TRT World says AUTHORITIES in flood-hit Bangladesh and northeastern India have scrambled to provide aid to more than nine million people marooned after the heaviest rains in years killed dozens of people across both South Asian nations, officials have said.
Pixar’s Lightyear and the gay kissing scene that led to it being banned
Arab News says Disney and Pixar’s latest movie “Lightyear,” which was slated for a June 16 release, has been banned in the UAE — one of the most liberal countries in the Arab World — over content, including a same-sex intimate scene.
Unions have urged ministers to find a solution to the rail strike, according to The Independent.
Metro reports a scramble for the last train home tonight as the rail network goes into shutdown, with millions facing days of travel misery.
The government is facing growing anger over its refusal to join last-ditch talks to avert this week’s rail strikes, reports The Guardian.
Now teachers and nurses join pay fight – that’s the headline on the front page of the Daily Mirror.
Britain is in danger of grinding to a halt this summer as more professionals threaten to join the railway workers on strike, reports The Sun.
The Daily Express reports Grant Shapps has warned voters won’t forgive Labour’s failure to condemn the rail strikes that will bring the nation to a halt from tomorrow.
The Daily Mirror says a new Covid outbreak blighting China is believed to be the dreaded Omicron variant which ruined the Christmas and New Years celebrations of millions of Brits last year.
The Daily Mirror says Mystery surrounds the deaths of a man and woman whose bodies were found in a back garden.
The Daily Mirror says the warm summer weather is expected to continue this week, with the Met Office predicting clear skies and light winds for most of the UK – and scorching highs of up to 28C as the week progresses.
The Sun says MILLIONS of commuters have been caught up in travel chaos today as Brits are told to stay home.
The Sun says BRITAIN will grind to a halt this week as a three-day strike cripples the railways.
The Sun says EASYJET has warned that it will be cancelling even more flights this summer.
The Daily Express says PRINCE WILLIAM believes his uncle Prince Andrew should never have a part to play in the Royal Family again, it has been claimed.
The Daily Express says VLADIMIR PUTIN’S “very limited success” in Ukraine has been exposed as the Russian Air Force “underperforms”, according to the latest British military intelligence report.
The Metro says EasyJet has confirmed it will cut more flights this summer as transport chaos continues to disrupt plans for UK travellers.
The Metro says the family of Archie Battersbee are preparing to mount an appeal bid to keep him on life-support treatment after a judge ruled the youngster is dead.
The Metro says Elon Musk met with Twitter employees for the first time last week as the billionaire’s plan to acquire the platform rumbles on.
The Independent says Extreme heat blanketing Western Europe this weekend is likely to be only a “foretaste of future”, climate scientists and meteorologists have warned.
The Independent says Britain’s biggest budget airline has confirmed it will cull hundreds of flights this summer as it struggles with its promised schedule.
The Independent says Parts of the UK are set to swelter in a second heatwave within days as temperatures climb back to 28C later this week.
The Independent says Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement who has vowed profound social and economic change, won Colombia’s presidency on Sunday, the first progressive to do so in the country’s history.
The Guardian says Boris Johnson is engaging in “Putinesque” tactics by using the Northern Ireland protocol bill to cause a populist row with Brussels when the EU is willing to compromise, Peter Hain, a former Northern Ireland secretary, said on Sunday.
