Author: News Desk

The Guardian says Elon Musk, Twitter’s biggest shareholder, has decided not to join the social media company’s board, its chief executive Parag Agrawal has said.

The Guardian says Sri Lanka’s doctors have warned they are almost out of life-saving medicines and say the country’s economic crisis threatened a worse death toll than the coronavirus pandemic.

The Guardian says pensioners and benefits claimants will see the value of their payments fall to the lowest point in 50 years on Monday, anti-poverty campaigners have said, as Britons grapple with the worst cost of living crisis since 1972.

The Guardian says France faces a brutal two-week campaign over the country’s future, as the centrist incumbent, Emmanuel Macron, faces the far-right Marine Le Pen for the presidency.

Monday’s front pages.

BBC News says Chancellor Rishi Sunak has referred himself to the PM’s independent adviser on ministers’ interests.

Sky News says Police have begun an investigation after Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo appeared to slap a young fan’s phone to the ground after his side’s defeat to Everton.

France24 says France is poised for a rematch of the 2017 presidential election run-off with centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.

Euronews says Finland’s government says that its websites were targeted in a cyberattack during a speech to parliament by Ukraine’s Zelenskyy.

Arab News says Israeli soldiers on Sunday shot and killed two Palestinian women as troops responded to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s call for them to go on the “offensive.”