Rishi Sunak ‘out of touch’ hypocrite over tax avoidance, says Labour’s keir Starmer on the front page of the Guardian.
Day: 12 April 2022
The Guardian says Philadelphia on Monday became the first major US city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate after reporting a sharp increase in coronavirus infections.
The Metro says a manhole cover explosion in New York City’s Times Square sent people running for their lives Sunday night.
The Metro says Millie Bobby Brown has opened up about the sexualisation she has experienced since finding fame, and the reactions to her turning 18.
The Metro says Johnny Depp’s multimillion-dollar US defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard has started in Virginia.
The Metro says a Conservative MP has been strongly criticised for branding the conviction of a fellow Tory for sexually assaulting a teenage boy ‘an international scandal’.
The Metro says Ukrainian officials are claiming that Russia has dropped a chemical weapon on Mariupol.
The Independent says retail sales growth slowed significantly last month as consumer confidence “continued to sink” amid the cost of living crisis, new research has revealed.
The Independent says Conservative MP Crispin Blunt has been branded “disgraceful” after he came to the defence of Imran Ahmad Khan.
The Independent says a man has been arrested after a former England schoolboy footballer died aged 20 following a collision with a vehicle at a “car meet”.
The Independent says summer flight bookings are exceeding pre-pandemic levels, easyJet has announced.
The Independent says the Met have been refused permission to appeal against a High Court ruling which concluded the force breached the rights of organisers of a vigil for Sarah Everard with its handling of the planned event.
The Guardian says the rising price of food caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and increased energy costs could push a quarter of a billion more people into extreme poverty, Oxfam has warned.
The Guardian says MPs have expressed outrage over comments made by the Conservative MP Crispin Blunt about the guilty verdict in Imran Ahmad Khan’s sexual assault trial.
The Guardian says Sweden’s ruling party has begun debating whether the country should join Nato, and neighbouring Finland expects to reach a decision within weeks.
The Guardian says Zelenskiy has voiced concerns that Russian forces are preparing “a new stage of terror” that could involve the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine.
Tuesday’s papers.
BBC News says Conservative MP Crispin Blunt is facing criticism after defending a fellow Tory MP convicted of sexual assault.
Sky News says the UK is “working urgently” to verify details following unconfirmed reports of a Russian chemical attack in a besieged city in Ukraine.
Euronews says Sweden’s ruling Social Democrats have begun an internal debate about joining NATO following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Finnish PRIME MINISTER Sanna Marin (SDP) stated on YLE TV1 on Saturday that the EU must be prepared to pay a price…
France24 says rescuers hampered by mud and rain searched Tuesday for survivors of landslides that smashed into villages in the central Philippines, as the death toll from tropical storm Megi rose to 27.
Sweden to debate on joining NATO as pressure rises on EU nations to isolate Russia. Sweden’s ruling party begins an…
Arab News says PM Mario Draghi announced a deal on Monday to boost gas deliveries from energy heavyweight Algeria, as he steps up efforts to reduce Rome’s heavy reliance on Russian imports.
Aljazeera says Shanghai has eased a punishing citywide lockdown that it imposed to break a surge in cases that is the biggest test of China’s two-year strategy to stamp out the disease wherever it appears.