British star Tom Daley is reportedly in talks to write a children’s book following his success at the Olympics in Tokyo.
Day: 23 August 2021
Experts have predicted a number of Caribbean islands are at risk of being added to the UK’s travel red list in the next travel update.
Britain is set for a 12-day heatwave with temperatures expected to hit 27C making the UK hotter than the Algarve.
Beyonce and Jay Z have unveiled their new campaign for Tiffany & Co – with Queen B wearing a priceless yellow diamond necklace.
Iran said on Monday it is ready to ship more fuel to Lebanon if needed, a day after the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said more vessels carrying Iranian fuel would sail soon to help ease the country’s fuel shortage.
Kyiv sees the soon-to-be-completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline carrying Russian gas to Europe and bypassing Ukraine as “a dangerous geopolitical weapon”, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
The Metro says Boris Johnson has been spotted getting his own shopping in at a supermarket – without wearing a mask.
The i says Dominic Raab will be “bitterly regretting” staying on holiday in Crete as Kabul fell to the Taliban, a former army chief has said.
The Guardian says young patients experiencing the debilitating effects of long Covid have urged people to get their vaccine in an NHS video.
Egypt has closed its Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip starting Monday in protest of Hamas’ recent behavior, according to several media reports.
The i says UK ministers are unable to publicly state in the strongest terms what they think about President Biden’s decision to cut and run from Afghanistan.
The Guardian says Afghan asylum seekers arriving in Britain could experience problems securing suitable housing.
The Metro says the SAS had to launch a daring raid in Taliban territory after 20 of its troops found themselves stranded, hundreds of miles from safety.
The Metro says Romelu Lukaku has declared that he would ‘never’ sign for Arsenal following Chelsea’s 2-0 victory at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
The Guardian says Nuno Espírito Santo praised Harry Kane for helping Tottenham Hotspur to victory at Wolves in the striker’s first appearance of the season.
The i says Tottenham Hotspur manager Nuno Espirito Santo refused to say if Harry Kane had played his last game for the club after Spurs’ 1-0 win over Wolves on Sunday.
VOA says a wildfire in Northern California continued to grow out of control, as blazes destroy hundreds of homes and forces thousands of people to evacuate.
France24 says at least 22 people were killed and rescue crews searched desperately amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing.
TRT World says Bitcoin has risen above $50,000 for the first time in three months as investors piled back into the cryptocurrency on bargain-buying.
Arab News says Jacinda Ardern has extended New Zealand’s nationwide COVID-19 lockdown saying the current outbreak of the Delta variant had not yet peaked.
BBC News says Boris Johnson is expected to ask Joe Biden to keep American forces in Afghanistan beyond 31 August in order to allow evacuation flights to continue.
Aljazeera says Joe Biden has pledged his “commitment” to get US citizens and at-risk Afghans out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan but warned of hurdles ahead.
Metro reports that a British paratrooper seen cradling a baby amid the mayhem at Kabul airport has said the image shows what soldiers are doing “on a daily basis”.
The i reports that a former national security adviser has echoed Tony Blair’s swipe at “imbecilic” US exit strategy amid calls to end the deadline.
The Guardian reports that Number 10 says Boris Johnson will plead with Joe Biden to keep US troops at Kabul airport beyond the end of August.