Total rail shutdown – that’s the headline on the front page of the Metro, the paper leads with a three-day strike this month.
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Can’t someone sort this out – that’s the Daily Mirror’s front splash which leads with “airport hell continues”.
Boris tax blitz to silence rebels – that’s the headline of the Daily Express which reports on the fallout from Monday’s vote.
The back garden is nice this time of year, Bob – that’s the headline of The Sun – which leads with transport chaos.
Many of Wednesday’s newspapers lead with the continued fallout from Monday’s confidence vote in Boris Johnson’s leadership.
BBC News says Rail firms and a major union have both said they want to negotiate to try to avoid strikes that could cause major disruption in June.
Sky News says Boris Johnson has sought to draw a line under a bruising confidence vote by urging Cabinet ministers to focus on tax cutting and levelling up.
Euronews says bars and restaurants in Spain could be forced to offer customers free “doggy bags” as part of a new draft law aimed at reducing food waste.
France24 says a fatal police shooting in Paris has thrust the issue of violence by security forces to the heart of an increasingly close French parliamentary election battle between a new left-wing coalition and allies of centrist President Emmanuel Macron.
Arab News says Israel’s occupation and discrimination against Palestinians are the main causes of “persistent cycles of violence,” a UN report said on Tuesday.
Aljazeera says Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey has appeared at the White House to call on Congress to “reach a higher ground” and pass gun control legislation.
Italy seizes over four tons of cocaine with a street value of €200 million in Trieste. Italian authorities say they have confiscated 4.3 tons of cocaine with a street value of more than €200 million. The drugs were seized in the Italian port city of Trieste. Along with the drug, agents also seized €1.8 million in cash as well as some vehicles allegedly used for trafficking, including a big-rig truck. Italy seizes over four tons…
Harry and Meghan share picture of Lilibet to mark birthday – the 1-year-old celebrated her day at the family’s UK home in Windsor.
Daily Mirror says A British tourist was raped on holiday in India in front of her partner, local media has reported.
Daily Mirror says a Tory MP last night accused the BBC of making Boris Johnson “look like Hannibal Lecter” in an extraordinary spat.
Daily Mirror says Tories lined up today to demand Boris Johnson “get out” after just 59% of his MPs voted confidence in him – a worse result than Theresa May.
Daily Express says EUROPEAN COMMISSION President Ursula von der Leyen has faced backlash from within the EU after proposing a green plan to tax millions of Europeans for heating and transportation.
Daily Express says BORIS JOHNSON has vowed to slash taxes in a bid to claw back support after narrowly seeing off a confidence vote last night.
Daily Express says PRESIDENT BIDEN has suffered a blow ahead of his Summit of the Americas as one of the largest migrant caravans heads towards the US-Mexico border.
The Sun says BORIS Johnson today attempts to shrug off last night’s bruising confidence vote by vowing to crack on with the day job.
The Sun says A BRITISH tourist has allegedly been raped in front of her boyfriend while in the popular Indian holiday destination of Goa.
The Metro says Theresa May cast her ballot in Boris Johnson’s confidence vote while wearing a ballgown, according to reports.
The Metro says the trial for the two former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death has been delayed until next year by a judge.
The Guardian says Israel’s government suffered a defeat at the hands of the opposition on Monday when it voted down a push to uphold Israeli law in settlements on the occupied West Bank, posing a challenge for the ruling coalition.
The Guardian says a US federal judge has rejected Kevin Spacey’s bid to dismiss a civil lawsuit in which a fellow actor, Anthony Rapp, accused the Oscar winner of making an unwanted sexual advance during a party at Spacey’s Manhattan home in 1986, when Rapp was 14.