France24 says the Taliban announced an interim government drawn exclusively from their own loyalist ranks, with established hardliners in all key posts and no women.
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Arab News says more than 700 people died in Yemen’s southern city of Aden in August following the third wave of coronavirus in the war-torn country.
Aljazeera says a fire tore through an overcrowded block in a jail in Indonesia’s western Banten province, killing at least 41 people and injuring dozens.
TRT World says putschists who seized power in Guinea at the weekend have pledged to release “political detainees” held under ex-president Alpha Conde.
TRT World says Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has approved legislation which limits social media companies from removing content or accounts.
The Guardian says Britney Spears’ father has filed an unexpected request to terminate the controversial conservatorship that has controlled the singer’s life for 13 years.
BBC News says MPs will vote later on whether to raise National Insurance to fund health and social care, a day after Boris Johnson announced the manifesto-breaking move.
Rapper Bugzy Malone punched two strangers and broke their jaws, whilst defending himself to a suspected burglary. As it transpired he wrongly believed they intruded and attacked his home, a court has heard. The incident happened on 9 September 2018 near the World Black Pudding Throwing Championships in Ramsbottom, near Bury. The 30-year-old, appearing in court under his real name Aaron Davies, acted in “retribution”, jurors were told. Mr Davies denies two counts of inflicting grievous bodily harm. What happened to Bugzy Malone? Manchester Crown Court heard a teenage girl and her friends, who were all fans of the grime…
The Sun takes the gambling metaphor further with a picture of Boris Johnson rolling some dice. It uses the headline “BoJo’s biggest gamble”.
The Daily Mirror goes with the headline “Careless” as it says that struggling workers will be the hardest hit by the funding plan. Critics say it falls “far short of what’s needed”.
The Daily Mail calls on the prime minister to “make the care worth the cost”. It says the good news is that after “years of neglect” there is a plan for the social care crisis.
Saudi Arabia will end restrictions on travel to and from the UAE, South Africa and Argentina on Wednesday morning. The travel ban was originally imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19, amid a surge in cases of the delta variant of the coronavirus. Saudi Arabia lifts travel ban in light of changes in the epidemiological situation both locally and globally, and based on submissions by the relevant health authorities, the Saudi Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia lifts travel ban A spokesman from the Saudi Health Ministiry said the situation was being constantly evaluated, and stressed the importance of…
The Miami Herald says police are searching for one of the residents of a Miami home after finding another resident’s bloody, dead body around 5 a.m. Sunday.
IBTimes says a 10-year-old Texan girl is being hailed as a hero after she saved her grandmother who was allegedly set on fire by her abusive ex-boyfriend.
IndiaTV says Spanish Netflix series Money Heist has been ruling the popularity charts ever since the release of its fifth season
NPR says French film star Jean-Paul Belmondo, whose breakout role in the New Wave classic Breathless won him international fame, has died at age 88.
Daily Mail says the majority of trolls who sent vile racist abuse to Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho on social media were not England fans and live abroad
Daily Mail says Katie Price’s fiance Carl Woods has denied hitting her in a passionate Instagram post today – two weeks after she was allegedly assaulted by a man at the house she was staying at in Essex.
Daily Mail says the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been given a “higher role” in the royal family due to their popularity, a royal author has claimed.
Daily Mirror says the 9/11 attacks silenced the father of Allison Lee just two days before her birth but nearly 20 years on she has managed to hear how he sounded
The Daily Express says the Prime Minister announced a new “health and social care levy” to tackle the social care crisis ignored by successive governments for years.
The Daily Mirror says a Deliveroo driver has been sacked after swiping a disabled customer’s weekly shop
The Daily Mail says more than 50 Britons have been infected with the ‘Mu’ Covid variant
The Daily Mail says Big Brother star Becki Seddiki has revealed she is battling Leukemia.
The Daily Mirror says this week’s ‘heatwave’ bringing scorching highs of just 30C will soon be a mere memory for most of the UK as the wet weather returns with a vengeance.