28 h. ago F1 star details talks with management as shock departure rocks team

Luca de Meo's surprise departure as CEO of the Renault group has raised questions over Alpine's long-term future in Formula 1 and prompted Pierre Gasly to seek assurances about the project

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69 h. ago What conscription could look like as Keir Starmer warns UK 'must prepare'

A newly published National Security Strategy has raised questions about bringing back conscription in the UK.

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2 d. ago Manchester City 115 charges reality clarified after Lyon relegation decision

The latest Manchester City news as Lyon’s relegation from the French top flight raises fresh questions about City’s ongoing charges from the Premier League

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3 d. ago What UK conscription would REALLY look like as Keir Starmer warns Brits 'must prepare'

A newly published National Security Strategy has raised questions about bringing back conscription in the UK, and now an expert has warned this measure could be 'absolutely vital'

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3 d. ago ‘Your favourite album is not as cool as any dinosaur’: set sail with New York art rock duo Water From Your Eyes

Playing on party boats, recreating Chili Peppers videos: the experimental pair are committed to the bit – with a new album influenced by lockdown, recovery and StonehengeOn a breezy May evening, the New York-based art rock duo Water From Your Eyes are several hours into their annual boat show. It’s a delightful jaunt down the East River that raises questions such as: who from your local music scene would you save in a Titanic scenario? Tipsy people totter across the Liberty Belle’s promenade decks, some partaking in the loosie cigarettes and poppers available for purchase. A magician is somewhere on board, blowing minds with sleight of hand tricks. Below deck, the band’s Rachel Brown and Nate Amos seem to have found their sea legs: a mosh pit erupts as they rip into Life Signs, the playfully proggy lead single from their forthcoming album, It’s a Beautiful Place.The band treat the annual excursion began a bit of a joke, albeit one they have actively participated in for three years. ...

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4 d. ago Among Friends by Hal Ebbott review – how to blow up your life

All seems perfect for these rich and successful New Yorkers – until a bond is violently shattered in this sharp and pleasurable debut Amos and Emerson are the best of friends; everyone knows this. They are a model of male intimacy and understanding: confiding in each other, trusting each other, hugging each other (“real, loving hugs, clutches without irony”). Theirs is truly a friendship for the ages.Or so it seems. For on the weekend of Emerson’s 52nd birthday, an occasion at the centre of Hal Ebbott’s probing and insightful debut novel, something happens that changes everything – and raises the question of whether we can ever truly know anyone. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Israel strikes Iran’s Fordow nuclear site as Trump hints at regime change

The White House also scrambled on Monday to say Donald Trump was “simply raising a question” about the future of Iran’s ruling regime in posts on social media

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5 d. ago US request to UK over Iran would have raised legal questions, ex

Peter Ricketts says US likely to have decided it was better not to ask, after minister says no request was madeMiddle East crisis – latest updatesThe US did not ask to use UK airbases to support its overnight bombing of Iran because that would have required British ministers to take a view on the legality of the attack, according to a former government adviser.Peter Ricketts, a former UK national security chief, said he believed the US had concluded it was better not to ask to launch B-2 bombers from the RAF base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean than to be told no. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Home Bargains, Tesco and Asda shoppers issued with urgent warning

Serious questions have been raised over the measures some stores are going to in a bid to crack down on crime and shoplifting with customers warned of their rights

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8 d. ago Airline staff being trained to bar people without visas from flights to UK

Exclusive: Foreign secretary says training for 9,000 workers at European carriers is step towards more secure bordersThousands of European airline staff are being trained to stop people boarding flights to Britain without valid visas, in a move billed by the foreign secretary as a digital upgrade to border controls.David Lammy said the measures marked a step towards “more secure, more digital and more effective” borders, but the move could raise questions about human rights safeguards. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Elon Musk's drug test in doubt as hidden clues raise more questions for doctors

Tech tycoon and former First Buddy Elon Musk is speaking out about the media's attention on his alleged drug use in a way some say will do nothing to refute the rumors.

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9 d. ago Questions raised over Lauren Boebert’s financial disclosure filing

The firebrand Republican congresswoman’s filing contained no assets, no income from her book, no bank accounts, and no mortgage on a home

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1 week ago Politicians, lawyers and doctors express concern over use of expert witnesses in English courts

Questions raised about potential miscarriages of justice after use of such experts criticised in Lucy Letby and Post Office Horizon casesWho are expert witnesses and how does system work?A lack of regulation over the use of expert witnesses in English courts could be leading to miscarriages of justice, senior politicians, lawyers and doctors have said.The former attorney general Dominic Grieve and the former justice secretary Jack Straw were among those to tell the Guardian that criminal and civil trials were sometimes hanging on evidence by self-appointed “experts” who could lack relevant knowledge. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Many oil tanker owners reluctant to brave Strait of Hormuz, Frontline chief says

Israel’s strike on Iran raises questions about waterway handling quarter of world crude oil supplies

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2 w. ago Oil tanker owners reluctant to brave Strait of Hormuz, Frontline chief says

Israel’s strike on Iran raises questions about waterway handling quarter of world crude oil supplies

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2 w. ago In the Arizona desert, a farm raising fish raises questions about water use

In landlocked Arizona, where the Colorado River crisis has put water use under a microscope, a new inland desert fish farm is growing barramundi — a tropical species native to Australia

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2 w. ago Rachel Reeves' spending splurge plans are ALREADY in chaos after GDP fell 0.3% in April

GDP was down 0.3 per cent in April, worse than analysts had expected, and raising more questions about the realism of the Chancellor's splurge on services.

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2 w. ago Voices: Has Rachel Reeves got the balance right in her first spending review? Join The Independent Debate

Rachel Reeves’ first multi-year spending review as chancellor delivers major investment pledges in health, housing and infrastructure, but critics have raised questions and warn that ‘sharp trade-offs are unavoidable’

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2 w. ago England vs Senegal LIVE: Friendly result, match stream and latest reaction after Three Lions beaten

More questions raised for Three Lions a year out from the World Cup

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2 w. ago Concerns raised over World Cup tickets and travel as tournament draws nearer

The US will host the World Cup for the first time since 1994 - but several questions have been raised about the tournament

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