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Daily Express – Thank You … You’ve Saved Our Son The Daily Express says cystic fibrosis sufferers will get a “miracle” drug following a five-year campaign. One-year-old Dexter’s future looked brighter thanks to the newspaper’s campaign. Elsewhere, the paper offers up its assessment of England’s performance against Denmark saying ‘as if the general election wasn’t painful enough’. Elsewhere, the front page pays tribute to US actor Donald Sutherland, who died at the age of 88.  Catch up on all the front pages here Front Page Stories

The Sun – Danes A Pain For Kane England’s performance against Denmark in their second Euros 2024 match makes the front page of the Sun newspaper. The front splashes with an image of Harry Kane and criticises the Three Lions performance as England was held to a 1-1 draw. The paper does however note that England remains top of the group. Catch up on all the front pages here Front Page Stories

Daily Mirror – Tory Betting Scandal: What’s The Odds On That? The Tory election betting scandal has “deepened” with three figures now being investigated, the Daily Mirror’s front page reports. The paper also splashes an image of Gareth Southgate after England’s sluggish performance against Denmark. The paper pays tribute to US actor Donald Sutherland – who died at the age of 88.  Catch up on all the front pages here Front Page Stories

Friday’s front pages feature a variety of topics, with domestic politics the most popular. The latest scandal plaguing the Conservative Party – an election betting scandal – makes several of the more liberal front pages. 

Several papers – right and left – pick up on Sir Keir Starmer’s comment that Jeremy Corbyn would have been a better prime minister than Boris Johnson.

Across the papers, England’s drab performance against Denmark – which resulted in a 1-1 draw, makes most of the papers. The coverage is continued across the back pages with critics saying England’s performance was ‘tame’ ‘laboured’ and ‘disjointed’.

Putin warns South Korea against arming Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a stern warning to South Korea, saying it would be making “a big mistake” if it decides to arm Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. This comes after South Korea indicated it might consider such action in response to a new pact between Russia and North Korea to support each other against perceived aggression. Putin cautioned that Moscow would make decisions that “are unlikely to please the current leadership of South Korea” if Seoul supplies arms to Kyiv. He made these comments in Vietnam following a high-profile…

Finland shocked by recent stabbings that police suspect are racially motivated Foreign-born citizens in Oulu, northern Finland, have said they feel unsafe following two stabbings that police suspect may have been racially motivated. Both attacks occurred in Oulu’s main shopping centre within a week. On June 13, a 33-year-old local man, a former member of the banned neo-Nazi group Nordic Resistance Movement, allegedly attacked a 12-year-old boy of foreign heritage and attempted to attack a 14-year-old. The younger boy is currently hospitalised with serious injuries. A second attack took place on June 18, when a 15-year-old allegedly stabbed a man…

Firm fined for selling China-made cars as Italian The Italian government has fined DR Automobiles $6.4 million for allegedly misrepresenting Chinese-made vehicles as Italian-produced. The competition regulator found that DR Automobiles marketed cars under the DR and EVO brands as Italian-made, despite the vehicles being primarily manufactured in China with only minor assembly and finishing in Italy. DR Automobiles, based in southern Italy, assembles low-cost vehicles using components from Chinese car makers Chery, BAIC, and JAC. The company plans to appeal the fine, saying it never claimed its cars were entirely made in Italy. The fine comes amid broader efforts…

Storm Alberto claims lives in Mexico and drenches US coast Three people have died in Mexico after Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the North Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall on Thursday. The storm, now weakened to a depression, has also brought heavy rains to southern Texas. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) had warned of “life-threatening” flooding in both countries. The fatalities occurred in Nuevo León state, where officials reported that at least two of the victims were minors. The governor of Nuevo León has suspended public transportation, and schools in neighbouring Tamaulipas were closed due to the…

Trump campaign gets $50m boost from single donor Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has received a significant boost with a $50 million donation from conservative billionaire Timothy Mellon, as disclosed in a federal filing on Thursday. Mellon’s contribution was part of the $68 million raised by the Super-PAC “MAGA Inc” last month.  Mellon, heir to the Mellon banking family, made his donation a day after Trump was convicted on 34 charges of falsifying business records related to his New York hush-money trial. Mellon has also been a major donor to independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., contributing at least $20…

Microsoft back as most valuable firm as Nvidia slips Nvidia has lost its position as the world’s most valuable company to Microsoft following a 3.5% drop in its share price on Thursday. Nvidia briefly held the top spot from Tuesday, with a market valuation of $3.34 trillion. However, its shares fell to $130.78, reducing its valuation to around $3.22 trillion, allowing Microsoft to reclaim the title with a valuation exceeding $3.3 trillion. Nvidia’s ascent was driven by its dominance in AI chip technology, described as the “new gold or oil in the tech sector.” Nvidia, Microsoft, and Apple, all valued…