Author: News Desk

The Guardian says the Queen has travelled to her Norfolk estate where she will celebrate her 96th birthday in low-key fashion at the farmhouse where the Duke of Edinburgh spent much of his retirement.

BBC News says the Queen will celebrate her 96th birthday on Thursday in Sandringham, where she will be joined by family and friends.

BBC News says the government will attempt to delay a decision over an investigation into whether Boris Johnson misled MPs about lockdown parties.

Sky News says Tom Parker’s widow Kelsey has paid tribute to The Wanted singer as her “soulmate” during his funeral, saying: “Marrying you was the best day of my life.”

France24 says French President Emmanuel Macron and his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen went head-to-head in a bruising televised debate on Wednesday.

Euronews says a female student has been arrested in Russia for allegedly “rehabilitating Nazism” by twerking in front of a war memorial.

Aljazeera says Israel has carried out air raids in central Gaza for the second time this week, with its military saying its fighter jets attacked an underground complex used to produce rocket engines.

VOA says a wind-driven Arizona wildfire almost tripled in area on Wednesday after burning dozens of structures and forcing thousands to flee their homes in a drought-hit rural area.

BBC Sport says Manchester City leapfrogged Liverpool back to the Premier League summit thanks to three second-half goals against Brighton.

At least four killed after a series of overnight explosions triggered by a huge methane explosion at Polish mine – the coal mine in southern Poland. The blasts have injured nineteen others while seven people remain missing, authorities said on Wednesday in the Polish mine. The explosions are reported to have taken place at 00:15 CET around 1,000 metres beneath the surface at the Pniowek mine in Pawlowice. Rescuers were initially forced to suspend their operation due to a fire, according to the mining company operator Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW). Methane explosion at Polish mine Contact with seven of the…