The Guardian says the Labour party has vowed to abolish the “non-dom” tax loophole used by the chancellor Rishi Sunak’s wife to save paying up to £20m in UK tax.
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The Guardian says the pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron has vowed to unite a divided France after winning a second term as French president.
The Guardian says Beijingers were flooding supermarkets to stock up on food on Monday, hoping to avoid Shanghai-style shortages in the case of a city-wide lockdown as the capital records a growing number of Covid infections.
The Metro says Sue Gray’s long-awaited report into Downing Street lockdown parties could end Boris Johnson’s time in office.
The Independent says claims that Conservative MPs have accused Angela Rayner of deliberately distracting Boris Johnson by crossing and uncrossing her legs in the Commons are “ludicrous”, the party chair says.
The Guardian says Angela Rayner has hit out at “sexism and misogyny” in politics, as a storm of criticism erupted after a vile report from the Mail on Sunday.
Sky News says Angela Rayner has condemned a “sexist” and “misogynistic” Mail on Sunday article which claimed Tory MPs have accused her of a ‘Basic Instinct’ ploy to distract Boris Johnson.
Monday’s front pages.
Reaction as Macron wins second term – whilst he revels in victory, he must be thinking about how he will unite a broken France. French President Emmanuel Macron won re-election on Sunday with 58% of the vote, compared with 41% for far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. However this election has broken France, less than 40% of the voters, voted for a candidate they wanted, instead, the majority of the turnout was for a candidate, they disliked the least, to prevent the other from coming. Congratulations came flooding in from across Europe and the world. However, Macron faces many challenges ahead,…
BBC News says politicians have condemned a suggestion made in a newspaper that Labour’s Angela Rayner tries to distract Boris Johnson in the Commons by crossing and uncrossing her legs.
Sky News says Police have arrested a man in connection with the disappearance of a woman in Burnley, Lancashire.
France24 says French President Emmanuel Macron has seen off his far-right rival Marine Le Pen to secure five years more years at the helm of Europe’s second economy.
Euronews says nearly two months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has taken extraordinary steps to blunt an economic counteroffensive from the West.
Arab News says a projectile fired from Lebanon hit an open area in Israel on Monday and Israeli artillery targeted an area where the attack was launched, the Israeli military said.
TRT World says at least six people have been killed and four wounded in armed clashes between alleged gang members at an indoor football match in Guatemala.
London buses are being turned into mobile treatment centres, funded by a coffee company called ‘Change Please’, which uses 100 percent of its profits to finance charitable initiatives. The charity combats homelessness by giving barista training and offering housing and employment opportunities to London’s forgotten population. Driving for Change The new initiative is called ‘Driving for Change’, which will see three London buses equipped to support homeless people. They’ll be able to see medical staff and dentists, open bank accounts tailored to those with no fixed abode, and get advice on finding work. The Driving for Change initiative is designed…
A migrant boat sinks off the coast in Lebanon – One child drowned and dozens rescued A child died and 45 people were rescued Saturday after a boat carrying around 60 migrants sank off Lebanon, where deadly sea crossings have spiralled due to an economic crisis. Boat sinks off the coast in Lebanon “Forty-five people have been rescued and the corpse of one child,” has been retrieved from the boat that sank near the coast of the northern city of Tripoli, Public Works and Transport Minister Ali Hamie told a local broadcaster. The UN refugee agency says at least 1,570…
The Sunday papers cover the prime minister’s ongoing partygate scandal and other ministerial stories.
Russian shelling kills several in Luhansk and Kharkiv regions. Russian forces have now shifted their focus to the offensive in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine. Heavy shelling and fighting have continued in the east as Russia’s army attempts to establish control over the region. Mariupol has already fallen and turned into a mass graveyard. War enters its third month The war enters its third month on Sunday but a senior Russian military officer said “the second phase of the special operation” As Moscow terms its invasion of Ukraine — had just begun. “One of the tasks of the Russian…
Macron accuses Le Pen’s idea of Europe would mean an end to the EU. French political candidates clash in the final days before the election. The two candidates fighting for the French presidency have launched bitter attacks on each other in a final bid to win over millions of undecided voters before Sunday’s election. Centrist Emmanuel Macron is aiming to become the first sitting president to win a second term for 20 years. Le Pen’s idea of Europe – The end of the EU “This election is a form of referendum, on secularism and on Europe.” He argues Ms Le…
UN chief to meet Zelensky and Putin to push urgent steps for peace. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, after meeting the Russian foreign minister. Then on Thursday, Guterres is expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian foreign minister. In letters to both leaders via their UN missions, he called for discussions of “urgent steps to bring about peace in Ukraine and the future of multilateralism”. UN chief to meet Zelensky and Putin Guterres will also meet with Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba as well as UN agency staff members to discuss…
Boris Johnson faces the humiliation of an inquiry into whether he lied to parliament over the No 10 parties, says the Independent.
Boris Johnson has suffered “humiliating blows to his authority”, The Guardian says.
British scientists are on the verge of revolutionising cancer treatment after finding “genetic clues to the disease”, the Daily Express reports.
Senior Conservative MPs are calling for Boris Johnson to resign over lockdown gatherings in Downing Street, the Daily Mirror says.