The Sun leads on how Boris Johnson is urging wavering Britons to get their COVID booster – as “anti-vax” tennis ace Novak Djokovic won a ruling to stay in Australia.
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The Independent reports the prime minister was in attendance at the bring-your-own booze No 10 lockdown party.
The Daily Mirror leads on Boris Johnson’s private secretary inviting 100 staff to a “bring your own booze” garden party at No 10 during lockdown last year.
The Daily Express demands Boris Johnson ends the so-called “partygate” farce as pressure on the PM intensifies.
Tuesday’s front pages are dominated by the leaked email from a Downing Street official inviting dozens of staff for ‘drinks’ at the Number 10 garden during the first lockdown.
BBC News says as many as 100 people were invited to a “bring-your-own-booze” drinks event in the Downing Street garden during the first lockdown.
The Metro says Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick, 47, has been charged with nine more offences, including six counts of rape.
The Guardian says David Sassoli, the president of the European parliament, has died at the age of 65, his spokesman has said.
Arab News says The United States reported 1.35 million new coronavirus infections on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, the highest daily total for any country in the world.
TRT World says In a medical first, doctors in United States have transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life, apparently he’s doing fine three days on.
Aljazeera says North Korea fired what may have been a ballistic missile on Tuesday morning, Japan and South Korea said, less than a week after Pyongyang tested what it said was a hypersonic weapon.
Police in Los Angeles, California, pulled the pilot from a crash-landed Cessna seconds before the Plane hit by train on Sunday, sending debris flying in all directions.
Ten people have died after a cliff collapses onto tourist boats on a lake in Brazil, according to police officials said.
The ongoing Novak Djokovic visa row continues to dominate the news – with the public firmly split on whether the No 1 tennis star should be deported.
The papers reflect the uncertainty of Djokovic’s situation – with some headlines looking at whether he will still end up being deported, if he’ll be banned from the French Open – admit France’s crackdown on anti-vaxxers and where he stands with Wimbledon.
The tabloids highlight the absurdity of pseudo-medical therapy, whilst most papers are running stories from fellow tennis players with a pro-vaccine stance. The general tone from the tennis community is that he should be vaccinated to play at the Australian Open and that he’s created a circus of it all.
There’s also a political spin to some stories – a few papers are questioning Nigel Farge and the right-wing’s sudden interest in Novak Djokovic.
The Independent says Farage will try and spin the story differently but this, really, is the extent of it: he has attached himself to a bandwagon and been rewarded with a quick peek inside.
The Daily Mail says I was given the same pseudo-medical therapy as Djokovic, writes DOMINIC LAWSON, and while I’ve not won 20 Grand Slams, I know a stunt when I see it.
The Sun says TRAPPED and humiliated inside a dingy refugee detention hotel, Novak Djokovic is paying the price for his anti-vax stance.
The Daily Express says Novak Djokovic could be deported from Australia on Monday if the courts rule against him and the Serbian’s season may be about to take another turn for the worse.
Novak Djokovic detained again in Australia after the Judge ruling, as Australian ministers look to overturn the Judge’s ruling.
The Metro says Omicron may have peaked with new cases falling for five days in a row.
The Independent leads with an exclusive interview from one of Britain’s most senior counterterror police officers.
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Senior Conservatives are warning the prime minister to take immediate action to solve the cost of living crisis, writes the Daily Express.
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