The Guardian says the music streaming platform Spotify is in the process of removing Neil Young’s music after the company refused to take down Joe Rogan’s podcast amid the musician’s objections that it spread vaccine misinformation.
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The Independent says Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song are reportedly engaged.
Metro says Keith Urban is reportedly set to take over some of the planned Adele shows in Vegas in the coming weeks.
The Guardian says Ukraine’s interior ministry says at least five people were killed when a member of the national guard opened fire at an aerospace factory in the east of the country.
The Independent says Donald Trump took a momentary break from a round of golf to claim that he would become the 47th president of the US.
The Metro says there will be no limit on the number of visitors allowed into care homes from Monday, the Government has announced.
Thursday’s front pages are dominated by the news Prince Andrew has demanded a jury hearing for his sexual assault trial.
The Guardian says a new raft of Conservative MPs are poised to send letters of no confidence in Boris Johnson when the long-awaited “partygate” report is published.
The Independent says Prince Andrew is demanding a jury trial in the Virginia Giuffre sexual assault case, his lawyers announced on Wednesday.
France24 says Norway’s PM said he believes it’s “a sign of weakness” that Putin has to express Moscow’s political views by an “extraordinary” military buildup.
The Metro says gun violence continues to climb in New York City, where on Tuesday a gunman opened fire in a hospital waiting room.
Arab News says as the world sees vaccination slowing and infections soaring with the spread of omicron, Iran has found a rare respite from the pandemic.
TRT World says dozens of guns have been stolen from freight trains that were recently looted in the US city of Los Angeles, according to local police.
BBC News says Labour MP Richard Burgon tells the story of a nurse who was fined during lockdown for organising a protest against government cuts.
BBC News says In his final question, Starmer says we have the “shameful” spectacle of the prime minister of the UK being subject to a police investigation.
The Independent says Sir Keir Starmer says the partygate saga is “all happening when petrol prices, the weekly shop and energy bills are going through the roof”
Keir Starmer says Boris Johnson “went into hiding for five days because of these allegations (of lockdown parties)”.
Starmer says we have the spectacle of a PM under police investigation. And as the cabinet refuse to speak out, they become more complicit.
BBC News says Sir Keir Starmer says that on 1 December the PM told the House all policies were followed in No 10 and points to another comment in the Commons.
BBC says In his first question to PM, Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer points to the ministerial code, which says ministers must resign if they knowingly mislead Parliament.
The Independent says Boris Johnson’s first question, from Labour’s Kate Osamor, is on the government writing off more than £bn in fraudulent Covid handouts.
Wednesday’s PMQs – Partygate, Sue Gray and the PM
Sue Gray has pictures of Boris Johnson with wine bottles at No 10 parties as police launch a criminal probe reads the front page of the Daily Mirror.
A Scotland Yard probe into “partygate” allegations has been welcomed by Boris Johnson as a way to “draw a line” under the fiasco, writes the Daily Express.
The Sun’s front page also reports that the prime minister faces being interviewed by police as part of Scotland Yard’s investigation into Downing Street parties.