Breaking News- #England have scrapped the idea of having a vaccine passport – Uk Health Secretary Sajid Javid #vaccinepassports
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The Sunday papers report on the mass vaccination programme for kids aged 12-15 is set to start in schools in two weeks. Also leading the front pages is the news the PM is set to scrap Covid travel rules, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks is widely covered, and the incredible US Open win from British teenager Emma Raducanu.
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has named businessman Aziz Akhannouch to lead a new government after his liberal RNI (The National Rally of Independents) party thrashed the long-ruling Islamists in parliamentary elections. The king appointed Akhannouch “head of the government and tasked him with forming a new government”, following Wednesday’s polls, a statement from the palace said on Friday. The RNI won 102 of parliament’s 395 seats, defeating the moderate PJD Islamists, which had headed the governing coalition for a decade but took just 13 seats, according to results released by the interior ministry. https://twitter.com/DavidTFischer/status/1436072344980791296 Morocco’s King expects changes A recent overhaul of…
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