Sky News says England fans are hours away from the team’s Euro 2020 semi-final against Denmark, with 60,000 fans set to provide an electric atmosphere.
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BBC News says two of the world’s biggest airlines will trial fast-track lanes at Heathrow airport for fully-vaccinated arrivals.
France24 says the Cannes Film Festival chased away the pandemic gloom with a glittering curtain-raiser starring Marion Cotillard.
Arab News says with just days to go before the UN mandate for cross-border humanitarian assistance to Syria expires, the spotlight is on Russia.
Aljazeera says a Colombian court has accused members of the military of forcibly disappearing 24 people and murdering at least 120 civilians.
TRT World says the weather was getting worse in southern Florida as Tropical Storm Elsa began lashing the Florida Keys.
VOA says the U.S. military troop withdrawal from Afghanistan is 90% complete, U.S. Central Command announced Tuesday.
The Sun’s front page is dedicated to the Euro 2020 semifinal match between England and Denmark, it calls on Southgate’s lads to bring home the bacon.
The Metro reckons fans will sink 30 million pints as they cheer on England at tonight’s Euro 2020 semifinal against Denmark – 8 pm Wembley Stadium #Itscominghome
The Daily Express has a positive take on Sajid Javid’s move to end self-isolation for those who are full vaccinated from 16 August a “freedom boost”.
BBC News says Egypt has accused Ethiopia of violating international law after it received a notice saying that Ethiopia’s dam upstream on the Nile is now filling up
France24 says Ethiopia says it has started the next phase of filling a controversial mega-dam on the Nile River
Aljazeera says Egypt has said it received an official notice from Ethiopia that it had started the next phase of filling a controversial huge dam
Reuters says said they had received official notice from Ethiopia that it had begun filling the reservoir behind its giant hydropower dam.
Pubs will be allowed to stay open later this Sunday for the Euro 2020 final, Downing Street has confirmed.
Heath Secretary Sajid Javid has said it “makes sense” for people who have had both vaccine doses to be treated differently to those who are not fully vaccinated.
The Lambda variant – known as C.37 – was first identified in Peru and has been detected in samples dating back to as early as December 2020.
Britney Spears’ manager Larry Rudolph has stepped down from his role after 25 years. He cited Britney’s “intension to officially retire”
The Times says the BBC is expected to announce a 10 per cent drop in pay for its highest-earning presenters, with the number of people on £150,000 falling slightly.
The Times says the terrorism threat may increase after coalition troops withdraw from Afghanistan but Britain was left with no choice after the US decided to pull out.
The Times says the last few tickets for England’s Euro 2020 semi-final were bought by the FA’s official supporters group yesterday.
The Times says sixteen months, 128,000 deaths and several very long lockdowns ago, Boris Johnson stood in front of a podium.
The Times says a teenager who tried to decapitate a 12-year-old boy in a “brutal and prolonged” attack has been convicted of murder.
The Guardian says maintaining the current Covid restrictions through the summer would only delay a wave of hospitalisations and deaths rather than reduce them.
The Guardian says a second man has been charged after Prof Chris Whitty, was accosted in a central London park