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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Thursday’s front pages focus on a major report on the NHS which is to be published today. Lord Darzi’s report on the state of the NHS in England is set to say major reform is needed for the national health service.

Elsewhere, analysis of the US presidential election TV debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump also looms large on the front pages.

A splash of other domestic and international stories find space on some of the front pages, including a report that the UK and US are considering letting Ukraine use long-range missiles in Russia.

Fierce clashes erupt in Buenos Aires over pension rise veto Intense clashes broke out between protesters and police in Buenos Aires after thousands gathered outside Argentina’s Congress to protest President Javier Milei’s veto of a pension increase. Footage shows demonstrators, many of them pensioners, tearing down fences and entering the Congress area, prompting police to respond with pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. Efforts by politicians to override Milei’s veto of the pension rise fell short of the two-thirds majority needed in Congress. President Milei is pushing through a series of austerity measures aimed at tackling Argentina’s…

Israel bombs UN school killing 18, including six UN staff The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has reported that six of its staff members were killed in an Israeli air strike on a school it operates in central Gaza. The al-Jaouni school in the Nuseirat refugee camp, which shelters thousands of displaced Palestinians, was hit during the attack. Gaza Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmud Bassal says that 18 people died in the strike. The Israeli military said it carried out a “precise strike on terrorists” planning attacks from the school, and claimed it took precautions to avoid civilian casualties.…

Eight Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes in West Bank, paramedics say Eight Palestinians were killed in two Israeli air strikes in the northern West Bank, according to paramedics and health officials. The first strike occurred at dawn on Wednesday in Tubas, where five young men were killed, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated the strike targeted an armed “terrorist cell” as part of a counter-terrorism operation. Later that evening, a second strike hit Tulkarm during another IDF operation, killing three people in a car, according to the Red Crescent. In a separate incident, an…

Hurricane Francine brings floods and power cuts to Louisiana Hurricane Francine has left hundreds of thousands of Louisiana residents without power and caused severe flooding after making landfall on the state’s coast before moving inland.  The storm struck Morgan City on Wednesday at 5:00 PM local time (23:00 GMT) as a Category 2 hurricane, with winds reaching 100 mph (155 km/h), according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).  A flash flood emergency was declared in New Orleans after the storm dumped 6 to 8 inches (15-20 cm) of rain on the city. Although Francine has since weakened to a tropical…