France24 says Vladimir Putin announced Thursday that all EU purchases of Russian gas must be made in roubles starting April 1 – a demand rejected by France and Germany.
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Euronews says at least 25 migrants are feared to have died at sea during an attempted sea crossing near Spain’s Canary Islands. Police said that several migrants were “thrown overboard”
Rolling Stone says Harry Styles has dropped his hotly anticipated new song “As It Was.” It’s the lead single and video from his upcoming third album, Harry’s House, due May 20.
Mothers were blamed for their babies’ deaths while issues with care went ignored for decades, according to The Independent.
A Conservative backbencher has come out as Britain’s first openly transgender MP and revealed how he was raped and blackmailed, reports the Metro.
The Guardian reports the police are examining the biggest maternity scandal in NHS history after a damning report into baby deaths.
Leading the Daily Express is the news grieving families of 201 babies lost in the worst NHS maternity scandal in history have promised to hold those responsible to account.
The Guardian says Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has told the Australian parliament that his country is “undefeatable” against Russia as long as it can count on the support of the global community.
The Metro says the UK economy grew at a faster pace than first thought in the final three months of 2021 despite the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, according to official figures.
The Metro says Trump likened the US to a third world country, claiming that grocery stores do not have bread and other shops are not stocked amid supply chain shortages under his successor Joe Biden.
The Metro says Russian troops withdrawn from the Chernobyl nuclear power site are being rushed across the border to a special medical facility in Belarus with ‘acute radiation sickness’, it has been claimed.
The Metro says winter has reared its head in Britain where some people have woken up to a thick blanket of snow.
The Guardian says New Zealand’s glaciers are becoming “smaller and more skeletal” due to the effects of climate change and scientists predict many could disappear within a decade.
The Guardian says two people were killed after a gunman opened fire in a McDonald’s restaurant in the northern Dutch city of Zwolle, according to police and local media.
The Guardian says UK house prices grew at the fastest annual pace since 2004 in March, continuing the ascent to new record levels – a fifth higher than at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Independent says The Ukrainian refugee crisis will start to cost Ireland from 2023, the Taoiseach has said.
The Independent says Parts of Scotland and northern England have been hit by heavy snow, as a new “wintry” weather front saw temperatures plummet as low as -6C overnight.
The Independent says an eighth Russian colonel has reportedly been killed in Ukraine as Vladimir Putin’s troops continue to be hit by major setbacks more than a month into the war.
The Guardian says Bruce Willis, the actor best known for his work on the Die Hard films, is to retire from the industry after being diagnosed with aphasia.
Thursday’s front pages.
BBC News says Labour will be on the side of voters, Keir Starmer will say, as he launches the party’s local election campaign.
France24 says Spanish supermarkets can legally ration consumer purchases of certain products under a new provision published Wednesday in the state’s official bulletin.
Arab News says Vladimir Putin’s advisers fear telling him the truth about his “failing” Ukraine war strategy, the head of Britain’s top communications spying agency said Thursday.
Aljazeera says Sri Lanka has announced nationwide 13-hour daily power cuts from Thursday and more hospitals suspended routine surgeries after running out of life-saving medicines.
That’s the end of this week’s PMQs – the last one before Easter. Read through and follow along with the text here. Or catch up and watch on Youtube https://twitter.com/PoliticsJOE_UK/status/1509128387725516804 Labour’s Matt Western asks about the cost of living crunch and says it must be hard for PM to keep up with financial reality given that donors and friends pay for his flights and holidays”. And adds the chancellor is so out of touch ‘he…