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Summary of The Guardian Newspaper The Guardian page this morning – summarisedThe front page of The Guardian this morning leads with a report that some jury trials may be axed under new plans to ease the court backlog. The front page features an image of a funeral for a victim of the Assad regime. Jury trials could be abandoned for some criminal cases in England and Wales under a radical overhaul proposed by ministers as the crown courts backlog hit a record high.A review, to be led by the former high court judge Sir Brian Leveson, will consider creating “intermediate courts”…

Summary of the Metro Newspaper Metro front page this morning – summarised The Metro’s front page leads on a truly bizarre story as the prime minister and leader of the opposition appear to get into a spat regarding sandwiches. The paper’s headline notes as the pair continue their ridiculous jibes, the country’s problems are mounting up. Ed Miliband has hit back at Kemi Badenoch for her anti-sandwich stance, ten years after he was notoriously photographed struggling to eat one. In a recent interview, the leader of the opposition hit out at the idea of sandwiches, saying she doesn’t consider them…

What’s on the front page of El Pais?  The former Minister of Transport and former Secretary of Organization of the PSOE José Luis Abalos denied yesterday in the Supreme Court the accusations that link him with a corrupt plot during his administration.  Abalos, investigated for influence peddling, bribery, embezzlement and criminal organization, stated that he did not receive commissions or favor contracts. He attributed any relationship with businessmen to his former advisor Koldo García, including Victor de Aldama, the main person involved. The National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) is going through a critical situation: only one of its four confocal…

What’s on the front page of Le Monde? The first steps of the new regime are closely scrutinized by foreign capitals. Westerners are cautious, whilst Qatar and Turkey are opening channels of communication with the new authorities. In the buffer zone of the Golan Heights invested by Israel, Druze families are worried. In Damascus, the curious visit the palaces and abandoned residences of the Al-Assad family

Summary of The Irish News Newspaper The Irish News front page this morning – summarisedThe front page of The Irish News reports an investigation is underway over footage showing a cop kicking a restrained teenager in the head. An investigation is underway over footage which appears to show a police officer kicking a Co Tyrone teenager about the head while he lies restrained on the ground. The short clip shows a uniformed PSNI officer kick Shea Somerville in the head during an arrest operation in Cookstown in the early hours of Sunday.DUP minister Paul Givan has “serious questions to answer over…

Summary of the Independent Newspaper The Independent front page this morning – summarisedThe front page of The Independent this morning speaks to the man who sparked the Syrian revolution. Angry with life under Bashar al-Assad, 16-year-old Muawiyah Syasneh and his friends spray-painted four words onto a wall in their school playground.Four words of defiance that saw the teenagers jailed and tortured for weeks, triggering Syria’s first protests in early 2011.Four words that ignited a revolution that spiralled into one of the bloodiest civil wars of modern times. Latest News updated every hour

President Emmanuel Macron will reveal his choice for France’s next prime minister on Friday, the Elysée Palace confirmed, as the country grapples with months of political instability.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Publisher: Bethesda. Format: Xbox/PC)IN A perfect marriage of movie and venue, last week the Ulster Museum held a screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Yet, while 1981’s archaeological actioner is something of a relic itself, today’s adventure flicks can only dream of its craft and creativity, with a lead character in Indiana Jones who’s so iconic he finishes second only to Atticus Finch in the American Film Institute’s list of movie heroes.Infinitely quotable, Raiders’ nostalgic blend of heroism, chases and cliffhangers was followed up with the macabre Temple of Doom (“Kali Ma!”) and,…

Hundreds of protesters led by university students held a noisy rally on Thursday outside Serbia’s state television headquarters, despite the country’s president pledging to fulfil all their demands. Blowing whistles, booing and jeering, the protesters said they were angry that state RTS television is carrying President Aleksandar Vucic’s accusations that the students were paid from the West and elsewhere to hold protests to overthrow his government. Why are they protesting in Belgrade? The demonstration is part of wider protests which erupted after the fall of a concrete canopy in the northern city of Novi Sad last month, killing 15 people.…

The parliamentary week began under the shadow of Carles Puigdemont, with his demand that Pedro Sánchez submit to a vote of confidence, and ended this Thursday with up and down moment for the Government. The legislature, the second decree of aid for those affected by the dana was validated, with the only vote against Vox. The Government saves Congress The investiture bloc worked to defeat the attempt of this last group and the PP to stop the reform of the gag law, and the rule to protect live organ donors was ready, after the rejection of an amendment that the…