The i says six people have died in a “serious and tragic” shooting in Plymouth on Thursday night, including the suspected gunman, Devon and Cornwall Police have confirmed.
Day: 13 August 2021
The Sun says: A GUNMAN who shot dead five people including a five-year-old girl in Plymouth before killing himself has today been unmasked.
The Sun says: THOMAS Markle branded his daughter Meghan a “liar” and claimed she had “changed” since meeting Prince Harry in a new interview last night.
A serious firearms incident in Plymouth leads many of Friday’s front pages – released before police confirmed six people had died. The Times says there have been multiple fatalities.
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan made a phone call on Thursday to his Algerian counterpart to express support as wildfires tear through the northern parts of the North African country.
The UK faces its biggest test for “living with” Covid this weekend, claims the i paper, as it says 1.7m will socialise at mass events and festivals.
Confirmation that UK and US troops will return to Afghanistan to hasten evacuations came as its second-largest city Kandahar was claimed by the Taliban, the Guardian says.
Officials reported on Friday that the Taliban has taken Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second biggest city, in the most severe setback for the US-backed government since the rebels launched a new offensive as US forces retreat.
The Metro says: A migrant has been airlifted to hospital after a boat carrying around 40 people began to sink in the English Channel.
The Metro says: The Premier League roars back into life on Friday night as debutants Brentford host Arsenal.
The Metro says: A three-year-old girl died after choking on part of her own jacket’s zip inside an Asda supermarket, a source has said.
TRT World says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to pull the plug on his minority Liberal government and call snap elections on Sunday.
France24 says fires stoked by hot winds swept through southern Italy on Thursday, a day after a monitoring station in Sicily reported temperatures of 48.8 Celsius.
Arab News says underage marriage in Jordan surged last year during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic due to increased financial hardship among poorer families.
Prince Andrew could be forced to pay £14million if he loses US sexual abuse case
VOA says Britney Spears’ father said in a court filing Thursday that he was planning to step down from the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money for 13 years.
Aljazeera says the Taliban has captured the key city of Lashkar Gah in southern Afghanistan, a day after the group claimed control over Kandahar and Herat.
The Mirror says: A horrified mum watched helplessly as her baby was crushed when an elevator moved without closing its doors.
BBC News says police in Plymouth have confirmed six people – including a suspected gunman – have died in a firearms incident.
The Mirror: Five people including a child were shot dead when a gunman opened fire on a street in Plymouth.
“Operation Kabul” is the Metro’s headline as it reports 600 British troops will be sent to help an estimated 4,000 UK nationals and ex-Afghan staff flee.
The Daily Mail says six people were shot dead. It notes local MPs urged residents to stay calm and that they denied the incident was terror related.
The Daily Mirror says there are fears of a high death toll and multiple injuries after the Plymouth incident, which it describes as a “city rampage”.
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