Author: WTX News

VOA says U.S. authorities identified the Pentagon police officer stabbed to death at a transit station outside the building the day before and were digging into the background of the attacker.

TRT World says President Jair Bolsonaro should be investigated for unproven claims that Brazil’s electronic voting system is riddled with fraud.

Aljazeera says the World Health Organization is calling for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until at least the end of September.

Arab News says the UN was urged on Wednesday to take action against Tehran after two Iranian attacks on shipping in the Gulf in less than a week.

France24 says Turkey is battling the worst wildfires in its history, President Erdogan said, as fires spread to a power station in the country’s southwest after reducing swathes of coastal forest to ashes.

BBC News says fully-vaccinated passengers returning to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland from France will no longer need to quarantine after Sunday.

Metro’s main picture features Sky Brown after the 13-year-old became the youngest Briton in history to secure an Olympic medal by taking bronze in the women’s park skateboarding at Tokyo 2020.

The Daily Express reports “summer is saved”. A late dash for summer sun is expected after the decision to ease the rules was finally made, it adds. The front splash features a picture of Meghan Makle.

The Daily Mirror highlights the removal of France from the amber-plus list, meaning double-jabbed Britons will be able to return from holidays there after Sunday without having to quarantine.

BBC Sport says Inter Milan say Christian Eriksen is in “excellent mental and physical shape” after his first visit to their training ground since his cardiac arrest. Eriksen is continuing his recovery.

The UK has recorded another 29,312 Covid cases and 119 more deaths in the latest 24-hour period.  This compares with 21,691 Covid cases and 138 deaths reported yesterday. 

The questionable Marble Arch Mound which opened last week to much disappointment has now been made free for all visitors as Labour councillors call for an investigation. 

The UK’s vaccine experts have recommended children aged 16 and 17 in the UK should be offered a first dose of the Covid vaccine, advise on a second jab will be given at a later date.

The Mirror says the Queen has joined the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to wish Meghan Markle a happy birthday as the Duchess turns 40 today.

The Independent says the Duchess of Sussex celebrates her 40th birthday today, almost two months after having given birth to her second child, Lilibet, a sister for two-year-old Archie.

The Daily Express says the Duchess of Sussex is the first of the so-called Fab Four ‒ her, Prince Harry, Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge ‒ to hit 40.

The Telegraph says as an avid fan of Maya Angelou, the Duchess of Sussex will probably be familiar with the American poet and civil rights activist’s thoughts on turning 40.

The Times says a Belarusian Olympic athlete who escaped efforts to fly her back home after she publicly criticised her coaches has left Japan for Vienna, after changing her flight to Warsaw at the last minute.

The Guardian says an unbeatable leader in times of crisis, New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s soaring popularity has teetered on the country’s slow road to vaccination.

The i says scientists have launched a study into whether long Covid is caused by the reactivation of dormant viruses such as those behind glandular fever, cold sores and chickenpox.

The i says to see where Harry Kane’s tactics to push through a transfer away from Tottenham Hotspur are headed, one only has to look at what happened with Luka Modric.

The Guardian says a group of armed men who boarded a tanker off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman have left the targeted ship, the British navy has said without elaborating.

The Times says a senior civil servant who lost sensitive Ministry of Defence documents at a bus stop has been identified for the first time amid questions over how he kept his job.

The i says Boris Johnson said he is “on the side” of the Belarusian opposition leader as he welcomed her to No10 amid heightened international scrutiny of Alexander Lukashenko’s regime.

The Times says President Biden led calls for the resignation of Andrew Cuomo, the New York governor, after an investigation found that he sexually harassed numerous women