The Guardian says AIRPORT RUNWAYS have been closed and 999 calls have surged as Britain endured some of the hottest temperatures on record.
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The Independent says Temperature records were broken twice in one day in Wales on Monday, after temperatures spikes at 37.1C in Flintshire surpassing a record set just hours earlier.
Tuesday’s front pages focus on the penultimate round of voting in the Tory leadership race as well as the heatwave sweeping Britain.
TRT World says THIRTEEN INMATES have been killed and two others wounded in yet another bloody fight in a notorious Ecuadoran prison, law enforcement officials said.
Aljazeera says A MAINLY youth-led mass protest movement over Sri Lanka’s worst-ever economic crisis has completed 100 days.
Arab News says JAPAN’S PM Fumio Kishida, received a courtesy call from Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, during his visit to Japan.
Euronews says Mario Draghi’s political future hangs in the balance this week, with a key speech and discussion in the Senate potentially deciding whether his government stands or falls.
France24 says France secured promises of new energy supplies from the UAE after talks between President Emmanuel Macron and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan in Paris.
Sky News says THE LAST four runners in the Conservative leadership contest will face another round of voting later, as the party decides who will replace Boris Johnson in Downing Street.
BBC News says THE UK is set to see its hottest day on record, with temperatures on Tuesday expected to reach up to 42C (107.6F).
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Today’s top EU and European stories dominating the news.
Tory leadership TV debate cancelled, Sky News has announced after Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss pulled out of the final TV debate which was set to take place tomorrow evening.
Thousands of anti-racism protesters and political parties pushed back a march by a small group of extreme right-wing German neo-Nazis in the western city of Mainz.
Today will see MPs head to the ballots to cast their votes in the third round of the Tory leadership race to find a successor to Boris Johnson, as the remaining five will become four this evening.
Tory leadership TV debate cancelled, Sky News has announced after Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss pulled out of the final TV debate which was set to take place tomorrow evening.
Labour has told the outgoing PM to “turn up for work” as he is set to miss a third COBRA meeting over the UK heatwave.
MPs will be holding a vote of confidence in the Government today as the opposition continues to call for Boris Johnson to step down immediately and hand the role over to a caretaker prime minister.
The Guardian says Exceptionally high temperatures expected across the UK on Monday and Tuesday are “entirely consistent” with climate change, the chief meteorologist at the Met Office has said.
The Independent says THE UK is set to have the hottest day on record this week, with temperatures set to skyrocket to 42C as a heatwave grips the nation.
The Metro says PEOPLE trying to travel on London Underground were hit with disruption even before 8am this morning as the capital prepares for a potentially unprecedented heatwave.
Protect UK from extreme heat, ministers urged – that’s the headline on the front page of The Independent.
Meltdown Monday – that’s how the Metro chooses to lead on the heatwave sweeping Britain, the paper also leads with the Tory tv debates.
Red alert: ‘ferocious’ heatwave set to send temperatures beyond 40C – that’s the headline on the front page of the Guardian.
Hotter than Sahara – that’s the headline of The Sun which leads with the heatwave sweeping Britain.