The Guardian says Thomas Tuchel will fine Romelu Lukaku despite accepting the striker’s apology for a controversial interview.
Author: WTX News
The Independent says Australian Open organisers insist world number one Novak Djokovic has not benefited from “special favour” after being granted a medical exemption from being vaccinated against Covid-19.
The Metro says Liverpool have requested for their Carabao Cup semi-final clash with Arsenal on Thursday to be postponed due to rising Covid cases.
The Guardian says India is in the midst of a Covid third wave, as the spread of Omicron has led to a doubling of cases in recent days.
The Independent says former President Donald Trump calls off Jan 6 anniversary speech in Mar-a-Lago after Hannity texts revealed.
The Metro says the January 6 committee asks Fox News host Sean Hannity to cooperate in investigation involving Donald Trump.
The Guardian says the Mail on Sunday will pay Meghan Markle just £1 in damages for invading her privacy.
The Independent says Sir David Attenborough was left injured after being stabbed by a cactus with needles like “glass” while on the set of his new documentary.
The Metro says Dozens of people have risked their lives in treacherous waters to reach the UK’s shores.
The Guardian says Care operators are facing acute staffing shortages caused by Omicron with more than 90 declaring a “red” alert.
The Independent says Four men and a teenager have gone on trial accused of murdering a 26-year-old father and robbing him of his Gucci bag.
The Metro says Peterborough has finally been knocked off the top spot of an unofficial list of the UK’s worst places to live.
The Polish president is under increasing pressure to step in and oppose the new ‘controversial’ Polish media bill.
Wednesday’s front pages cover Boris Johnson’s comment that England can “ride out” Omicron and sticking to Plan B.
BBC News says Travel industry groups have called for all remaining Covid restrictions on travellers to be removed in the latest government review.
France24 says France’s Emmanuel Macron said he wanted to “piss off” the non-vaccinated, in a slangy, cutting remark that prompted howls of condemnation from rivals.
Aljazeera says Emma Watson has expressed solidarity with Palestinians in a new post, eliciting support from pro-Palestine users but also drawing criticism from Israeli officials.
Arab News says The Lebanese pound on Tuesday crossed the symbolic threshold of 30,000 to the dollar on the black market in a new record low.
TRT World says Donald Trump has cancelled a press conference he had planned to hold in Florida on the anniversary of the January 6 attack on the Capitol by his supporters.
VOA says Joe Biden warned there’s “going to be a continued rise in cases” and that the “coming weeks are going to be challenging” because of omicron.
BBC News says Tottenham manager Antonio Conte says Harry Kane is “totally involved” in his project at the club after it appeared the striker would leave last summer.
Polish Police have arrested a convicted murderer who had been on the run for 20 years because he was not wearing a face mask. Warsaw police said they had detained the 45-year-old fugitive at a shop northeast of the capital. Polish Police catch murderer for no face mask “The man was stopped by police in the Bielany district because he did not have a mask,” sub-inspector Elwira Kozlowska told news outlets on Tuesday. It was a lucky capture for the police, who could not believe their luck, during the processing of the prisoner the true identity of the man came…
Witnesses making their way back home from visiting the Yorkshire Dales National park, have been stopped and turned back due to a ‘major incident confirmed by police’.
Prince Andrew’s lawyers will argue in a US court later today that the civil sexual assault lawsuit against the Duke should be dismissed.
Andrew is being sued by Virginia Giuffre for allegedly sexually assaulting her 20 years ago – when she was a teenager.
A sealed document made public on Monday showed convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein paid her $500,000 to end her claim against him – and agree not to sue any other “potential defendant”.
While the settlement with Epstein does not mention the prince by name, his lawyers say the deal means she cannot sue him.
Prince Andrew has consistently denied the allegations.
The newspaper coverage of the lawsuit range from wanting to see the prince face the consequences and not allowing Virginia Giuffre to be ‘silenced’. Others downplay the allegations against him, while some publications look ahead to what the prince is up against if the case isn’t thrown out today.
The Times says a lawyer representing victims of Jeffrey Epstein has said Prince Andrew has a “mountain to climb” to persuade a New York judge to dismiss the sexual assault case against him.