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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has responded to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem after the seven-time world champion was criticised for his activism by the former rally driver. Ben Sulayem previously said that motorsport was "too political" but Hamilton insisted ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix that he won't stop fighting for social causes. Ben Sulayem clarified his views on Twitter.

LIVE – Updated at 08:20The Azerbaijan Grand Prix is fast approaching, with Formula One back on its worldwide travels after back-to-back races in Europe of late. Red Bull and Ferrari still lead the way after Sergio Perez’s triumph in Monaco, but Max Verstappen now leads the driver standings after just one podium finish for Charles Leclerc since he won the Australian Grand Prix in April.

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System Of A Down singer Serj Tankian has shared a new solo song that serves as a resistance piece to the “slick theft” he claims he’s seen in Armenia’s political elections.The track, which is sung entirely in the Armenian language, was written in 2017 but was completed this year. It features Armenian singer Sevak Amroyan and comes with a Hrag Yedalian-directed music video, which you can watch below.The song’s title ‘Amber’ is pronounced “ahm-be’r” and translates to “clouds” in Armenian.Tankian, who is American-Armenian, said: “‘Amber’ was written in 2017 after I visited Armenia along with my friends Atom & Arsinee Egoyan and Eric Nazarian as members of the coalition ‘Justice for Armenia’ to serve as election monitors for the Parliamentary elections.“I was so distraught by the slick theft of the elections before ever reaching the ballot box that I wrote this song as a response.”He continued: “The lyrics however seem to be more poignant today when Armenians are divided politically and socially following the devastating attack on Nagorno-Karabagh and Armenia by Azerbaijan and Turkey in 2020 and the continuous fallout over negotiations with those two dictatorial regimes.

The Queen was seen smiling as she received a kind gift of a rare horse from the President of Azerbaijan during another surprise appearance from the monarch. Her Majesty, 96, looked delighted as she was presented with a Karabakh horse outside Windsor Castle during her meeting with President Ilham Aliyev, along with two sculptures of the rare hose.The Queen said the present was a “very kind, very generous” gesture as she was filmed inspecting the beautiful animal.

Gallery: 20 words that will make you sound smart (Espresso)Only one horse-based segment stood out. When the Azerbaijani contingent arrived, hurling fire around and doing handstands on horseback, there was a moment of actual excitement. But that’s the level of daredevilry it takes to entertain a television audience in 2022 and, short of literally firing horses out of cannons, it’s a hard one to sustain.

Ukraine won Eurovision 2022 in a historic evening in Turin.

Naman Ramachandran Tom Cruise, Helen Mirren, Damian Lewis and Omid Djalili will lead an A-list cast of talent celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee on U.K. broadcaster ITV.

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Formula One superstar Sergio “Checo” Pérez, the most famous Mexican driver in F1 history. The agency plans to build his business in the brand partnerships space.

Rustam Ibragimbekov, the renowned Soviet-era writer behind films including 1994 Oscar winner Burnt by the Sun and the 1970 classic White Sun of the Desert, died in Moscow on Friday, according to multiple reports. He was 83.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have arrested lesbian activist Sareh in the West Azerbaijan Province of Iran.Warning: This story has details of a lesbian activist’s arrest and might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.Twenty-eight-year-old Sareh, was detained for 21 days by the Iraqi Kurdistan police after her interview with BBC

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Vivienne Chow New features by some of the most prominent filmmakers from the Asia-Pacific region including The Philippines’ Brillante Mendoza, Bangladesh’s Mostofa Sarwar Farooki and Japan’s Ogigami Naoko are among the seven titles competing for the Kim Jiseok Award at the upcoming 26th Busan International Film Festival (Oct. 6-16, 2021).Works by Royston Tan from Singapore, China’s Wang Qi, Aparna Sen from India and Ilgar Najaf from Azerbaijan have also been nominated.

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The Irish Olympic team has the whole world rooting for them before they’ve even started competing thanks to a classy gesture at the opening ceremony.

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Famous Russian film director Vladimir Menshov, known for crowd pleasers featuring everyday people, died July 5 in Moscow of Covid complications, according to the Russian film studio Mosfilm and Russian media. He was 81.

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Pirelli’s findings from their full investigation into the tyre blow-outs in Baku has left the world of Formula 1 with more questions than answers. Lance Stroll and Max Verstappen both suffered sudden tyre blow-outs at different stages of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and subsequently crashed at very high speeds.

Max Verstappen has revealed his reaction to the moment he found out Lewis Hamilton had thrown away the chance to reclaim the championship lead in Azerbaijan, as the seven-time world champion made an uncharacteristic mistake in Baku. Race leader Verstappen had just crashed out with five laps to go as the Red Bull driver suffered a left-rear tyre failure, which catapulted the driver violently into the wall on the straight, bringing out the red flag.

JUST IN:Lewis Hamilton throws away Azerbaijan win as Max Verstappen crashes "I put everything on the line and fought as hard as I could today. On that restart when Checo moved over towards me, I clipped a switch and it basically switches the brake off so I just went straight.

Lewis Hamilton threw away the chance to take back the lead of the championship standings after making an uncharacteristic mistake on a red-flagged restart at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after title rival Max Verstappen hit the wall. Sergio Perez went on to win the race.

Max Verstappen crashed out from the lead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after a left rear tyre failure catapulted him into the wall on the main straight on lap 47 of 51. Verstappen crashed out at 200mph on the start-finish straight, with his car sliding to a halt after a big collision.

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By Alan Baldwin(Reuters) - Ferrari's Charles Leclerc grabbed a surprise pole position for the Azerbaijan Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday in a qualifying session littered with crashes and four red flag stoppages. Mercedes' seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton qualified alongside on the front row, with Red Bull's championship leader Max Verstappen frustrated to be starting third.

Charles Leclerc has taken pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after a scintillating qualifying session in Baku on Saturday. A dramatic Q3 session ended in remarkable fashion after Yuki Tsunoda and Carlos Sainz crashed out at Turn 3, with Lewis Hamilton recovering brilliantly from dismal practice sessions to take P2.

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