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The Guardian says Australia’s track and field team has been sent into isolation on the eve of the competition at the Tokyo Olympics after American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks tested positive for Covid-19.

The i says Mallory Franklin has qualified for the final of the women’s C1 canoe slalom as Team GB seeks a 17th medal at the Olympic Games.

The Guardian says that lawyers for the Queen lobbied ministers to exempt her from a draft law, making her the only landowner not required to help facilitate the construction of pipelines.

The Times says ministers received official warnings that plans to reopen the borders to travellers carried a “clear public health risk”.

The decision to open up further to travellers from the EU and US raises hopes that holiday destinations such as Italy and France will be available.

VOA says more than a month after Turkish authorities crushed Pride-themed events in Istanbul, emotions still run raw for members of the country’s embattled LGBT community.

TRT World says Antony Blinken met the head of the WHO, in Kuwait where he pledged his support to the UN agency’s investigation in China into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

Aljazeera says last week, Kawsar Sama and her family packed up and got on a flight to Kabul. For the 21-year-old and her family, life in the southern city of Kandahar had become dangerous.

Arab News says Yemen’s government has put health facilities and workers on high alert and demanded that people follow COVID-19 restrictions as the country braces for a third wave of the virus.

France24 says France on Wednesday urged Tunisia to rapidly appoint a new prime minister and government as the north African country lurched further into political uncertainty.

BBC News says a Liverpool fan Andrew Devine, 55, who suffered life-changing injuries in the Hillsborough disaster has died, his family said in a statement released by Liverpool FC.

“Doubly jabbly” is the Metro’s headline as the paper considers two benefits of being fully vaccinated.

An image of the “unlikely” face of a £4.2m jewel raid, in which diamonds were swapped for worthless pebbles, gives the Daily Mirror its lead.

A former school teacher in a rural area, born in modest upbringings rises from obscurity to the presidency. Pedro Castillo was elected as the first president of Peru who has no ties to the elites that have governed the Andean country for decades. The 51-year-old far-left trade unionist was largely unknown until he led a national strike four years ago that forced the then-government to agree to pay rise demands. What he has shown through grit and determination is democracy in perspective, in fact, another perspective, breaking the cycle of the rich and elite dictating terms. “This is the first…

“Cowell wields axe” is the Sun’s headline, as it reports the showbiz mogul is bringing X-Factor to an end after 17 years.

Its finally been made official Freedom Travel to Europe and theUS for the fully vaccinated. People who have been fully vaccinated in the EU or US will not need to isolate when coming to England from an amber list country. The change will come into force at 04:00 BST on Monday 2nd of August. For travellers who arrive before 4 am on Monday morning, they must quarantine as normal. Currently, only people who received their jabs in the UK can avoid quarantine when arriving from amber list countries, except for France. Tougher rules will continue to be in place for France,…

The Express says four-time gold medallist Simone Biles pulled out of the women’s gymnastics team final after scoring 13.766nn, her lowest Olympic score.

BBC News says Simone Biles – four-time Olympic gold medallist, multiple world champion and arguably the greatest gymnast of all time – withdrew from the team and all-around events.

The Guardian says there are so many well-worn quotes about sport and pressure. Pressure makes diamonds. Pressure is for tyres. The greatest pressure is the pressure we put on ourselves.

Daily Mail says Simone Biles stunned the world once again on Wednesday when she withdrew from the individual all-round gymnastics final at the Tokyo Olympics

The government has announced the UK will give Kenya 817,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. 

Former football star Wayne Rooney’s complaint of blackmail has been dropped by the police. 

More than 60 people have been reduced after towns around the popular tourist spot Lake Como were hit with mudslides and floods. 

A horror crash in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has killed at least 18 people after a truck crashed into a bus. 

The Times says half of women trying for a baby drink alcohol and too few of them exercise, according to research that warns about unhealthy living before pregnancy.