Author: News Desk

Arab News says Shanghai will lock down a district of 2.7 million people on Saturday to conduct mass coronavirus testing, city authorities said, as the Chinese metropolis struggles to fully emerge from punishing curbs.

Arab News says workers pulled scores of bodies from smashed buildings in an “endless caravan of death” inside the devastated city of Mariupol.

TRT World says the US House has voted for a bill that raises the minimum age to purchase a semi-automatic assault rifle in the country from 18 to 21, in an attempt to tackle the mass shooting sprees that has plagued the United States.

BBC Sport says Emma Raducanu is expected to be fit for Wimbledon after a scan showed the injury which forced her to retire at the Nottingham Open was a side strain.

PMQs Today roundup: ‘Powerful attack lines’ aren’t landing In the first PMQs today after the Prime Minister survived a no-confidence vote, it became incredibly heated in the chamber. Labour leader Keir Starmer focused his questions on the government’s record on the NHS, while the SNP’s Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, called Mr Johnson, who was fined in April for attending an illegal Downing Street gathering during the lockdown, a “dead man walking”. PMQs best moments: ‘Powerful attack lines’ aren’t landing “Pretending no rules were broken didn’t work. “Pretending the economy is booming didn’t work. “And pretending to build 40 new hospitals…

Today in the EU – A round-up of the latest updates from the attack in Berlin. How the protests against Turkey have intensified in Cyprus and Greece and the chaos from Brussels, at the European Parliament. Today in the EU Poland’s financial markets take a severe blow When refugees began pouring out of Ukraine, neighbouring Poland was overwhelmingly supportive, opening its door and hearts to those fleeing war. Volunteers from across the country mobilised to provide emergency shelter, helping ease overcrowding at border camps. But more than three months since Russia’s invasion, strains are beginning to show. The housing market has…

Latest from Berlin today where a man driving a car ploughed into pedestrians killing 1 and injuring 9 in chaos attack. At least one person was killed and nine others injured after a vehicle ploughed into pedestrians in Berlin on Wednesday morning, rescue services said. Berlin police spokesman Martin Dams said the incident happened near the popular Kurfuerstendamm shopping street in the west of the German capital. Images from the scene show a small, silver Renault vehicle lodged inside a shop window. Latest from Berlin The number of casualties was confirmed to The Associated Press by Berlin fire service spokesman Stefan…

Boris Johnson survived the confidence vote, but only narrowly – so what does the future look like for the PM?

PM Boris Johnson survived the confidence vote, but only narrowly – so how did the UK newspapers react to the news? and what does the future look like for the PM.

The Telegraph says there may not be a clear alternative leader within the party now, but that doesn’t mean one will never emerge.