive negotiation with the president to define reality. It’s as if he’s welcoming you backstage from the reality show of politics to the discrete board room where meaning is made. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by British lawyer bringing war crimes case against Benjamin Netanyahu to testify this week

EXCLUSIVE: Karim Khan, who is bringing a war crimes case against Benjamin Netanyahu has been accused of sexual misconduct, with the alleged victim to be interviewed this week

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6 hours ago Ukraine war briefing: No ‘red lines’ when it comes to support for Ukraine, says French foreign minister

Jean-Noël Barrot tells the BBC Ukraine could fire French long-range missiles into Russia ‘in the logics of self defence’, but does not confirm if French weapons have already been used. What we know on day 1,005See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...

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6 hours ago JEFF PRESTRIDGE: If World War Three really does break out, here are my four ways to protect YOUR money from the global turmoil

Some military experts are whispering three words none of us thought we would ever hear in our lifetimes: World War III. Here are the best ideas to protect your money.

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6 hours ago SARAH VINE: Stockpiling tinned tuna won't save us from Armageddon. But I have ONE theory to stop us all from becoming consumed by terror

At the risk of seeming contrary, I can't get too wound up about the threat of World War III. I know it's awful but what's the point? If Putin launches a nuclear attack on Britain, what can I do? We'll all be toast.

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8 hours ago Putin ramps up production of Russia's 8,370mph hypersonic missiles that he fired at Ukraine as he boasts 'no one in the world has such weapons'

Vladimir Putin has ramped up production of the hypersonic missile which travels at speeds of around 8,370 miles per hour and is capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads.

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