The Guardian says civil service chiefs are braced for the behaviour of top Whitehall officials to be severely criticised in the Sue Gray partygate report.
Day: 5 April 2022
The Guardian says Nadine Dorries, is pushing ahead with controversial plans to privatise Channel 4, with the government backing proposals to sell off the broadcaster after 40 years in public ownership.
The Guardian says the west must not lift sanctions against Russia until all its troops have left Ukraine and Vladimir Putin is unable to mount such an offensive again, the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has said.
Tuesday’s front pages.
BBC News says the government has decided to go ahead with plans to privatise Channel 4 but the channel said it was “disappointing” that ministers had made their decision
Sky News says footballers and celebrities will no longer be allowed to appear on gambling and betting adverts under new rules introduced by the UK’s advertising regulator.
France24 says Moscow faced global revulsion and accusations of war crimes Monday after the Russian pullout from the outskirts of Kyiv revealed streets strewn with corpses.
Euronews says we must halve emissions by 2030 in order to avoid the worst effects of the climate crisis, says the latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Arab News says trade in the amphetamine-type stimulant captagon in the Middle East grew exponentially in 2021 to top $5 billion, posing an increasing health and security risk to the region, a report said.
Aljazeera says the sister of Kim Jong Un has threatened South Korea with nuclear retaliation if provoked after Seoul highlighted its supposed pre-emptive strike capabilities against the North.
TRT World says an Indian paramilitary soldier has been killed and another wounded in a rebel attack in India-administered Kashmir’s main city.
VOA says Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson advanced one step closer to serving on the U.S. Supreme Court with a key U.S. Senate committee Monday advancing her nomination for a full floor vote.
BBC Sport says Mikel Arteta apologised for his side’s performance in their surprise defeat at Crystal Palace and accepted it was not good enough for the north London club.