TRT World says BIDEN has called on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for 3 months — an election-year move meant to ease financial pressures.
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BBC News says Eight medical personnel are to stand trial accused of criminal negligence in the death of legendary Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona.
Afghanistan earthquake latest as more than 1500 feared dead as the Taliban emergency services race against time to find more survivors. Afghanistan and Pakistan were rocked by their deadliest earthquake in decades on Wednesday when a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck the country’s east, killing around 1,500 people and wounding hundreds more, according to reports from the ground in Afghanistan. Afghanistan earthquake latest The humanitarian disaster comes at a difficult time for the Taliban-ruled country, currently…
PMQs Live – Did you consider hiring Carrie? Labour asks PM and Starmer grills Johnson on what he’s doing about strikes.
The PM will face Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer for this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions – the first questioning since the UK’s biggest strikes in 30 years started.
PM accused of ‘race to the bottom’ on pay deals – that’s the Independent’s headline.
A double-digit pension rise is on the cards for pensioners, according to the Metro.
Tory bill accused of fatally weakening human rights – that’s the headline on the front page of the Guardian.
Cost of living strike: Level up – that’s the Daily Mirror’s take on the industrial action.
Class war – school kids to suffer next – that’s the headline on today’s front page of The Sun..
Hatred of Boris … Is this what it’s all about? – that’s the Daily Express headline on today’s front page.
The Independent says SRI LANKA’S ECONOMY has “completely collapsed”, leaving it unable to buy imported fuel, the country’s prime minister has said.
The Independent says BREXIT will damage Britain’s competitiveness, hit productivity and dampen workers’ wages for the rest of the decade, according to a damning new study.
The Metro says STRIKE crisis talks will resume this morning while disruption continues across the network.
The Metro says AN ENTIRE British Airways crew is having to isolate for three weeks after one of them tested positive for monkeypox in Singapore.
The Metro says PRINCE ANDREW could be stripped of his title under a proposed law, which would have ‘wider implications’ for scandal-hit politicians.
The Guardian says BRITAIN’S cost of living crisis is being made worse by Brexit dragging down the country’s growth potential and costing workers hundreds of pounds a year in lost pay, new research claims.
The Guardian says A 6.1 MAGNITUDE earthquake has struck south-east Afghanistan killing at least 255 people, according to the country’s official news agency.
The Guardian says THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in Texas where a gunman killed 19 children and two adults will be demolished, according to the local mayor.
The Metro says A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman and five-year-old child – believed to be her son – were found stabbed to death in north London.
The Independent says DOMINIC RAAB has hit back at criticism that replacing the Human Rights Act is “racist” and sets up a fresh Brexit clash, as he publishes the controversial legislation.
The Guardian says DOWNING STREET will tomorrow set out sweeping plans to override the power of Europe’s human rights court just days after a judge in Strasbourg blocked the deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda.
The Sun says BRITAIN will tear up “perverse” Euro laws that have been entrenched into UK courts in a new Bill of Rights, Dominic Raab says today.
Most of Wednesday’s front pages feature an image of empty rail stations as strikes begin.
BBC News says TRAIN services in Britain will continue to be disrupted on Wednesday as talks resume in a bid to resolve a dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.