Month: November 2021

BBC News says More than 100 world leaders will promise to end and reverse deforestation by 2030, in the COP26 climate summit’s first major deal.

The Guardian says France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, has shelved his threat to clog up UK exports and ban its fishers from landing catches at French ports.

France24 says since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan at the end of August the persecution of the country’s LGBT+ community has ramped up.

Arab News says Gulf state Bahrain has approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use for children aged between 5 and 11 years.

Aljazeera says The United States Supreme Court has heard challenges to a Texas law that has effectively banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

TRT World says Elon Musk will sell $6 billion worth of Tesla stock and donate the proceeds to the UN if it could show how it would solve world hunger.

Politico says A jury was selected in a single day Monday for the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot 3 people during a protest against racial injustice.

BBC Sport says Barcelona have announced that Sergio Aguero will not play for three months after suffering chest pains against Alaves on Saturday.

Metro leads with the train crash which happened in a tunnel near Salisbury on Sunday. The paper says that dozens of passengers had a “miraculous escape” after two trains collided.

“Heat is on” is the Daily Mirror’s headline, which accompanies a photo of a shirtless man trying to help tackle a fire on the Greek island of Evia.