Unions issue general strike threat as rail crisis grows – that’s the headline on the front page of the Guardian.
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Cost of living crisis: Shocking – that’s the headline on the front page of the Daily Mirror which claims energy bills could hit £500 per month.
Tuchel taps up a Brazilian – that’s the headline on the front page of The Sun which leads with the Chelsea boss finding love.
Fears energy bills will hit shocking £3,850 a year – the headline of the Daily Express reads.
Thursday’s front pages lead with a variety of stories; the strikes, cost of living crisis and W Euros 2022 final on Sunday are amongst some of the most popular stories.
Unions react angrily to sacking of Labour shadow minister Sam Tarry BBC News says Unions have reacted angrily to the decision by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to sack a junior shadow transport minister who joined striking rail workers on a picket line. Ilford South MP Sam Tarry attended the protest at London’s Euston station despite Sir Keir telling his frontbench MPs to stay away. Labour said the reason he was fired was for unauthorised media appearances. Mr Tarry said he had been standing “in solidarity with striking workers”. In a statement, Labour said it would “always stand up for…
Sky News says TV cameras are to be allowed into criminal trials for the first time from today but will only be able to film a few minutes of each case.
France24 says At least 15 soldiers and three civilians were killed in coordinated “terrorist” attacks in Mali, the chronically unstable country’s army said Wednesday, the latest deadly violence to rock the Sahel state.
Euronews says Superstar singer Shakira has opted to be tried by Spanish prosecutors over allegations she defrauded Spain’s government of nearly €15 million in taxes, her public relations team said Wednesday.
Arab News says Angry citizens on Wednesday stormed bakeries and pastry shops in Lebanon as the country’s food crisis deepened.
Arab News says Hundreds of Iraqi demonstrators, most of them followers of the Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, have stormed the parliament building in Baghdad.
TRT World says US authorities indicted the 21-year-old man accused of carrying out a deadly mass shooting at a July 4 parade near Chicago on 117 counts of murder and other charges, according to an official statement.
Republicans block vote in Senate on burn pits legislation in a surprising move to anger the Veterans affairs chairman. It was a procedural vote to advance legislation aimed at helping millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits failed on Wednesday afternoon, that the furious Senate Veterans Affairs chairman warned could cost veterans’ lives. With 60 votes needed to advance, the vote was 55-42 with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer changing his vote from yes to no in order to allow a future vote on the legislation. Twenty-five Republicans who supported the previous version of the bill did not support this procedural…
We are leaving the African continent under a heavy rain and this is a good sign,” she stated. “Thank you, friends, and we are waiting for you in Saint Petersburg next year”
Chaos in Germany as Lufthansa ( German airline) announced the cancellation of nearly all of its flights in Germany on Wednesday due to strike action. The strike is due to start at 3:45 a.m (2:45 p.m. GMT) on Wednesday and end at 6 a.m. (11:00 pm GMT) on Thursday, the union said in a statement. 134,000 passengers left stranded Given that a strike of ground staff by trade union Ver.di will have “a massive operational impact in the middle of the peak travel season,” The airline said it “has to cancel almost the entire flight schedule at its hubs in…
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán’s speech regarding the ‘mixing’ of European and non-Europeans drew international criticism, and now one of his long-time advisers has resigned over the speech.
The Sun and TalkTV Conservative leadership TV debate, hosted by journalist Kate McCann, ended around halfway through when the presenter fainted on air.
U-turn for Sunak as he plans to axe VAT on bills – that’s the headline on the front page of The Independent.
Rail and Tube strike hell – that’s the headline on the front page of the Metro which describes it as “triple misery”.
Ministers played fast and loose with £777m in Covid contracts – that’s the headline on the front page of the Guardian.
Now bring on Germany (or France) at Wembley – that’s the headline on the front page of the Sun.
It’s a Tory war on workers … we must fight – that’s the headline on the front page of the Daily Mirror.
No ifs or buts … police must solve more crimes – that’s the headline on the front page of the Daily Express.
Wednesday’s front pages report on the ongoing Tory leadership race and England’s win over Sweden.
BBC News says The latest round of national rail strikes are getting under way, with only 20% of train journeys expected to go ahead on Wednesday.