The Metro says Rishi Sunak has heaped pressure on Boris Johnson to apologise for aiming a discredited slur at the Labour leader.
Author: WTX News Editor
Friday’s front pages.
BBC News says Four senior aides to Boris Johnson have resigned from Downing Street within hours of each other amid growing pressure on the prime minister.
The Guardian says Rishi Sunak has warned households suffering from Britain’s worsening cost of living crisis to brace themselves for further increases in energy costs later this year.
France24 says a Winter Olympics overshadowed by rights concerns and taking place inside a strict Covid-secure bubble will officially begin in Beijing on Friday with its opening ceremony.
Euronews says Italian President Sergio Mattarella has been sworn into office to serve a second 7-year term. He agreed to remain as head of state after the parties failed to agree on a successor.
Arab News says Joe Biden said on Thursday a global “terrorist threat” was removed when the head of the Daesh group blew himself up after US special forces swooped in on his Syrian hideout.
VOA says the U.S National Weather Service says a massive winter storm is stretching more than 3,200 kilometers from southwestern Texas to Maine bringing ice, snow and freezing temperatures.
BBC Sport says Gabaski was the hero, saving two penalties as Egypt edged past hosts Cameroon in a penalty shootout after a goalless draw to set up an Africa Cup of Nations final against Senegal.
What’s fuelling misogyny in elite men’s football and will the Mason Greenwood case be a watershed moment? Inside the murky world of the modern dressing room.
VOA says the police chief of Canada’s capital said Wednesday there is likely no policing solution to end a protest against vaccine mandates.
BBC News says Millions of people facing a spike in energy costs will find out shortly how much more they will have to pay.
Euronews says The Northern Irish Minister of Agriculture ordered his services to stop post-Brexit controls on foodstuffs at midnight.
TRT World says Turkish authorities have recovered 12 bodies believed to be those of asylum seekers who were pushed back by Greece.
The Sun – The Holy Grale
Daily Mirror – D-Day on prices agony
Daily Express – PM warning to Putin: A tragic gamble
The Guardian – Pressure on PM as more Tory MPs call for him to go
Metro – Boris gives Putin a buzz
The Independent – Pressure rises on PM as Tories urge him to quit
The Guardian says The US decision to deploy more than 3,000 US troops in Germany, Poland and Romania is a “destructive step” .
The Independent says Spotify says it expects to welcome three million new premium subscribers in the first financial quarter of 2022.
The Metro says a 23-year-old man has been charged with murdering his Canadian girlfriend who was on a ‘trip of a lifetime’ to the UK.
The Guardian says a 22-year partnership between US and Australian researchers to identify James Cook’s ship the Endeavour has descended into a row.
The Independent says Russia has said it will hold diplomatic talks with anyone – even the “utterly confused”.