The Guardian says Nadine Dorries, is pushing ahead with controversial plans to privatise Channel 4, with the government backing proposals to sell off the broadcaster after 40 years in public ownership.
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The Guardian says the west must not lift sanctions against Russia until all its troops have left Ukraine and Vladimir Putin is unable to mount such an offensive again, the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has said.
Tuesday’s front pages.
BBC News says the government has decided to go ahead with plans to privatise Channel 4 but the channel said it was “disappointing” that ministers had made their decision
Sky News says footballers and celebrities will no longer be allowed to appear on gambling and betting adverts under new rules introduced by the UK’s advertising regulator.
France24 says Moscow faced global revulsion and accusations of war crimes Monday after the Russian pullout from the outskirts of Kyiv revealed streets strewn with corpses.
Euronews says we must halve emissions by 2030 in order to avoid the worst effects of the climate crisis, says the latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Arab News says trade in the amphetamine-type stimulant captagon in the Middle East grew exponentially in 2021 to top $5 billion, posing an increasing health and security risk to the region, a report said.
Aljazeera says the sister of Kim Jong Un has threatened South Korea with nuclear retaliation if provoked after Seoul highlighted its supposed pre-emptive strike capabilities against the North.
TRT World says an Indian paramilitary soldier has been killed and another wounded in a rebel attack in India-administered Kashmir’s main city.
VOA says Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson advanced one step closer to serving on the U.S. Supreme Court with a key U.S. Senate committee Monday advancing her nomination for a full floor vote.
In this week’s In Conversation, journalist Yvonne Ridley discusses Scottish independence with Kevin McKenna ‘who speaks without favour or influence from any political party or politician.
The Sun – Coke shame MP in hospital
Daily Mirror – Putin’s latest atrocities: Genocide
Daily Express – Putin will pay for despicable war crimes
Daily Mirror says horrifying details are emerging of mass killings and civilians being slaughtered in the streets of Ukraine in previously Russian-occupied areas.
Daily Mirror says the NHS has added nine new official Covid symptoms, just as free lateral flow tests are axed.
Daily Express says LABOUR’s calls for the UK to start rationing energy have been shut down after critics argued that Britain needs to ramp up domestic production and boost renewable capacity instead.
The Daily Express says RICKY GERVAIS has passionately defended Chris Rock over the reaction to his joke which sparked the Will Smith slap controversy, and joked about his thoughts on the subject.
Daily Express says BORIS JOHNSON has refused to endorse Jacob Rees-Mogg’s claim that some Covid rules were “inhumane”.
The Sun says A VILLAGE mayor in Ukraine was kidnapped, executed and dumped in a forest pit along with her husband and son, reports claim.
The Sun says more Easter travel chaos as BA and easyJet cancel further flights and ferry delays see two-hour waits at Dover
The Sun says MORE snow is expected to fall in Britain later this week as temperatures plummet to -2C.
British travellers faced chaos on Monday morning as hundreds of easter flights are cancelled by EasyJet and British airways. More than 120 flights were cancelled this morning with more cancellations to follow as airlines are trying to cut costs by cancelling vacant flights. Additionally, further delays have been announced on the EuroTunnel at the same time, causing misery for travellers rushing away for the first time in 2 years for Easter. WTX News reporters drove…
The Guardian – ‘Horror in Bucha’ Russia accused of torture and massacre of civilians