BBC News says Face coverings have become mandatory again on public transport and shops in England in an effort to slow the spread of the Omicron.
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The Guardian says Ministers are targeting a return to half a million UK Covid jabs a day as the waiting time for boosters was cut to three months.
The Independent says ‘Slavery was an atrocity,’ Prince Charles says during the ceremony marking Barbados’ historic transition to a republic.
Aljazeera says France is sending additional security forces to the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe as leaders to try to defuse days of unrest over restrictions.
France24 says Ghislaine Maxwell portrayed as both predator and scapegoat in opening arguments at trial.
Arab News says Demonstrators blocked roads across parts of Lebanon on Monday in protest at the country’s economic meltdown.
BBC News says Paris St-Germain and Argentina forward Lionel Messi won the Ballon d’Or – awarded to the best footballer of the year – for a record seventh time.
The UK vaccine booster scheme could be widened to combat the Omicron variant, The Guardian reports.
The Metro says the government has urged people to mask-up to help protect against COVID, amid fears the Omicron variant could spread.
The Independent says ‘It’s going to be a great Christmas,’ Sajid Javid predicts – despite the return of some rules.
Prince Charles has reportedly drafted in lawyers over allegations he is the royal racist referenced by Harry and Meghan, says the Sun.
Vaccine makers and scientists are confident the Omicron variant can be combated, the Daily Express reports.
Ministers are fighting to save Christmas after a third case of the Omicron variant was detected in the UK, according to the Daily Mirror.
The Guardian says Matthew McConaughey will not run for Texas governor, removing one potential obstacle from the path of Beto O’Rourke.
The Independent says Tourist stunned after being seated next to Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian on their breakfast ‘date’.
The Metro says Malala Yousafzai has celebrated graduating from Oxford University, nine years after Taliban gunmen tried to kill her.
The Sun says Lateche Norris, 20, mysteriously vanished after arguing with boyfriend as mom says she’s ‘as important as Gabby Petito’.
The Daily Express says JONATHAN VAN-TAM is to lead a televised coronavirus briefing this afternoon.
The Daily Mirror says Manchester United have officially confirmed Ralf Rangnick as the club’s new interim manager for the remainder of the season.
The Daily Mirror says The UK has recorded more than 37,000 Covid infections amid fears over the ‘Nu’ variant which has now reached Europe.
The Metro says Elliot Page gave his Instagram followers something to stop scrolling for with his latest shirtless selfie.
Ghislaine Maxwell’s child sex trafficking trial starts today in New York.
She is accused of sex trafficking several victims for disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The papers and online news sites are reporting heavily on what has been dubbed ‘the trial of the century’. The papers have a fairly mixed reporting on Maxwell for the severity of accusations against her. Some of the papers have a more sympathetic tone and suggest she was a pawn in Jeffery Epstein’s game whilst others have already deemed her guilty.
The Sun isn’t mixing its words, with its headline stating the ways she could “escape justice”.
The Guardian runs an interview with Maxwell’s brother who suggests the trial is ‘over-hyped’.
The Independent’s headline reports Maxwell could ‘face decades in jail’ whilst the Daily Express suggests Maxwell will take to the stand to ‘save her life’.
The Daily Express says GHISLAINE Maxwell says she is ready to take the stand in her child sex trial which starts in New York, USA today.
The Guardian says Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking trial is ‘over-hyped’ says her brother who called it “most over-hyped trial of the century”.
The Sun says Ghislaine Maxwell is due to face 4 alleged victims in the dock tomorrow as her sex-trafficking trial gets underway.