Aljazeera says police say 5 people have been killed in a rare mass shooting in the UK after a gunman opened fire on a house in the city of Plymouth in England.
Author: WTX News Editor
The Mirror says a woman has told of the terrifying moment she says she saw a gunman burst into a house and begin shooting.
Express and Star says the suspected Plymouth gunman spoke of being “beaten down” and “defeated by life” in videos posted online just weeks before the massacre.
Daily Mail says the maniac shooter who murdered five people in Plymouth before turning his gun on himself was a nihilistic YouTuber who fantasised about being The Terminator.
The Times says the British embassy security guard suspected of selling information to Moscow is a former RAF airman who had two Russian flags and hoards of Soviet Union memorabilia in his flat.
The i says Andrew Neil is considering quitting GB News over the troubled channel’s “lurch to the right.”
The i says the pressure on UK police to investigate Prince Andrew is growing in the wake of the sexual abuse lawsuit in which he is named as the only defendant.
The Guardian says Jamie Spears has agreed to step down from his long time role as conservator of his daughter Britney Spears’ estate “when the time is right,” according to court filings.
The Times says the father of Britney Spears has agreed to step down from managing her affairs after the pop star’s lawyer filed a petition demanding his removal from the role.
The Times says the Taliban rejected a power-sharing deal from the Afghan government as they advanced to within 90 miles of Kabul, saying they would accept peace only in exchange for a new Islamic emirate.
The Guardian says the UK defence secretary has criticised the US decision to leave Afghanistan as a “mistake” that has handed the Taliban “momentum”.
The i says around 600 British troops are being deployed to Afghanistan to provide “protection and logistical support” for British nationals leaving the country.
The i says a Team GB Olympic silver medallist has been suspended over an alleged doping violation at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
The Guardian says when England left Trent Bridge on Sunday they could at least draw comfort from the great unknown of a washed-out final day.
The Times says Manchester City are set to step up their pursuit of Harry Kane next week after they play Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.
The Guardian says six people, including a child, have died after a gunman repeatedly opened fire in Plymouth, police have confirmed.
The Times says six people died in a mass shooting in Plymouth last night with armed police sent to lock down an area of the town where a gunman had been on the loose.
The i says six people have died in a “serious and tragic” shooting in Plymouth on Thursday night, including the suspected gunman, Devon and Cornwall Police have confirmed.
A serious firearms incident in Plymouth leads many of Friday’s front pages – released before police confirmed six people had died. The Times says there have been multiple fatalities.
The UK faces its biggest test for “living with” Covid this weekend, claims the i paper, as it says 1.7m will socialise at mass events and festivals.
Confirmation that UK and US troops will return to Afghanistan to hasten evacuations came as its second-largest city Kandahar was claimed by the Taliban, the Guardian says.
TRT World says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to pull the plug on his minority Liberal government and call snap elections on Sunday.
France24 says fires stoked by hot winds swept through southern Italy on Thursday, a day after a monitoring station in Sicily reported temperatures of 48.8 Celsius.
Arab News says underage marriage in Jordan surged last year during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic due to increased financial hardship among poorer families.
VOA says Britney Spears’ father said in a court filing Thursday that he was planning to step down from the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money for 13 years.