A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens in a crowded market in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad on Monday, the eve of the Eid al-Adha festival, security and hospital sources said.
Month: July 2021
Two rockets were fired from Lebanon overnight on Tuesday setting off sirens in northern Israel but causing no damage or injuries, the Israeli military said.
The Times says the Met Office has issued its first ever extreme heat warning as concerns rise for public health due to sweltering heat in parts of the country.
The Times says the Duke of Sussex is to publish a memoir next year and has promised it will be an “accurate and wholly truthful” account of his life.
The Times says Boris Johnson and senior ministers have agreed to increase national insurance to fund long-term reform of social care and reduce NHS waiting lists
The Times says JK Rowling has mocked an online troll who threatened her with a pipe bomb over her views on gender.
The Times says NHS staff will be given a 3 per cent pay rise by the government in coming days but the increase is still likely to be opposed by unions.
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The Sun says: BORIS Johnson wanted to visit the Queen at the start of the UK’s Covid pandemic and had to be stopped, Dominic Cummings has shockingly claimed.
The i says the Government’s U-turn on arrivals from France is a “total disaster” and tourism operators face going bust if the “amber-plus” list grows, industry figures have warned.
The i says Arsenal have completed the signing of Belgium U21 midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga from Anderlecht in a transfer worth a reported £18m.
The i says Boris Johnson said he did not believe the NHS would be overwhelmed by coronavirus and suggested people “get Covid and live longer”
The i says Germany has defended the way it handled last week’s flash floods that killed scores of people and left towns and villages destroyed.
The Guardian says the NHS in England could be offered a 3% pay rise, despite the government previously insisting that it could only afford 1%.
The Guardian reports lockdowns do not harm health more than Covid, say researchers
The Guardian says a suicide bomber has killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 60 in a crowded market in the Sadr City
The Sun says: The Harry Potter author questioned women’s safety in changing rooms last year.
The Guardian reports the government plans to strip National Grid of its role keeping Great Britain’s lights on as part of a proposed “revolution’” in the electricity network
The Guardian says the Met Office has issued its first ever extreme heat warning for the UK with temperatures possibly reaching 33C in western areas.
The Sun says: Harry, 36, has been secretly writing a book detailing his life as a Royal, his relationship with wife Meghan Markle, Megxit and raising his kids.
The largest of several dozen Western wildfires have roared through more drought-parched brush and timber in southern Oregon.
VOA says a man who participated in the January 6 U.S. Capitol riot will spend eight months in prison after he was sentenced for a felony charge.
Aljazeera says rockets have landed near the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul during prayers for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.
The Mirror says: Betty the French bulldog became unresponsive after her walk with her owner and another dog. Her owner, Laura Kyle is now warning other pet owners to be careful
Arab News says Israel’s new prime minister backtracked on Monday after claiming that Jews were entitled to “freedom of worship”.