With rows of yachts dotted along the harbor and a dazzling guest list, Monaco has always been a track legend since its first race in 1929, making it known for its grandeur.
Along with the Indianapolis 500 and Le Mans, it is regarded as one of motorsport’s triple crown events, which is an unofficial accomplishment. A rich history, three distinct but equally challenging races.
However, there have been discussions in recent years about whether a track in a competition drivers still wants to win.
“This is really boring,” the author said. After finishing sixth in the 2024 Monaco Grand Prix, Max Verstappen, a four-time Formula 1 champion, said, “I should have brought my pillow.”
Drivers encounter a unique challenge due to the principality’s narrow roads, twisty roads, and mile-long tunnels.
This makes overtaking challenging because modern cars are now much bigger.
The weekend’s qualifying on Saturday is regarded as the most exciting part of the weekend because the race classification is regarded as a foregone conclusion because the track averages only 10 overtakes per race, the lowest total for any track in the previous ten years.
With only four overtakes in the 78-lap race, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc secured pole position and the victory over the weekend, but the top 10 remained unchanged from start to finish in 2024.
22 overtook the previous year’s edition due to rain, compared to 13 on wet tarmac in 2022.
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“Be patient,” you say. Races can also be thrilling.
Andrew Benson
Monaco F1 Correspondent
The Monaco Grand Prix is a lot of things: it’s historic, spectacular, gaudy, and perhaps a little disgusting because of its vitreous abundance of wealth.
But boring?
Yes, because overtaking is so challenging, the race can be processional. Due to the size and width of the cars, it’s become fashionable in recent years. But it has always been that way, at least for the past 40 or so years.
It’s a lifetime’s worth of sports to watch a driver slog through the streets of Monaco, push the limits, and break the barriers.
What have the drivers said?
Fernando Alonso, a two-time world champion, called Monaco “one of the best and most unique moments of the season.”
He continued, “Maybe Sunday is the bad day.” You have no choice, I tell you. You just need to bring the car home and other necessary things, which could also be a little boring.
It’s not a great Sunday, so I wouldn’t consider it the biggest race of the year, according to Brit Lando Norris.
He also acknowledged that it was “one you want to win.”
Norris continued, “This has happened since Monaco first began.” People in the world today are more resolute and frustrated that there hasn’t been an overtake. “Monaco is still special, it still has a special meaning for each and every team member,” he continued.
Potential for a change in the calendar?
Officials did consider canceling the Monaco Grand Prix after the race’s most recent contract was set to expire in 2025, but they eventually reached a new six-year deal in 2024.
Officials sought solutions after the race was criticized for not matching the excitement and speed of the other 23 circuits.
With the intention of enhancing the sporting spectacle in mind, it was mandated that drivers make at least two pit stops during the race in February 2025.
Another problem was that the only race in which a regional television company aired the footage was Monaco.
There were notable differences in how the other 23 races were produced on Formula One Management TV, compared to how the race was covered. This changed in the year before Monaco announced its extension in 2023.
From 2026, the Monaco Grand Prix will start the first full weekend in June instead of its traditional May weekend.
The Monaco Grand Prix is still a race that all drivers aspire to win, according to F1 president and CEO Stefano Domenicali, who called Monte Carlo “one of the most unique and well-known parts of Formula 1.”
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This week is the last day of Colin Smith’s Corrie, the actor making his final appearance in the role more than a decade ago.
Actor Colson Smith’s final scenes on Coronation Street are coming up this week, with him having recently left the long-running show. His departure from its cast comes 14 years after he made his first appearance on the ITV soap opera.
It was announced back in January that Colson, 26, would be leaving the ITV soap after more than a decade. The cast member, who has played Craig Tinker since 2011, has since filmed his exit and he was celebrated by co-stars at his leaving do in Manchester in March ahead of them airing.
He’s teased over the future and his final scenes on Corrie are set to air this week. Viewers know that Craig could be killed off on the show and spoilers for tonight’s episode confirmed that he will be fighting for his life in hospital.
Police officer Craig was attacked by Mick Michaelis (Joe Layton) when he tried to arrest him on Monday night. He was hit over the head with a baseball bat and left for dead, with there concern that the injury will prove to be fatal.
Craig’s been involved in various storylines over the years and Colson has shared his pride over the role. He said: “I’ve loved every single second of my 14 year stay as a resident on the greatest street in the world. I feel incredibly lucky to have grown up in, on and around Coronation Street.”
Colson made his first appearance as Craig in an episode of Corrie that was broadcast in August 2011. The character was introduced when his mother Beth Tinker (Lisa George) went on a blind date with Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson). Beth turned up for the date with Craig, who joined her and Steve.
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Colson Smith (left), pictured with co-star Lisa George (right), first appeared on Coronation Street in 2011(Image: ITV)
Colson has since grown up with Corrie, but his appearance has changed since then. While appearing on the beloved show, the actor has also mentioned going through a transformation, both physically and emotionally, in recent years.
He’s said to have struggled with his weight after joining the soap opera as a child. Colson told the Mirror in 2021 that from the age of 11, around the time of his debut, he would read comments about his weight on social media. It’s said to have led to him feeling like “the odd one out” and years later he decided to make changes in his life and lost 10 stone.
Colson, who also appeared in the documentary Bored of Being the Fat Kid, also once said to us, “I was always the fat kid.” That’s who I was in most of my social settings and social circles. And that’s how I ended up being. That was a conscious choice. I was prepared to essentially alter that identity and leave it.
The actor, pictured in 2018, has now played Craig Tinker on the ITV soap for more than a decade(Image: ITV)
He continued, “I guess the main thing I’ve learned is who Colson is, I’ve learned to like myself, and I’ve learned to trust myself,” while talking about changing his mindset. I’ve come to believe in myself, and life is now really good for me.
The actor, who spoke on Celebrity Big Brother last year about having once been in a cycle of bingeing and starving himself, previously revealed that he lost weight after taking up running in lockdown as part of a new lifestyle. He’s said of the activity: “Running does give you confidence.”
Speaking on This Morning in 2021, he said: “In terms of my mental health, my ability and my confidence, it has changed a lot. And y’know it’s something so simple as in a little bit of investment in yourself goes a long way.”
Colson, pictured in a scene that aired this week, however announced he would be leaving the show earlier this year(Image: ITV)
He’s also changed his hair since his debut. Colson shared last year that he had a hair transplant and would no longer sport “comb overs and baseball caps”. He said: “[It’s] been on my agenda since I first noticed my hair loss at the age 22.”
Colson continued, “It’s been a difficult thing for me to come to terms with losing my hair so quickly, and I feel so much better and more confident that I’ve taken the necessary steps to restore my luscious strawberry blonde locks.”
In an update last month, he told his followers on Instagram: “The difference it’s made to my confidence and general wellbeing has been MINT!” The actor, who said he has grown a new hairline, added: “I’m loving watching it grow.”
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Colson Smith’s final scenes on Corrie are set to air this week, with the actor having bid farewell to Craig Tinker after making his first debut in the role more than a decade ago
Actor Colson Smith’s final scenes on Coronation Street are coming up this week, with him having recently left the long-running show. His departure from its cast comes 14 years after he made his first appearance on the ITV soap opera.
It was announced back in January that Colson, 26, would be leaving the ITV soap after more than a decade. The cast member, who has played Craig Tinker since 2011, has since filmed his exit and he was celebrated by co-stars at his leaving do in Manchester in March ahead of them airing.
He’s teased over the future and his final scenes on Corrie are set to air this week. Viewers know that Craig could be killed off on the show and spoilers for tonight’s episode confirmed that he will be fighting for his life in hospital.
Police officer Craig was attacked by Mick Michaelis (Joe Layton) when he tried to arrest him on Monday night. He was hit over the head with a baseball bat and left for dead, with there concern that the injury will prove to be fatal.
Craig’s been involved in various storylines over the years and Colson has shared his pride over the role. He said: “I’ve loved every single second of my 14 year stay as a resident on the greatest street in the world. I feel incredibly lucky to have grown up in, on and around Coronation Street.”
Colson made his first appearance as Craig in an episode of Corrie that was broadcast in August 2011. The character was introduced when his mother Beth Tinker (Lisa George) went on a blind date with Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson). Beth turned up for the date with Craig, who joined her and Steve.
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Colson Smith (left), pictured with co-star Lisa George (right), first appeared on Coronation Street in 2011(Image: ITV)
Having grown up on Corrie since then, Colson now looks different from his first appearance. The actor has also spoken about undergoing a transformation, both physically and emotionally, in recent years whilst on the beloved show.
He’s said to have struggled with his weight after joining the soap opera as a child. Colson told the Mirror in 2021 that from the age of 11, around the time of his debut, he would read comments about his weight on social media. It’s said to have led to him feeling like “the odd one out” and years later he decided to make changes in his life and lost 10 stone.
Colson, who appeared in the documentary Bored Of Being The Fat Kid, also told us at the time: “I was always the fat kid. In most of my social situations, social circles, that’s just who I was. And it’s kind of the identity that I ended up with. I made that conscious decision. I was ready to kind of change that identity and I was ready to move on from it.”
The actor, pictured in 2018, has now played Craig Tinker on the ITV soap for more than a decade(Image: ITV)
And speaking about changing his mindset, he shared: “I guess the main thing I’ve learned is who Colson is, I’ve learned to like myself and I’ve learned to trust myself. I’ve learned to believe in myself and I’m now really enjoying life.”
The actor, who spoke on Celebrity Big Brother last year about having once been in a cycle of bingeing and starving himself, previously revealed that he lost weight after taking up running in lockdown as part of a new lifestyle. He’s said of the activity: “Running does give you confidence.”
Speaking on This Morning in 2021, he said: “In terms of my mental health, my ability and my confidence, it has changed a lot. And y’know it’s something so simple as in a little bit of investment in yourself goes a long way.”
Colson, pictured in a scene that aired this week, however announced he would be leaving the show earlier this year(Image: ITV)
He’s also changed his hair since his debut. Colson shared last year that he had a hair transplant and would no longer sport “comb overs and baseball caps”. He said: “[It’s] been on my agenda since I first noticed my hair loss at the age 22.”
Colson added: “Losing my hair at such a young age has been a tough thing for me to come to terms with, I instantly feel SOOO much better and more confident that I’ve taken a step to getting back my luscious strawberry blonde locks.”
In an update last month, he told his followers on Instagram: “The difference it’s made to my confidence and general wellbeing has been MINT!” The actor, who said he has grown a new hairline, added: “I’m loving watching it grow.”
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Ignatius Kaigama, the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, has urged Nigerians to embrace tolerance as a necessary step toward national harmony, harmony, and development.
At the inaugural Taravest Summit in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, he made this known on Wednesday while speaking with prominent public figures, stakeholders, and participants.
No religion encourages violence, according to Archbishop Kaigama, who stressed the value of religious harmony.
No religion preaches violence, he said, so people should be taught to abandon religious fanaticism and embrace peace for sustainable development.
The cleric argued that religion shouldn’t prevent celebrations of victories by using football as a metaphor for national unity.
Nigerians watch football games intently and collectively. Everyone cheers in excitement as one nation’s citizens whenever a goal is scored. Nobody can deny that a Christian or Muslim scored the goal; instead, we simply congratulate Nigeria for its accomplishment.
The “Tolerance Ingredient For Peace”
Kaigama cited the importance of tolerance in society as evidence that ethnic and religious harmony is a prerequisite for peace and security.
In a heterogeneous system, tolerance is an unavoidable component of peace, which harmonises various religions and ethnic groups. This offends God because religion should cultivate its adherents rather than dominate, dominate, or alienate others.
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He referred to tolerance and mutual acceptance as the “pathway to peace, security, and sustainable development among people of various racial and ethnic backgrounds.”
Kaigama emphasized the necessity of interreligious dialogue that transcends theory and is put into practice. Additionally, he urged more effective land- and resource-use.
Interreligious dialogue is not required to be theoretical; it must be real. Regardless of religion or tribal affiliation, people must imbibe the spirit of tolerance for any country to live peacefully and promote development, he said.
“Religious abuse only leads to violence,” says the statement. Every religion should promote harmony, love, and peaceful coexistence. Every pluralistic society’s pivot for nation-building is tolerance.
The government must be open and honest in its fight against religious or ethnic issues that prevent our progress for Nigeria to join the developed nations. We just need to appreciate God and end unhealthy rivalries at the same time. Use the land to grow food rather than fight and argue over it; ultimately, no one wins.
Archbishop Kaigama praised Taraba State’s strategic position and demanded more investment in the area while bringing up the economic prospects.
Investors should find Taraba State’s strategic location and location to be very alluring. We anticipate that Taraba will become a promising destination for international investors looking for long-term and profitable ventures as the state government works to strengthen its human capital and infrastructure.
Leading stakeholders gathered to discuss opportunities in the state at the Taravest Summit, which was themed “Unlocking Taraba’s Investment Potentials: Advancing Agriculture, Energy, Mining, and Industrialization (AEMI) for Sustainable Growth and Development.”
The footage is blurry. The framing is unsteady. And at one moment, another cellphone pokes into view to capture the scene.
But the video has nevertheless gone viral in Peru for one big reason: It captures a goofy, off-the-cuff moment with the new head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV.
On Sunday, the newly elected pope formally began his leadership of the church with an inaugural mass at Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican.
His papacy has made history. Born in Chicago, Leo XIV is the first pope ever to hail from the United States. But for Peruvians in the northern city of Chiclayo, he is a hometown hero, and the viral video from 2014 is proof of his South American roots.
Under fluorescent lights and scattered decorations made of curling ribbon, Leo XIV — then known as Robert Prevost — warbles Christmas songs into a handheld microphone.
“Feliz Navidad! Feliz Navidad,” he sings, backed by a guitar-playing band of Chiclayo youths, swaying to the beat. “I wanna wish you a merry Christmas!”
In the lead-up to his papacy, Chiclayo, Peru’s fifth largest city, has played a central role in Leo XIV’s rise through the Catholic Church.
Since 1985, Leo has served in various Catholic missions throughout the north of the country. But over the last decade of his career, Chiclayo has been his home base. He served as bishop there from 2015 to 2023, and during that time, he also became a Peruvian citizen.
“He has earned the love of the people,” said Father Jose Alejandro Castillo Vera, a local church leader who first met Leo XIV in 2014.
But while the region has warmly embraced its “papa chiclayano” — its pope from Chiclayo — the situation in Latin America also reflects the struggles of Leo’s new post.
Catholicism is thought to be on the decline in Latin America. A survey from the public opinion firm Latinobarometro found that, from 1995 to 2024, the number of self-identified Catholics slipped from about 80 percent to 54.
And in Peru, public opinion suffered in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal that emerged in 2015.
Still, in Chiclayo, there is optimism that Leo XIV’s leadership can reinvigorate the Catholic faithful, given his track record of public service.
“I think he can promote space for dialogue,” said Yolanda Diaz, a 70-year-old teacher in Chiclayo and national adviser for the National Union of Catholic Students.
She believes Leo XIV will help “move forward, little by little, the changes we want to see in the church”.
Residents in Chiclayo, Peru, hold up the picture of Pope Leo XIV during a mass in his honour on May 10 [Guadalupe Pardo/AP Photo]
A hometown hero
Leo XIV set the tone for his papacy early on. In his first remarks after his election, he switched from Italian to Spanish to address his adopted hometown directly.
“If you allow me a word, a greeting to all and in particular to my beloved diocese of Chiclayo, in Peru, where a faithful people accompanied their bishop, shared their faith and gave so much, so much, to continue being a faithful Church of Jesus Christ,” he said.
Vatican observers quickly pointed out he opted not to address the US, his birth country, nor to speak in his native English.
In the days that followed, thousands of people poured into Chiclayo’s main square to celebrate the new pope, dancing and receiving communion in the shadow of its buttercup-yellow cathedral.
In the frenzy, local businesses spied economic potential. Ricardo Acosta, the president of the National Association of Travel Agencies and Tourism (APAVIT), proposed creating a pope-themed tourism route.
And restaurants in Chiclayo posted signs outside their door: “Aqui comio el Papa.” In other words: “The pope ate here.”
Poverty in the northern region of Peru affects nearly a quarter of the population. And local advocates have argued that the city and surrounding regions struggle with inadequate public infrastructure.
A parishioner prays in front of a banner of Pope Leo XIV during Mass at the Santa Maria Cathedral in Chiclayo, Peru, on May 8 [Guadalupe Pardo/AP Photo]
Facing Peru’s poverty
That problem was thrown into stark relief during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when the United Nations reported that more than a thousand families in Chiclayo lacked access to drinking water.
Healthcare resources were also stretched thin. Peru had the highest death rate per capita, with an estimated 665.8 deaths for every 100,000 people.
Father Castillo, the secretary-general of the Catholic aid organisation Caritas Chiclayo, remembers that Leo XIV played a critical role in raising money to buy medical-grade oxygen to treat the sick.
“He came up with the idea of making a campaign to support the community, to acquire an oxygen plant,” Father Castillo explained.
Through their collective efforts, more than $380,000 were raised to buy the oxygen generation systems.
“He appealed to the entire population, to the authorities and to the businessmen as well,” Father Castillo said. “In the end, God was so great that not only there was money for one plant, but for two oxygen plants.”
Both, however, have since been shut down due to a lack of funds for maintenance. Still, Father Castillo told Al Jazeera he hopes Pope Leo XIV will continue his advocacy for the poor while at the Vatican.
“We are all hopeful that he continues to be that voice, not only for us Peruvians, but for everyone,” he said. “Many people need to get out of misery, out of poverty.”
Attendees at a May 8 mass in Chiclayo, Peru, hold up a banner that reads, ‘The pope has a Chiclayo heart’ [Guadalupe Pardo/AP Photo]
From one migrant to another
For Diaz, the teacher, one of her fondest memories of the new pope was working together on another pressing issue facing Peru: migration.
Since 2018, Peru has become one of the leading destinations for migrants and asylum seekers from Venezuela, where political repression and economic instability have driven more than 7.9 million people abroad.
The United Nations estimates that Peru has absorbed nearly two million of those migrants. That makes it the second largest recipient of Venezuelans in Latin America.
Diaz told Al Jazeera she witnessed the impact of that wave of arrivals in Chiclayo. She and Leo XIV worked together on a new commission he established as bishop to address migration and human trafficking.
“We had a big surge,” Diaz remembered. “We saw up to 20,000 people arriving in Chiclayo, more than 3,000 families, including children and youngsters. You could see them sleeping in the main square, on the streets, in church entrances, outside travel companies.”
The influx has stirred up anti-immigrant sentiment among some Peruvians, resulting in reports of discrimination.
But Diaz observed that Leo XIV attempted to destigmatise what it means to be a foreigner in Peru when he visited migrant communities.
“I’m a migrant,” Diaz remembers him saying. “I know what it means to arrive as a migrant in an unknown land, with a different culture.”
She saw that as evidence he can bridge divides in his new role as pope. “He understands there’s diversity in the church.”
Members of a children’s choir display photos of newly elected Pope Leo XIV on May 9 [Guadalupe Pardo/AP Photo]
Confronting the church’s abuse scandals
But while Pope Leo XIV is largely seen as a unifying figure in Chiclayo, his papacy has reignited some lingering controversies within the Catholic Church.
Among the most damning are the allegations of sexual abuse in Catholic dioceses across the globe, from the US to Chile to Ireland.
The Catholic Church in Peru is no exception. Much of the scrutiny has centred on one group in particular, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV).
It was founded in Peru in 1971 and grew to include members across Latin America.
But in 2011, the Catholic Church started to receive formal complaints about its founder Luis Fernando Figari and other leaders in the SCV movement.
In 2015, after years of investigation, journalists Pedro Salinas and Paola Ugaz published a book about the complaints that shocked Peruvian society and brought the issue to international attention.
Called Half Monks, Half Soldiers, the book detailed more than 30 cases of abuse, including allegations of psychological abuse, forced sodomisation and other harms committed in the SCV.
Ugaz told Al Jazeera that the future Pope Leo was supportive of her efforts to investigate.
“Among the bishops who supported us until the end is Robert Prevost, an empathetic person who is aware that this issue is crucial to his papacy,” she said in a written statement.
Figari has consistently denied any wrongdoing. But Leo’s predecessor at the Vatican, Pope Francis, eventually sent two envoys to Peru, including an archbishop, to investigate the group.
In 2024, Peru’s church authorities released a statement confirming that the investigation had found cases of “physical abuse, including sadism and violence” as well as other actions designed “to break the will of subordinates”.
Figari and other top members were ultimately expelled from the organisation. And later, Pope Francis took the rare step of dissolving the group altogether. The decree of suppression took effect just one week before Francis died in April, effectively abolishing the group.
But Pope Leo himself has faced scrutiny over whether he failed to act upon the complaints the diocese in Chiclayo received while he was bishop.
In March, for instance, a group called Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) issued a letter alleging that three women in 2022 reported their sexual abuse to the diocese, only to face institutional silence.
“There is serious reason to believe that Cardinal Prevost did not follow the procedures established by the Holy See for carrying out investigations following reports of abuse,” SNAP wrote.
Leo XIV, however, has told the Peruvian newspaper La Republica in the past that he rejects “cover-ups and secrecy”. And last week, Father Jordi Bertomeu Farnos, a Vatican investigator, denied the reports.
“Robert Prevost did not cover up anything,” Bertomeu Farnos told Peruvian media in Rome. “He did everything according to the protocols we have in the Vatican.”
Ugaz, the journalist, says she remains optimistic Leo XIV can implement reform.
She pointed out that, in his first days as pope, Leo XIV held a meeting with Cardinal Sean O’Malley, who leads a Vatican commission to protect children from abuse. She also recalled the words of encouragement he recently gave to her and her journalism partner.
Chris Brown, an American rapper and rapper, was ordered released on bail on Wednesday on the condition that he give a UK court a £5 million guarantee before being ordered to pay the charge.
The judge granted Brown’s bail, allowing him to continue on his scheduled international tour, which is scheduled to begin on June 8 in Amsterdam, according to his bail terms.
The £5 million will be forfeited if he doesn’t make a trip back to the UK, where he will play a number of concerts starting on June 15.
Brown, who was not in court for the bail hearing, will also have play dates in 2025 in Europe, including France and the United States.
In connection with an assault in which the victim was allegedly struck several times with a bottle before being pursued, punched, and kicked, he was charged last week with “grievous bodily harm with intent.”
While Brown was on a UK tour, the alleged assault took place on February 19, 2023 at a nightclub in Hanover Square in London.
After he reportedly entered Manchester via a private jet, police arrested him at a five-star hotel in the city’s northwest on May 13.
Judge Tony Baumgartner at Southwark Crown Court in London also ordered that he be freed on bail and that he must turn in his passport if he isn’t traveling.
Following Chris Brown’s appearance at a hearing inside Manchester Magistrates’ Court in north-west England on May 16, 2025, a prison van carrying a charge of grievous bodily harm with intent over an alleged bottle attack, a prison van leaves from the back of the courts. (Photo by Oli SCARFF/AFP)  
He is prohibited from visiting the nightclub where the alleged assault took place or from speaking with the alleged victim, Abraham Diah, at a specific address that the court has approved.
On June 20, Brown and his co-defendant, US national Omololu Akinlolu, 38, will appear in court again for grievous bodily harm with intent.
Brown is renowned for his mid-2000s hits like “Kiss, Kiss” and a plethora of legal issues, including a felony conviction for 2009 assaulting Rihanna’s ex-girlfriend.
Following US rapper Chris Brown’s appearance at a hearing inside Manchester Magistrates’ Court on May 16, 2025, a sign is pictured at the entrance to the court. (Photo by Oli SCARFF/AFP)
With his rich R&, B voice, and later rap, he rose from a nearby church choir in Virginia to acclaim fame, but the abuse allegations have tarnished his reputation.
