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Both Sunak and Javid ready to take the top job and have made a deal to serve as Chancellor of Exchequer if the other wins. Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid quit Boris Johnson’s cabinet, piling more pressure on the PM. If PM doesn’t quit, the party will have to force him out. Both men quit after Johnson apologised for appointing a Tory MP to his government who had faced allegations of sexual…

The scandals keep coming for this prime minister, who is now facing accusations of lying over the Chris Pincher scandal.

The scandals keep coming for this prime minister, who is now facing accusations of lying over the Chris Pincher scandal. 

Daily Express says TORY rebels were slapped down last night for trying to use groping allegations against Chris Pincher to launch a fresh bid to ditch Boris Johnson.

The i says SOME MINISTERS and aides have been unwilling to toe the No 10 line over the Prime Minister’s handling of the Chris Pincher affair, amid a slew of allegations against the former deputy chief whip stretching back years.

France has repatriated 51 nationals – 35 children and 16 mothers – from camps in Syria who were family members of suspected Islamic State group jihadists have been held.

A state of emergency has been declared in five northern Italian regions – Friuli-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Piedmont and Veneto, lasting until December 31.

PM Boris Johnson had first-hand account of assault claims – that’s how the Indepedent splashes on the Chris Pincher allegations.

Boris: tax cuts of £330 for 30m will ease tough times – that’s the headline of the Daily Express which leads with tax cuts.

Prem star in 3 am rape arrest – the Sun headlines as it reports on the Premier League and International footballer arrested for rape.

Johnson: I did know about Pincher – that’s the headline of the Daily Mirror, which isn’t too forgiving of the PM changing his story.

Parliament urged to act over sexual abuse claims – that’s the Guardian’s take on the Chris Pincher sex abuse allegations.

Britain on a go-slow – that’s the headline on the front page of the Metro which leads with the protests against soaring fuel prices.

The Guardian says BORIS JOHNSON was aware of some allegations relating to Chris Pincher when the MP for Tamworth was appointed deputy chief whip in February, Downing Street has admitted.

The Independent says DOWNING STREET is not telling the truth about whether Boris Johnson was warned about alleged “predatory behaviour” by one of his Tory ministers, a former top civil servant has said.

The Metro says BORIS JOHNSON was ‘aware’ of allegations against Chris Pincher when he was appointed as deputy chief whip.

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Many of Tuesday’s front pages continue their coverage of the Chris Pincher allegation, specifically, how much the prime minister knew about the conduct of MP Pincher, prior to appointing him as deputy chief whip.  Chris Pincher MP  – the fallout The Daily Mirror uses its front page to highlight the prime minister’s changing story over Chris Pincher. The headline reads: “I did know about Pincher” after No 10 confirmed…

BBC News says BORIS JOHNSON was made aware of a formal complaint about Chris Pincher’s “inappropriate behaviour” while Mr Pincher was a Foreign Office minister from 2019-20, BBC News can reveal.

France24 says ITALY DECLARED a state of emergency in five northern regions and announced emergency funds on Monday over a worsening drought that has plagued the Po Valley in recent weeks.

Euronews says A ROMANIAN AND AN AUSTRIAN have been killed in shark attacks within three days off the Red Sea coast of Egypt. It is still unclear whether the attacks were caused by the same shark.

Arab News says AL JAZEERA journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was likely killed by unintentional gunfire from Israeli positions, but independent investigators could not reach a definitive conclusion.

Aljazeera says Sri Lanka has less than a day’s worth of fuel left, the energy minister says, with public transport grinding to a halt as the country’s economic crisis deepens.

VOA says EIGHTEEN people were killed and 243 wounded during unrest in Uzbekistan’s autonomous province of Karakalpakstan last week, Uzbek authorities said on Monday — the worst bout of violence in the Central Asian nation in 17 years.

RT World says AT LEAST six people have been killed and at least 30 others wounded in a shooting at a July Fourth parade in Illinois state’s Highland Park city.

Six dead in a shooting in Chicago during the Fourth of July parade which was making its way around the area. Local police suggest they are lucky more people weren’t killed. Six people are dead and 19 were taken to hospitals after a shooting at a Fourth of July parade in a Chicago suburb, police said. The shooting in Highland Park disrupted the annual parade just after it began at 10 am. Highland Park police said…