The best non-fiction books for the summer transport you from the White House to Hollywood and from pristine greens at Augusta to sweaty gyms in Belfast. Richard Fitzpatrick dips between the covers

Lucie Aubrac, a hero of the French Resistance whose dramatic life story became a hit film, has died aged 94.

A lawyer claiming to represent a nephew of Saddam Hussein has said he has filed a suit at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for alleged war crimes by British military leaders in Iraq.

A French lawyer representing Saddam Hussein says the former Iraqi leader’s family has received no information about his health in detention.

A French lawyer infamous for defending terrorists and a Nazi leader today said he has been asked to defend Saddam Hussein.