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Summary of The Guardian Newspaper The Guardian front page this morning – summarisedExclusive: The Guardian gains access to Sednaya jail, where prisoners are rumoured to be trapped underground – as desperate relatives wait for news.The celebrations in Damascus were interrupted by a whisper.On the outskirts of the city, a door had been found. Beyond it lay a vast underground complex, five storeys deep, containing the last prisoners of the Assad regime, who were gasping for air.The UK and other European countries have said they will suspend the processing of asylum applications from Syrians after the fall of the Assad regime…

Summary of The Irish News Newspaper The Irish News front page this morning – summarisedThe front page of The Irish News front page reports on housing fraud. The latest report from Northern Ireland’s Comptroller and Auditor General, Dorinnia Carville, examined central government accounts for 2023-24. It found that the NI Housing Executive estimated a total of £21.1m of fraud and error for housing benefit expenditure – up from £12.7m in 2022-23.Michelle O’Neill has defended the executive’s record on bringing forth legislation since February’s restoration of the institutions but conceded that “some slippage” will occur with certain bills.The death has been announced of former Tyrone GAA…

Summary of the Independent Newspaper The Independent front page this morning – summarised The front page of The Independent continues its coverage of Assad’s fall. The paper features images of families around Assad’s prisons hoping to find their loved ones.  Families of those imprisoned by Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime desperately searched the filthy cells of Syria’s most notorious prison for any signs of their loved ones as the country comes to terms with the toppling of his rule. Sydney Nicole Gifford and Alyssa Sheil’s commitment to a neutral aesthetic is strong. Their wardrobes are packed with beige garments that are…

Summary of Metro Newspaper Metro front page this morning – summarisedThe Metro front page leads on the stabbing death of a London girl.Elianne Andam was killed by Hassan Sentamu, 18, who lashed out in a fit of ‘white-hot anger’ in Croydon Town Centre in September 2023, the Old Bailey was told. He was meeting Elianne’s friend, who cannot be named for legal reasons, to hand over belongings following a break-up. But jurors heard Sentamu stabbed Elianne in the neck after she went with her friend and tried to take back a bag he had been given.  Latest News updated every…

Summary of Le Monde Newspaper Le Monde front page this morning – summarisedThe front page of Le Monde reports on Syria latest. The news spread first across Syria, and then the world. The regime once referred to as being “forever” during the rule of former president Hafez al-Assad [1930-2000, Bashar Al-Assad’s father] is no more. The death machine built up over 40 years has been brought to a halt with the takeover by an armed rebel coalition, supported in recent days by spontaneous demonstrations. The Syrian uprising of 2011, violently suppressed for many years, regained its momentum, as if the groundswell…

Summary of the Die Welt Newspaper Die Welt front page this morning – summarisedThe front page of Die Welt reports on Syrians applying for asylum in Germany. Syrians have been the largest group of asylum seekers in this country every year since 2014. After Assad’s fall, the Federal Office for Migration immediately put 46,000 applications on hold. Austria is doing the same. What do Faeser and Baerbock’s Foreign Ministry say about the scenario that refugees could return to Syria?  Latest News updated every hour

Summary of the El Pais Newspaper El Pais front page this morning – summarisedEl Pais says Rebel fighters are trying to restore order in Syria after seizing control of the capital Damascus and bringing down Bashar al-Assad’s regime.Rebel police have taken up residence in police stations after Assad’s army emptied military posts.And the leader of the coalition of rebel groups, Abu Mohamed al Julani, has met with the Syrian prime minister and the president of the Salvation Government to discuss the transfer of power and the creation of a transitional government. Latest News updated every hour

‘What does AI mean?’: Amazon reveals UK’s most asked Alexa questions of 2024 From football to food to Taylor Swift, many of the most common subjects were what you expect – but others less soVirtual assistant units have become a staple in many UK households, telling people whether it is expected to rain, what the time is, and what the result in the football was.Among the most common used is Alexa, whose parent company Amazon has released the top questions and requests given to the software during 2024. Some were ones you would expect: “What is the value of bitcoin?”;…

THE number of new homes completed in the north during 2024 looks set to fall to the lowest level in 65 years, according to a new industry report.Construction Information Services (CIS), which monitors activity in the Irish building sector, has forecast that just 5,100 new homes will be finished by the end of this year.The 5,373 new homes completed in Northern Ireland during 2023 was the lowest number since 1959.Construction bodies in the north estimate that around 19,000 homes are being held up due to restrictions in wastewater capacity.The report comes as Stormont’s Communities Minister Gordon Lyons announced a plan…

New York City prosecutors have filed murder and other charges against Luigi Nicholas Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, according to an online court document.