Author: News Desk

Food and drink exports from the UK have plummeted due to a sharp drop in trade with the EU after Brexit, according to fresh research published today. Data from the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) shows overall UK exports of food and drink slid £2bn in the first half of this year.

BBC News says Biden says “historic investment” is needed to deal with the climate crisis, as the north-east reels from flash flooding and tornadoes that have killed at least 45 people.

Will the horrific NYC floods force a change to Biden’s new fuel economy rules. We have all seen the floods in New York, the destruction of Hurricane Ida and the Wildfires in California, If anyone didn’t believe it before, climate change is here, the time to act is now.

The Guardian says a manifesto-busting 1p increase in national insurance contributions for workers and employers could be used for a post-Covid boost for the NHS.

France24 says Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday he will not run for re-election as party leader this month, ending his tenure after just one year.

Arab News says the Taliban said on Thursday they were close to forming a new government, as dozens of women held a rare protest for the right to work under a new regime.

VOA says Alexanda Anon Kotey, 37 – a British national – admitted he played a leadership role in an IS scheme to torture, hold for ransom and eventually behead American hostages.

The Mirror says a violent extremist who carried out an ‘ISIS inspired’ terror attack on a shopping mall, stabbing multiple people, has been shot dead by police.

“Why the hold-up?” asks the Daily Mirror. It quotes Prof Peter Openshaw as saying delays to rolling out booster jabs mean the UK may face an autumn wave.

The Daily Express leads with suggestions from Prime Minister Boris Johnson that millions of people could get Covid booster jabs within weeks.