Author: News Desk

The Guardian says criminals in England and Wales are being jailed for short terms that fail to prevent reoffending.

The Metro says parts of London have been battered by torrential rain overnight, sparking transport misery ahead of the Tuesday morning commute.

The Independent says five people have been arrested after former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith was allegedly assaulted by being hit on the head with a traffic cone.

BBC News says Home Secretary Priti Patel will announce new powers for courts to prevent people attending protests, in a speech to Conservative conference.

Sky News says a life-changing drug treatment is to be released to thousands of people in England in what has been described as a historic moment.

France24 says the EU’s drug watchdog on Monday approved booster doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine for all people aged 18 and over.

Arab News says the massive global outage that plunged Facebook, its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms into chaos Monday is gradually dissipating.

Aljazeera says the Taliban killed at least 13 members of the Hazara ethnic group, including a 17-year-old girl, in the central province of Daykundi.

TRT World says Britney Spears has thanked the fans who have conducted a long campaign to end her conservatorship. “I have no words … your constant resilience in freeing me”.

VOA says officials investigating one of California’s biggest oil spills were trying to determine how 572,807 literes of heavy crude spilled into the Pacific Ocean.