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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

Friday’s leads report on the latest from Downing Street with many papers assessing what the government’s plans to ban outdoor smoking in pubs will do to trading. Pub landlords have not welcomed the news and the traditional right-leaning publications dramatically claim it’s ‘the end of British pubs!’

The plans have put the Labour government on a collision course with the hospitality industry – which is already struggling. But the news has been welcomed by health experts. 

Working hours, the NHS and health studies also make Friday’s front pages along with a dose of showbiz and royal gossip. 

The back pages report on the latest Premier League gossip, the England National football team and Joe Root’s 33rd Test Century for England.

Germany to tighten knife laws after horror mass stabbing The German government has announced a new security package that includes knife bans and stricter asylum measures following a mass stabbing at a street festival in Solingen, which left three people dead. The attack has shocked the nation and ignited a heated debate over asylum policies, as the primary suspect is a 26-year-old Syrian refugee, Issa Al H, who was already facing deportation. Al H is under investigation for murder and alleged links to the militant group Islamic State (IS), which claimed responsibility for the attack and released a video purportedly…

Workers trapped for days in Thai tunnel found dead Three foreign workers trapped in a collapsed train tunnel in Thailand have died despite rescue efforts that spanned over five days, Thai authorities confirmed. The men, two from China and one from Myanmar were believed to be alive as recently as Thursday. The workers were trapped when a tunnel they were constructing in the Pak Chong district, about 200 km (124 miles) northeast of Bangkok, collapsed due to a landslide late last Saturday night. The tunnel is part of the Thailand-China high-speed railway project currently under construction. Rescue teams, including officials…

Israel agrees to pauses in fighting for polio vaccine drive Israel has agreed to a series of “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza to facilitate a mass vaccination campaign against polio, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The campaign aims to vaccinate approximately 640,000 children across the Gaza Strip, starting on Sunday, said senior WHO official Rik Peeperkorn. The vaccination effort will be conducted in three stages across central, southern, and northern Gaza. Each stage will involve a three-day pause in fighting, from 06:00 to 15:00 local time, to ensure the safety of the vaccination teams and the public. To combat…

Ex-Strictly star held on suspicion of domestic violence Artem Chigvintsev, the former Strictly Come Dancing star, has been arrested in the U.S. on suspicion of domestic violence, according to jail records. The 42-year-old professional dancer was booked into Napa County jail in California on Thursday morning. Chigvintsev, who won the eighth series of Strictly in 2010 with partner Kara Tointon, has been a regular on Dancing With The Stars, the U.S. version of the show, since 2014. He was arrested under section 273.5(a) of the California penal code, which involves causing traumatic injury to a spouse or cohabitant in an…

X braced for Brazil ban as judge’s deadline passes Social media site X (formerly Twitter) is bracing for a potential ban in Brazil after missing a deadline to appoint a new legal representative in the country. The company recently shut down its office in Brazil, citing threats of arrest against its former representative for non-compliance with what it called “censorship” orders. The dispute with Brazilian authorities began in April when Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered the suspension of several X accounts accused of spreading disinformation. X’s owner, Elon Musk, responded by threatening to reactivate the banned accounts and…