The Guardian front page this morning 09/12/2024
The front page of The Guardian this morning 09/12/2024
The people of Syria have celebrated the fall of Bashar al-Assad and dared to dream of a better future after five decades of dynastic rule came to a sudden and unexpected end with the dictator fleeing to Moscow.
Most days, Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste are divided by an ocean. The 81-year-old director has a home in Cornwall, while the 57-year-old actor moved to Los Angeles more than two decades ago in frustration at the dearth of roles available to her in the UK. This was even after she had been Oscar-nominated for Leigh’s 1996 masterpiece Secrets & Lies, in which she played an optometrist tracking down her biological mother.
‘Rebels rushing to consolidate their power’ & ‘UK freezes Syria asylum claims’ – Paper Talk UK
Tuesday’s front pages continue coverage of the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad including the UK suspending Syrian asylum claims.
In domestic news, the stabbing death of a young London girl features on several tabloid front pages, as well as the sacking of a Premier League referee.
The back pages continue Premier League coverage.
