• BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - FEBRUARY 21: Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (1) Oracle Red Bull Racing RB20 on track during day one of F1 Testing at Bahrain International Circuit on February 21, 2024 in Bahrain, Bahrain. (Photo by Clive Mason / Getty Images)
    BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - FEBRUARY 21: Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (1) Oracle Red Bull Racing RB20 on track during day one of F1 Testing at Bahrain International Circuit on February 21, 2024 in Bahrain, Bahrain. (Photo by Clive Mason / Getty Images)
  • A woman walks along a footpath after snowfall in Seoul. AFP
    A woman walks along a footpath after snowfall in Seoul. AFP
  • US Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign event in Beaufort, South Carolina. AFP
    US Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign event in Beaufort, South Carolina. AFP
  • Scaffolding is mounted around the baldachin of St. Peter's basilica to start its restoration in the Vatican. AFP
    Scaffolding is mounted around the baldachin of St. Peter's basilica to start its restoration in the Vatican. AFP
  • Kunal Nayyar, Carey Mulligan, Adam Sandler and Paul Dano promote the movie 'Spaceman' at the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin. Reuters
    Kunal Nayyar, Carey Mulligan, Adam Sandler and Paul Dano promote the movie 'Spaceman' at the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin. Reuters
  • A plane lands on a runway at San Francisco International Airport at the base of a rainbow, in California. AP
    A plane lands on a runway at San Francisco International Airport at the base of a rainbow, in California. AP
  • An activist clashes with Lebanese riot police during a protest to demand the opening of the Rafah border crossing, outside the Egyptian embassy in Beirut. EPA
    An activist clashes with Lebanese riot police during a protest to demand the opening of the Rafah border crossing, outside the Egyptian embassy in Beirut. EPA
  • Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli air strike on the Al Farouq Mosque in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip. EPA
    Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli air strike on the Al Farouq Mosque in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip. EPA
  • A beekeeper holding a smoker attends a rally of beekeepers in front of the Greek Parliament building in Athens, Greece. EPA
    A beekeeper holding a smoker attends a rally of beekeepers in front of the Greek Parliament building in Athens, Greece. EPA

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Today's best photos: From F1 testing to beekeepers protesting

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

The National

February 22, 2024

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Wicked: For Good

Director: Jon M Chu

Starring: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Ethan Slater

Rating: 4/5

LAST-16 EUROPA LEAGUE FIXTURES

Wednesday (Kick-offs UAE)

FC Copenhagen (0) v Istanbul Basaksehir (1) 8.55pm

Shakhtar Donetsk (2) v Wolfsburg (1) 8.55pm

Inter Milan v Getafe (one leg only) 11pm

Manchester United (5) v LASK (0) 11pm 

Thursday

Bayer Leverkusen (3) v Rangers (1) 8.55pm

Sevilla v Roma  (one leg only)  8.55pm

FC Basel (3) v Eintracht Frankfurt (0) 11pm 

Wolves (1) Olympiakos (1) 11pm 

WOMAN AND CHILD

Director: Saeed Roustaee

Starring: Parinaz Izadyar, Payman Maadi

Rating: 4/5

Citadel: Honey Bunny first episode

Directors: Raj & DK

Stars: Varun Dhawan, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Kashvi Majmundar, Kay Kay Menon

Rating: 4/5

Results

2pm: Handicap (PA) Dh80,000 1,600m; Winner: AF Al Baher, Bernardo Pinheiro (jockey), Ernst Oertel (trainer).

2.30pm: Handicap (TB) Dh100,000 1,600m; Winner: Talento Puma, Xavier Ziani, Salem bin Ghadayer.

3pm: Handicap (TB) Dh90,000 1,950m; Winner: Tailor’s Row, Royston Ffrench, Salem bin Ghadayer.

3.30pm: Jebel Ali Stakes Listed (TB) Dh500,000 1,950m; Winner: Mark Of Approval, Patrick Cosgrave, Mahmood Hussain.

4pm: Conditions (TB) Dh125,000 1,400m; Winner: Dead-heat Raakez, Jim Crowley, Nicholas Bachalard/Attribution, Xavier Ziani, Salem bin Ghadayer.

4.30pm: Jebel Ali Sprint (TB) Dh500,000 1,000m; Winner: AlKaraama, Antonio Fresu, Musabah Al Muhairi.

5pm: Handicap (TB) Dh100,000 1,200m; Winner: Wafy, Richard Mullen, Satish Seemar.

5.30pm: Handicap (TB) Dh90,000 1,400m; Winner: Cachao, Tadhg O’Shea, Satish Seemar.

The Bio

Favourite vegetable: “I really like the taste of the beetroot, the potatoes and the eggplant we are producing.”

Holiday destination: “I like Paris very much, it’s a city very close to my heart.”

Book: “Das Kapital, by Karl Marx. I am not a communist, but there are a lot of lessons for the capitalist system, if you let it get out of control, and humanity.”

Musician: “I like very much Fairuz, the Lebanese singer, and the other is Umm Kulthum. Fairuz is for listening to in the morning, Umm Kulthum for the night.”

Kareem Shaheen on Canada
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FINAL RECKONING

Director: Christopher McQuarrie

Starring: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg

Rating: 4/5

First Person
Richard Flanagan
Chatto & Windus 

Updated: February 22, 2024, 11:51 AM
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