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The Irish News front page 04/12/2024 The front page of The Irish News this morning leads with news that veteran republican Marian Price is to sue Disney+ for defamation.Veteran republican Marian Price is to sue Disney+ for defamation after she was depicted killing mother-of-ten Jean McConville more than 50 years ago. Ms Price, who is also known as Marian McGlinchey, has denied firing the shots that claimed the life of the widowed mother more than 50 years ago.Rugby legend Sinfield touches down at St Paul’s as part of MND campaign that has raised over £15m.An arson attack on a home in…

The National 04/12/2024 The front page of The National this morning leads with an exclusive interview with the Palestinian ambassador to the UK. THE Palestinian ambassador to the UK has said that Keir Starmer’s government must recognise the state of Palestine “now” and stop “sitting on their hands”.Scotland Women’s dreams of reaching Euro 2025 is over after a 2-0 defeat to Finland. The Dark Blues were hoping to join the likes of heavyweights Spain, England and France at next summer’s tournament in Switzerland. But a slow start proved costly as the Finns triumphed on home soil after securing a 0-0 at Hibs’…

South Korea’s political crisis leads many papers this morning as President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law before the country’s parliament rejected the move. It caused a night of chaos and fear for South Korea and now the president is facing calls for his resignation and calls for impeachment.

The tabloids continue their coverage of the Gregg Wallace scandal as more allegations come to light. The papers report the latest allegations that Wallace groped contestants on MasterChef.

The October Budget has ongoing coverage as the papers speculate on a potential U-turn.

Pictures of the royal family – mostly Princess Kate, make many of the front pages as she returned to royal duties last night following her cancer treatment.

Last Wednesday, Abbas suddenly announced that the Palestinian National Council chairman, Rawhi Fattouh, would be his temporary replacement if the position should become vacant. [Getty]Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip have differing opinions over Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s presidential decree that announced Palestinian National Council chairman, Rawhi Fattouh, as his successor. Speaking to The New Arab, several Palestinians have argued that Abbas does have a role to play to end the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, even if his actions may violate Palestinian laws. “In Gaza, nothing is adopting the law, and none of the Palestinian factions, including Hamas, abided…

Two years ago, on January 11th, Lorenza Olcese woke up and stopped talking. “Suddenly, the sentences weren’t coming out. My son came home, and I wasn’t responding.” Lorenza is 62 years old, she worked with her husband in the family business, they sell air conditioners. disability day lorenza olcese stroke for therapies years waiting https://genova.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/04/news/lorenza_olcese_sanita_dopo_ictus_non_parlavo_piu_per_cure_anni_di_attesa_ho_pagato_io-423816274/?rss

Today’s almanac, December 4 On December 4, 1977 Jean-Bédel Bokassa, also known as Bokassa I, crowned himself emperor of Central Africa in 1977. For the ceremony he emptied the state coffers for the ceremony, building a 2-ton eagle-shaped throne. He was well-known crimes and extravagances, but also served as the president. He became the second president of the Central African Republic (CAR) after seizing power in the Saint-Sylvestre coup d’état on 1 January 1966. An empire in the middle of Africa Bokassa served about eleven years as president and three years as self-proclaimed Emperor of Central Africa, though the country was…

The main opposition Democratic Party called on Yoon to resign or face impeachment over the declaration of martial law. “Even if martial law is lifted, he cannot escape charges of treason. It was made clear to the entire nation that President Yoon can no longer lead the country normally. He should resign,”

Ukraine pushes for NATO membership Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has now proposed allowing those parts of Ukraine that are free to join the alliance. Russian-occupied areas in Eastern Ukraine as well as the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula (comprising some 27% of Ukraine), he said, would be excluded from joining for now. Zelenskyy hopes the move will thwart any further Russian advances, making negotiations for a ceasefire with Russian President Vladimir Putin possible.  

Claire Hanna abstained from last week’s Westminster vote on the assisted dying bill after her prior consideration of the issue “came to a dead heat”.The SDLP leader’s predecessor Colum Eastwood was the sole Northern Ireland MP to vote in favour of the proposed legislation, while all five DUP representatives voted against, alongside Alliance’s Sorcha Eastwood, Ulster Unionist Robin Swann, TUV leader Jim Allister and North Down independent unionist Alex Easton.Mr Eastwood said he hoped the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which will now be further scrutinised by MPs, would “give people in the worst circumstances the freedom to…

The mother of Malika Noor Al Katib will be with her daughter for one last time for a sacred Muslim cleansing ritual, which is due to happen this morning.Alisha will join other Muslim women in the ‘Ghusl’, or ‘full ablution’, where the body is washed in pure water.Afterwards, the hands of the eight-year-old girl will be placed as if in prayer and her body covered in a sheet.The ritual bath will take place in a specially-prepared room at University Hospital Waterford, before her body is transported to a Muslim plot in the city for burial.At around the same time, or…