A variety of stories lead Monday’s newspapers.
Author: WTX News Editor
TRT World says the United States Department of Justice will conduct an independent review of the police response to the recent mass shooting at a Texas elementary school.
Aljazeera says Nepal’s army has located the wreckage of a plane that crashed with 22 people on board. Narayan Silwan said on Monday that “search and rescue troops have physically located the plane crash site.”
Arab News says Saudi Arabia reported 530 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Health. As a result, the total number of cases in the Kingdom over the course of the pandemic grew to 766,726.
France24 says Torrential rains in northeastern Brazil have left at least 79 people dead and dozens missing, civil defense officials said Sunday, as rescuers capitalised on a lull in downpours to search for survivors.
Euronews says Hundreds of Lithuanians have chipped in together to buy an advanced military drone for Ukraine in its war against Russia in a show of solidarity with a fellow former Soviet Union country.
Sky News says Ministers have been warned of potential power cuts to as many as six million households this winter, according to reports.
A variety of stories lead the Sunday papers, with Jubilee preparations and royal news being a popular lead for the tabloids whilst most broadsheets are leading with a political splash.
EasyJet to cancel 200 flights from Gatwick airport. EasyJet is to cancel more than 200 flights over the next 10 days, causing disruption for families heading abroad on half-term holidays. The airline said about 24 flights a day from London’s Gatwick airport would be cancelled between 28 May and 6 June. It said the cancellations were necessary “to provide reliable services over this busy period”. Flight cancellations impact half-term holidays On Thursday a software failure forced…
Protesters gather outside NRA convention. A huge and passionate group of protesters angered over the shooting deaths of Texas elementary school students converged Friday outside the gun lobby annual convention in Houston. The protesters held crosses with photos of shooting victims and shouted, “NRA go away,” and “Shame, it could be your kids today,” as hundreds of members of the nation’s biggest gun lobby arrived at the conventional hall. https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1530246463468412929?s=20&t=2IonnXcd-RbGoTUWMtU-GQ Protesters gather outside NRA convention National…
NRA supporters push back in the wake of the Texas shooting massacre. Donald Trump said ‘the various gun control policies made by the left would have done nothing to prevent such attacks.’ ‘Evil’ like Texas massacre a reason to arm, not disarm: Trump. Suggesting that we should arm our teachers and students to defend themselves. Former US President Donald Trump rejected calls for tightened gun controls Friday following the Texas school massacre, saying decent Americans…
In a scathing report headed by The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, MPs have strongly criticised the UK’s withdrawal from Afghanistan last year, labelling it as a ‘disaster’.
Gov. Abbott cancels appearance at NRA convention for fears of public backlash. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott — who was scheduled to speak Friday on the first day of the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting — is cancelling his in-person appearance to attend a press conference on the school shooting in Uvalde. Abbott will speak to the convention instead “through prerecorded video,” spokesman Mark Miner told US News Thursday. Gov. Abbott cancels appearance at NRA The NRA event takes…
Texas school shooting – the Husband of killed teacher dies of grief. His heart simply couldn’t take it anymore. The husband of Mrs Garcia, one of the teachers slain in Tuesday’s mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has died of a heart attack. Joe Garcia was the husband of Irma Garcia, who taught for 23 years at Robb Elementary School. Mrs Garcia was one of two teachers killed by a teenage gunman in the shooting that…
‘Failure of leadership’ is how the i leads with the findings from the Sue Gray report which was released yesterday.
“Drinking, fights, vomiting: All in a day’s work, says PM” – that’s the Guardian’s take on the Sue gray report.
Boris Johnson has insisted he is “moving on” from Partygate despite “sickening revelations of drunken behaviour inside Number 10”, the Metro reports.
A Mercedes SUV driver jailed in Stockport, Greater Manchester, for 5 years after killing a woman while using his phone whilst driving. Mohammed Javadpour, 53, has been jailed for five years following Elaine Goodwin’s death. After failing to cover his tracks by trying to remove his phone from the scene of the accident. Javedpour who killed a woman after ploughing head on into her car while using his phone whilst driving then tried to blame…
“Partygate official report: Laughing at us all” reads the headline of the Daily Mirror which gives a damning verdict on Sue Gray’s report.
Really… Is this what all the fuss is about? is the front page of the Daily Express which reports Partygate wasn’t a big deal.
The Party(gate) is over is the headline of the Sun – the paper wants readers to know they don’t think its a big deal and its time to move on.
The Guardian says The Texas gunman who shot and killed 19 children and two teachers was inside the school for about 40 minutes before being killed by Border Control agents.
The Independent sats Warnings from relatives of Star Hobson were recorded as “malicious” by social services months before she was murdered by her mother’s partner, a government review has found.
The Independent says Several major cities in Pakistan have become battlegrounds as supporters of ousted prime minister Imran Khan march toward Islamabad.
The Metro says The mother of Texas elementary school shooter Salvador Ramos has claimed that he was not violent and that she was shocked he opened fire and killed 21 people.