Author: News Desk

The Guardian says French police have arrested a man on suspicion of being a former member of the Saudi royal guard accused of being involved in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

France24 says Olaf Scholz will become chancellor of Germany, turning the page on 16 years with Angela Merkel at the helm as a new centre-left-led coalition takes the wheel of Europe’s top economy.

The Independent says Kyle Rittenhouse has said he wants to become a lawyer following his trial and acquittal by a Wisconsin jury. “I want to be a lawyer. I want to go to law school,” he said.

Aljazeera says Australia will not send officials to the Winter Olympics in Beijing, joining a US diplomatic boycott of the event and risking a further souring of relations with China.

It’s been a nightmare start for the Ashes 2021 Downunder at the Gabba Brisbane. England cricket suffered a humiliating start as they were bowled out for 147 after winning toss and batting first, in the first Test, on day one, in Brisbane. After winning the toss and electing to bat England have been dismissed for 147 on the stroke of tea. Mitchell Starc removed Burns with the first ball of the match. The sixth worst start in English Cricket history In the last 100 years, it is England’s sixth-worst score when batting first in an opening game of a series.…

BBC Sport says Liverpool became the first English side to win all six Champions League group games as they completed a perfect journey into the knockout stage with victory over AC Milan in Italy.

Bank of England’s deputy governor Ben Broadbent has said inflation is likely to rise “comfortably” above 5% next spring, the Daily Express reports.

The cladding fire risk was covered up by government ministers for years before Grenfell, reports the Daily Mirror.

The Independent leads with a story about failures in Whitehall crippling the government’s Afghan evacuation operation.

According to The Sun, Prince Harry has been mocked after telling anyone unhappy at work to quit.