A suggestion from Scotland’s first minister that the UK Covid vaccine roll-out will shortly be extended to 16 and 17 year-olds leads several of Wednesday’s papers.
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VOA says a Pentagon police officer was killed during an attack at the Pentagon public transit hub Tuesday, gunfire was exchanged and there were multiple injuries.
TRT World says the Turkish government has said a vast majority of forest fires that have ravaged the south of the country for almost a week have been contained.
Aljazeera says Ahmadullah Azadani climbed on the roof of his house and awaited something that would have been unthinkable in the city even a week earlier.
Arab News says Australia’s New South Wales reported one of the country’s youngest deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday, as daily infections lingered near a 16-month high.
BBC News says an emotional Sky Brown broke down in tears after becoming Great Britain’s youngest Olympic medal winner of all time.
France24 says public anger in Lebanon is mounting a year after the August 4, 2020, Beirut blast, with a stalled investigation, crippling economic crisis and political sclerosis.
The Daily Express reports on a study suggesting people who are doubled jabbed are three times less likely to catch Covid, proving the UK’s vaccine roll-out is winning the war.
Metro’s main story focuses on Covid, with the paper reporting that a further fall in the number of UK Covid cases has raised hopes that the third wave is in retreat.
A full-page photograph of Jason Kenny and his wife Laura dominates the front of the Daily Mirror after the cyclist became Britain’s most decorated Olympian.
Donald Trump is fuelling rumours he’ll run for president again in 2024, as it is confirmed he will host a rally in Alabama later this month.
BBC News says New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard made history by being the first openly transgender Olympian.
The Daily Mail says a Belarusian activist living in Ukraine who helped his fellow countrymen flee the dictatorship of Alexander Lukashenko has been found dead.
The Sun says an opponent of feared Belarus dictator Alexander Lukashenko has been found hanged in suspicious circumstances.
The Metro says a Belarusian activist has been found dead in a park in Ukraine as police launch an investigation into a possible murder disguised as suicide.
Aljazeera says a Belarusian activist has been found dead in a park near his home in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, a day after he was reported missing, police said.
Sudesh Amman – a terrorist who stabbed two people – became increasingly violent in prison and declared he wanted to “kill the Queen,” an inquest has been told.
Greggs plans to create 500 new retail jobs in the coming months as it plans to expand its high street presence by opening around 100 new stores by the end of the year.
Great Britain has another silver medal to add to the table after Pat McCormack lost a hard-fought men’s welterweight contest to Cuba’s Roniel Iglesias. Team GB are now 5th on the table.
Harry Kane has not reported to Tottenham’s training ground for a second day as he tries to force a transfer to Manchester City.
The i says the girlfriend of England football star Jack Grealish has revealed she received 200 death threats each day during the Euros – predominantly from teenage girls.
The Times says male-born sex offenders who identify as women can be treated on female-only NHS wards after a risk assessment, some hospital trusts have told staff.
The Guardian says hundreds of critical health workers in the Australian state of Queensland have gone into isolation as the country battles a growing Delta outbreak
The Times says Great Britain celebrated double gold medal triumphs in sailing in two thrilling races.
The Guardian says the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has launched an investigation into the case of sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya