VOA says the Tokyo Olympics have officially come to an end. During closing ceremonies, IOC President Thomas Bach declared the Games closed. The next Summer Games will be held in Paris in 2024.
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Arab News says Tunisia on Sunday launched a Covid-19 vaccination drive for the over-40s, after receiving more than six million doses from abroad to combat surging infections.
France24 says the Taliban tightened the noose around northern Afghanistan, capturing 3 more provincial capitals as they take their fight to the cities after seizing much of the countryside.
BBC News says the world’s largest ever report into climate change will be published later, setting out the stark reality of the state of the planet. Scientists say it will likely be bad news.
The Daily Mirror reports that nearly £100,000 was spent on two artworks for the walls of No 10. There is “fury” at the purchases, which were bought through the Government Art Collection fund.
The Metro dedicates its front page to cyclist Jason Kenny, who became Britain’s most successful ever Olympian after winning his seventh gold medal.
Great Britain’s success at the Olympics makes the front of the Sun, after the Tokyo games ended on Sunday. It marks “the greatest achievement in British Olympic history,” said Mark England.
The Sun says RAGING Boris Johnson threatened to demote Rishi Sunak as tensions between the two spilled into the open, it was revealed.
Evening Standard says you can tell it’s summer recess when certain stories take off and run for days. This week’s? Sunak versus Johnson.
Daily Mail says the PM believes Mr Sunak was guilty of ‘a failure of political judgment’ in a letter to him complaining about the UK’s travel rules.
The i says Rishi Sunak’s allies have leapt to his defence amid rumours the Prime Minister considered demoting him.
Jason Kenny has become Britain’s most decorated Olympian after winning gold in the men’s keirin at Tokyo 2020, a victory that has put on hold talk of an end to his glittering career on the track.
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The Sunday papers lead with the climate crisis and pleas to cut travel test costs to save summer, the papers cover the relationship between prime minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak after reports the PM plans to demote the chancellor at the next cabinet reshuffle.
BBC News says Jennifer Aniston has expanded on why she has cut off some of her friends who have refused to be vaccinated.
Police have arrested 11 people over online racial abuse aimed at several England players following the loss against Italy at the Euro 2020 final.
The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows infection rates have fallen in all the home nations apart from Northern Ireland.
CNN has fired 3 employees for going into an office without having been vaccinated. It is one of the first examples of a US firm firing staff for breaching rules.
On Thursday evening the internet descended into meltdown as Lionel Messi, arguably the greatest player to ever play the game, announced he would not be signing a new deal with Barcelona.
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The Guardian says Barcelona have announced that Lionel Messi is leaving the club after “financial and structural obstacles” made it impossible to renew his contract.
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The Times says British holidaymakers have told of the moment they discovered they would have to scramble to get home from Mexico almost immediately after touching down.
The Guardian says last November, after Belgium had beaten England 2-0 in the Nations League, Pep Guardiola messaged Kevin De Bruyne to ask what he had made of Jack Grealish.
The i says a Danish parish priest has been jailed for 15 years for murdering his wife by smashing her head with a stone and then dissolving her body in acid.