Author: News Desk

Greta Thunberg among young people filing legal suit for systemwide climate emergency to be declared a global level 3 emergency UN to declare ‘systemwide climate emergency’ Greta Thunberg and youth climate activists from around the world are filing a legal petition to the UN secretary-general urging him to declare a climate emergency. As Cop26 enters its final days, climate campaigners were due to file a legal document on Wednesday calling on António Guterres to use emergency powers to match the level of response adopted for the coronavirus pandemic by pronouncing the climate crisis a global level 3 emergency – the UN’s highest…

Arab News says a Vietnamese oil tanker earlier seized by Iran was free in open water Wednesday, ending the latest maritime confrontation involving Tehran.

Al Jazeera says Nobel Peace Prize laureate and women’s rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai has married at her home in the United Kingdom.

TRT World says New national pledges to tackle climate crisis this decade would lead to around 2.4 degrees Celsius of global warming this century, far above safe levels.

Megxit is a misogynistic term Duke of Sussex says the term was created by a troll to describe their decision to quit royal duties, which was then amplified by the press Prince Harry has said the word “Megxit”, used by the British press to describe the decision by him and his wife Meghan to quit their royal duties, was a misogynistic term. He said the word was an example of online and media hatred. “Maybe people know this and maybe they don’t, but the term Megxit was or is a misogynistic term, and it was created by a troll, amplified…

Sky Sports says British No 1 Emma Raducanu has confirmed that her new coach will be Angelique Kerber’s long-time mentor Torben Beltz.

Ex-Tory leader accused conflict of interest – when he chaired the government task force that recommended new rules benefiting the firm he was employed by. ‘brazen conflict of interest’ Iain Duncan Smith is facing questions over his £25,000-a-year second job advising a multimillion-pound hand sanitiser company after he chaired a government task force that recommended new rules benefiting the firm. The MP and former Conservative party leader chaired the Task Force on Innovation, Growth, and Regulatory Reform, which reported back in May after he and two other MPs were asked by Boris Johnson to recommend ways of cutting supposed EU red-tape.…

The Guardian focuses on Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s response, accusing the PM of leading the Conservative Party “through the sewers”

The Independent claims Boris Johnson is “running scared” over the Tory sleaze storm.

“I’m a prime minister… get me out of here!” is Metro’s take on Boris Johnson’s trip north while the House of Commons debate took place.