BBC: We let Diana down – that’s the headline on the front page of the Daily Express which leads with the BBC apology to a royal nanny.
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The Independent says At the end of a fierce and brutal contest, Alexandra Popp typified Germany’s fight. The striker’s goal to seal her country’s 2-0 win over Austria will not make any highlight reels at the end of Euro 2022.
Friday’s front pages report on Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss – the two contenders battling it out to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister.
Sky News says Fuel price protests planned for Friday are threatening to unleash chaos on major roads as millions of families head off on their summer holidays.
France24 says Sri Lankan security forces raided a protest camp occupying government grounds in the main city of Colombo early on Friday and cleared out a section of it, a sign that the country’s new president was cracking down a day after his swearing-in.
Euronews says Italy is set to hold a general election this autumn after President Sergio Mattarella formally dissolved parliament.
Arab News says Russia defended its veto of a UN resolution that would have extended humanitarian aid deliveries to 4.1 million Syrians.
Aljazeera says The United States has reported its first case of polio in nearly a decade after health officials in the state of New York said a patient had tested positive for the disease.
TRT World says An irate Donald Trump demanded to be taken to the Capitol after the supporters he sent laid siege, well aware of the deadly attack and that some in the mob were armed but refusing to call it off.
Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan accused of treason by Bakhtawar Bhutto the daughter of the murdered former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. In a scathing attack on Twitter, the daughter of former leader Benazir Bhutto accused Imran Khan of ‘committing treason’ during his term in office. “Still not over the absolutely not phone call? Why don’t you take your obsession with proof to court,” she wrote, adding that she pities the PTI Chairman as he has…
Tory leadership finalists – Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will go head-to-head on a Sky News debate after controversially pulling out of a previous appearance.
Italian PM Mario Draghi resigns after dramatic week and three parties refusing to back him in yesterday’s confidence vote.
A fresh start for Britain? asks the Independent as Sunak and Truss make it to the final.
‘Blue on blue dogfight’ as Sunak and Truss face off – that’s the headline on the front page of the Guardian.
Goodbye Boris: Parting shot at Rishi and a hint ‘I’ll be back’ – that’s the headline on the front page of the Daily Express.
Penny’s dropped – that’s the ehadline on the front page of the Metro which reports on the Tory leadership race.
Out of the lying man & into the dire – is how the Daily Mirror reports on the final two candidates.
Love and miss you forever is the headline of the Sun which leads with Debroah James’ funeral.
Thursday’s papers are dominated by the news the final two candidates in the Tory leadership race have been whittled down to Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss.
BBC News says THE TWO candidates in the Conservative leadership race are setting out their pitches to the party members who will choose Boris Johnson’s successor.
Sky News says TEENAGERS in the UK are getting their news from social media rather than traditional news channels to stay up to date, new research from Ofcom has found.
France24 says Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi won a confidence motion in the upper house Senate on Wednesday, but three main coalition parties refused to take part in the vote, effectively torpedoing his administration.
Euronews says THE European Commission urged member states on Wednesday to reduce their gas use by 15% from August 1 of this year until 31 March 2023 to ensure they can cope in the event of a total gas cut-off from Russia.
Aljazeera says Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as Sri Lanka’s eighth president by the country’s chief justice.
Arab News says Iraqi authorities said at least nine civilians died in a Turkish artillery attack on Wednesday that hit a village in the Kurdistan autonomous region.