Year: 2021

The Guardian says the announcement is likely to partially revive the tourism sector but will also raise questions about whether the government is being complacent about the spread of the Beta variant.

“Traffic light changes open up holidays”, says the headline in the i. The paper highlights the transport secretary’s comment that “a range of different holiday destinations” are now available to Britons.

VOA says U.S. authorities identified the Pentagon police officer stabbed to death at a transit station outside the building the day before and were digging into the background of the attacker.

TRT World says President Jair Bolsonaro should be investigated for unproven claims that Brazil’s electronic voting system is riddled with fraud.

Aljazeera says the World Health Organization is calling for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until at least the end of September.

The Mirror says: A newlywed man who only got married six weeks ago has died from Covid having skipped the vaccine due to its potential side effects.

Arab News says the UN was urged on Wednesday to take action against Tehran after two Iranian attacks on shipping in the Gulf in less than a week.

The Mirror says: Fully vaccinated Brits returning from France will no longer have to quarantine but Mexico has been added to the Red list in latest shake-up in Government advice – as price of hotel quarantine isolation goes up

France24 says Turkey is battling the worst wildfires in its history, President Erdogan said, as fires spread to a power station in the country’s southwest after reducing swathes of coastal forest to ashes.

BBC News says fully-vaccinated passengers returning to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland from France will no longer need to quarantine after Sunday.