Month: August 2021

Authorities reported Friday that heavy rains in central China’s Hubei province killed at least 21 people, weeks after record floods destroyed havoc and killed hundreds in a neighboring province.

The Times says six people died in a mass shooting in Plymouth last night with armed police sent to lock down an area of the town where a gunman had been on the loose.

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.

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.