The Independent says the devastating heat wave which has baked India and Pakistan in recent months was made more likely due to climate change, according to an international group of scientists.
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The Guardian says Airbnb is closing down its business inside China indefinitely, as the country’s zero-Covid policy, lockdowns and travel restrictions continue.
The Guardian says contamination of fresh fruits by the most hazardous pesticides has dramatically increased in Europe over the past decade, according to a nine-year study of government data.
The Guardian says the first Elizabeth line trains to carry passengers through the new tunnels under London departed on time on Tuesday morning.
The Guardian says cabinet ministers are frustrated that a “mano a mano” standoff between Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak is holding up measures to help people through the cost of living crisis.
The Guardian says the new photos from the Partygate saga have left police facing questions about the credibility of their investigation and a former police chief demanding that they explain themselves urgently.
The Independent says Boris Johnson’s premiership has been thrust deeper into peril with the publication of photographs showing him drinking wine with Downing Street staff in the depths of England’s second Covid lockdown in 2020.
The Metro says the prime minister allegedly told Sue Gray there was no need for her to publish her full report into Partygate.
Tuesday’s front pages lead with the leaked image of the PM at a leaving-do during lockdown – the latest twist in the Partygate scandal.
BBC News says the Metropolitan Police is facing fresh questions over why Boris Johnson was not fined for attending a gathering in Downing Street during lockdown.
France24 says Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday dismissed the president of state oil giant Petrobras, who had been in the job for only 40 days.
Euronews says Spain’s former King Juan Carlos I met his son and the country’s current monarch Felipe VI at the end of a controversial return visit.
Aljazeera says the number of executions globally rose 20 percent in 2021, while the number of death sentences handed down increased by 40 percent, Amnesty has said.
TRT World says Gavin Newsom has warned of potential mandatory water restrictions as the most populous US state continues to fight a worsening drought –– now in its third year.
Mark Zuckerberg named in lawsuit from Cambridge Analytica scandal in a lawsuit filed by Washington Attorney General Karl Racine. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was named personally in a Washington lawsuit Monday alleging he played a direct role in decisions that set the stage for the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. The US capital’s attorney general argues that Zuckerberg was closely involved in conceiving the framework that allowed the Britain-based consulting firm to harvest over 70 million US Facebook user’s data. A whistleblower revealed in 2018 that the Cambridge Analytica scandal went on to use that data for political purposes, including trying…
United Arab Emirates Gas cylinder blast in Abu Dhabi kills 2 and injures 120. Abu Dhabi authorities are restricting information about the blast, and have prevented news outlets from reporting blasts and explosions. Especially since the rise of the Houthi drone attacks in the region. A gas cylinder explosion in the capital of the United Arab Emirates killed two people and injured 120 others Monday, police said, hours after authorities downplayed the incident and warned the public not to share images of the aftermath. Gas cylinder blast in Abu Dhabi kills 2 The explosion struck a restaurant just after 1…
Dubai woman and her dog killed as tenant turns on electricity generator releasing the ‘silent killer’ A Dubai woman and her dog killed in a shared villa accommodation after inhalation of carbon monoxide gas. A Dubai Police official said the main tenant of the villa, located in Al Barsha, had switched on an electricity generator after the power was cut due to violating municipality rules covering subletting of the villa to others. The gas suffocated the woman and her dog while another subtenant survived. ‘Silent killer’ in Al Barsha Colonel Maki Salman, director of the Crime Scene Department at Dubai…
Today’s top news headlines Birmingham Children’s Hospital worker held on suspicion of poisoning child Birmingham Children’s Hospital worker was held on suspicion of poisoning a child. The health worker has been arrested on suspicion of administering poison with intent to endanger life after a child died at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Man City should be docked points for the pitch invasion Jubilation for Man City turns into disaster as ‘thugs’ invade the pitch and destroy the Manc City pitch. This behaviour has called for some experts suggesting Man City should be docked points for not policing the game, as Aston Villa’s…
Belgium has introduced a mandatory 21-day quarantien for monkeypox patients as cases of the disease strat to spread across the globe.
A handful of millionaires attendees gathered in Davos are calling on world leaders to push tax up higher for wealthy people (like themselves) to tackle the cost of living crisis.
A nurse, 27, has been arrested in connection with the unexpected death of a child at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
A captured Russian soldier has been handed a whole life sentence for killing a civilian in Ukraine – the first war crime trial since Russia’s invasion of the country.
More than 400,000 children and young people are being treated for mental health issues every month, according to the Guardian.
The Independent’s front page reports the UK is not prepared for the food crisis and Manchester City’s title win.
The cost of living crisis is creating a wave of first-time shoplifters who are stealing basic essentials, according to the Metro.