The Guardian says The Texas gunman who shot and killed 19 children and two teachers was inside the school for about 40 minutes before being killed by Border Control agents.
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The Independent sats Warnings from relatives of Star Hobson were recorded as “malicious” by social services months before she was murdered by her mother’s partner, a government review has found.
The Independent says Several major cities in Pakistan have become battlegrounds as supporters of ousted prime minister Imran Khan march toward Islamabad.
The Metro says The mother of Texas elementary school shooter Salvador Ramos has claimed that he was not violent and that she was shocked he opened fire and killed 21 people.
The Metro says Eleven newborn babies have died in a fire that ripped through a hospital’s neonatal wing in Senegal.
The NRA’s annual meeting starts Friday in Texas, but republicans feel no pressure to act on gun control. The National Rifle Association is set to hold its 2022 annual meeting in Houston on Friday, bringing together its top brass and several notable conservatives, including former President Donald Trump, for the first time in three years. The NRA’s two previous annual meetings were cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. But this year the…
The Metro says A clear majority of voters in the UK think Boris Johnson should resign over partygate, a new poll has revealed.
The Independent says On the eve of publication of the long-awaited Sue Gray report on Downing Street parties, the historian Peter Hennessy has described current British political standards as being a “bonfire of decencies”.
The Guardian says Well, there we had it. It had been heavily briefed that Boris Johnson would be the model of remorse for his statement to the Commons on the Sue Gray report.
Today’s news summary – Thursday’s front pages are split on the seriousness of the Sue Gray report which features on most front pages.
Wind power a vital source of energy for Finland – energy bills to rise as the Finns move towards an independent energy supply. The end of Russian electricity imports in mid-May reduced one 1,300-megawatt import opportunity, further increasing the importance of other pipelines and renewable energy sources. By the end of 2023, at least another 1,300 megawatts of wind-powered electricity will be completed, bringing the total rated capacity to about 6,500 megawatts. Wind power a…
BBC News says Boris Johnson has insisted he will remain as prime minister despite the “bitter and painful” judgement of a report into parties held in Downing Street during Covid restrictions.
Sky News says Rishi Sunak is expected to bow to pressure to impose a windfall tax on energy companies when he sets out the government’s latest plan to tackle the cost of living crisis later.
Euronews says the yachts and lavish houses of Russian oligarchs that have been seized under EU sanctions could be confiscated to finance Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction.
France24 says four bombs ripped through minibuses and a mosque in Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people, with at least some of the attacks claimed by the IS group.
A Vigil held in Uvalde for school shooting victims of the Texas elementary school massacre. Hundreds of people gathered at a vigil Wednesday night at the Uvalde County Fairplex, a community arena, for the victims of the school shooting at Robb Elementary. Vigil held in Uvalde Amazing Grace was played during the vigil as members of the community wept and hugged. With 21 dead and 17 others injured, the attack Tuesday was the deadliest school shooting in almost a…
TRT World says Democrats and Republicans in the US Senate have struggled to agree on legislation to prevent future mass shootings, a day after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers.
The latest video from Texas shooting and a summary of the latest news from the massacre which has rocked the nation. Tuesday’s massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, is the second-deadliest school shooting since 2012 when 26 children and adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. At least 19 children and two teachers were killed in Tuesday’s mass shooting. The 18-year-old gunman is dead. What happened: The gunman, identified by officials as Salvador…
A look at how the media has reacted to the release of the hotly-anticipated Sue Gray report – the probe into law breaking at Downing Street during Covid lockdowns in 2020 and 2021, and the prime minister’s statement on the findings.
A look at how the media has reacted to the release of the hotly-anticipated Sue Gray report – the probe into law breaking at Downing Street during Covid lockdowns in 2020 and 2021, and the prime minister’s statement on the findings.
France24 says A “humbled” Boris Johnson said he took full responsibility after a damning official report on Wednesday detailed a series of illegal alcohol-fuelled parties at the British prime minister’s Downing Street office during coronavirus lockdowns.
The Guardian says Sue Gray has issued a damning verdict on the party culture in Boris Johnson’s Downing Street, in a 37-page report that includes nine photographs and names a string of senior civil servants.
Daily Mail says Boris Johnson today insisted he takes ‘full responsibility’ for Partygate after Sue Gray gave a grim account of drunken antics at the heart of government.
The Daily Telegraph says a Downing Street chief boasted they had “got away with” partygate rulebreaking, Sue Gray’s report has revealed, as she blamed senior leaders for failing to follow Covid rules.
PMQs Live – PM address the House over Sue Gray report into partygate