Author: News Desk

The Guardian says the Taliban have captured the key Afghan city of Pul-e-Khumri, 140 miles north of the capital Kabul, giving the insurgents control of a strategic road junction linking Kabul to the north and west

The i says Paris Saint-Germain have confirmed the signing of Lionel Messi on a free transfer from Barcelona.

Saudi Arabia voiced its support for the Lebanese people during a cabinet meeting overnight Tuesday but warned that any aid would not be allowed to reach corrupt officials.

The Times says students of medicine will be offered £10,000 to move medical schools after more university applicants than expected met the terms of their offers.

The Times says Germany will try to revitalise its immunisation campaign by forcing unvaccinated people to pay for the rapid test results they need to visit hospitals, care homes, bars, restaurants and cinemas.

The i says the Dixie Fire is now California’s largest single wildfire in recorded history having burned an area more than twice the size of New York City.

The Guardian says as Covid cases among children continue to rise in the US due to spread of the Delta variant, experts are urging the federal government to fast-track vaccine approval for those under the age of 12.

The i says three quarters of all adults in the UK have now been double vaccinated against Covid-19, according to official statistics.

The Guardian says the government is coming under pressure to intervene amid concerns that its Covid testing regime for travellers is close to collapse, with thousands failing to be properly tested on their return.

The Times says the snow on the Pyrenees where Esther Dingley disappeared had long melted but for months there was no trace of the missing British hiker.