Year: 2021

The Daily Mirror says An Extinction Rebellion protestor has taken all of her clothes off to demand the government acknowledges the “naked truth” about climate change.

The Daily Express says the deputy Labour leader, who has been off on bereavement leave, said that “in the future I will be more careful about how I do that and in the language that I choose.”

Friday’s front pages cover ongoing discussions over Rishi Sunak’s 2021 budget and plans to introduce e-cigarettes on prescription to combat smoking rates in England.

BBC News says More than 160 former world leaders and global figures have called on the UK and other rich countries to airlift millions of surplus vaccines to less-developed nations.

The Guardian says E-cigarettes may soon be prescribed on the NHS to help smokers quit under radical plans by ministers to slash smoking rates in England.

France24 says Security forces clashed with protesters Thursday furious over a military coup that derailed a fragile transition to democracy and sparked an international outcry.

Congresswoman Betty McCollum on Thursday introduced a resolution condemning Israeli authorities for labelling six human rights organizations as “terrorist groups.”

Aljazeera says the Department of Justice announced an $88m settlement on Thursday with victims of a white supremacist who shot dead nine Black churchgoers in South Carolina in 2015.

TRT World says Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the parent company’s name is being changed to “Meta” to represent a future beyond just its troubled social network.

BBC Sport says Britain’s Emma Raducanu says it “means a lot” to have her father experiencing her success as she reached the Transylvania Open quarter-finals in his native Romania.