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Front page summary Daily Express – Migrant flight plan to Rwanda in a good placeThe Daily Express reports that plans to send deportation flights to Rwanda are in “a good place”. The paper says it has been told the first flight will not happen in the days immediately after the legislation for the policy clears Parliament but that “all the preparations” for the flights are on track.Elsewhere, Grant Shapps attacks Russia’s Putin as he continues to make nuclear threats.  Daily Express – Boris vows to campaign on great Brexit freedoms By WTX NewsMarch 13, 2024 The main stories Like this article?…

The Sun leads on an exclusive saying the hunt for Maddie McCann has a new lead.

Thursday’s front pages report on the ongoing row over alleged comments made by Tory donor Frank Hester about MP Diane Abbott. Hester – who donated £10m to the Conservative Party last year, reportedly said Abbott made him “want to hate all black women,” and said she “should be shot.” 

The UN has said that a new land route to deliver food to northern Gaza has been used for the first time in three weeks. Six lorries from the World Food Programme crossed via a gate in the Gaza border fence, the Israeli military said. 

UNRWA – the UN agency for Palestinian refugees – has said a member of their staff has been killed and 22 others injured after Israeli forces hit a food distribution centre in Rafah.

Following a collapse at a gold mine in Australia, one man has lost his life while another remains critically injured. The incident occurred when falling rocks struck the pair 500 meters (1,640 feet) underground at the Ballarat site, near Melbourne, on Wednesday afternoon local time.

Geet Wilders, the Dutch populist leader, has abandoned his bid to become prime minister, despite his party’s dramatic victory in the 2023 elections. “I can only become prime minister if ALL parties in the coalition support it. That was not the case,” he wrote on X. 

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, is scheduled to stand trial on June 3rd on charges related to the illegal possession of a handgun, as stated by a judge.

The US House of Representatives has approved significant legislation that may lead to the banning of TikTok in the United States. Under this legislation, the Chinese parent company of the popular social media platform, ByteDance, would have a six-month window to divest its controlling stake, failing which the app would be barred from operation in the US.

Premier League fixtures today – 13/03 – Struggling Luton away to Bournemouth Wednesday night football is back with relegation zone strugglers Luton heading to Vitality Stadium to face Bournemouth. Luton sit in 18th place and even if they secure all three points, there’s no guarantee it’ll be enough to lift them out of the relegation zone. They’ll need a convincing win to leapfrog Nottingham Forest – currently three points ahead, with a one-goal difference. Bournemouth are in 13th in the PL table, and securing all three points will likely not move them above Fulham – unless they can score more…