Year: 2021

The i says Muslims around the world are commemorating Eid al-Adha, one of the holiest occasions in the Islamic calendar.

The Times says six women have been expelled from a municipal swimming pool in Grenoble and fined for wearing “burkini” full-body bathing suits in a protest against anti-Muslim discrimination.

The Guardian says thousands of people remain trapped in areas of central China as floods continue to batter the region after record-breaking rainfall

The i says the UK Government has slashed the aid it sends to Afghanistan by more than three quarters at the same time as winding down the 20-year military mission to the country

The founder of British software giant Autonomy can be extradited to face criminal charges in America, a judge ruled yesterday.

The Times says the Taliban have massed on the outskirts of Kandahar in preparation for an all-out assault to recapture a city that was once the movement’s capital and spiritual home.

The Guardian says the Labour MP Dawn Butler has been ejected from the Commons after saying Boris Johnson had lied repeatedly to fellow parliamentarians and the country

The Daily Mail says: The fall in Covid case numbers yesterday may just be temporary dip ahead of a return to exponential growth, a health expert has warned.

The i says cases of coronavirus in the UK dipped slightly on Thursday compared to a week earlier, although it is too soon for a definite downward trend to be identified.

The Times says the White House and senior US health officials are debating whether to urge a return to masks, including for fully vaccinated Americans to combat Delta variant surge