Aljazeera says the Taliban armed group has taken responsibility for the killing of a comic this week in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar.
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France24 says France said it failed to understand why it was exempt from the rule allowing fully-vaccinated EU citizens to enter England without quarantining.
BBC News says England’s chief midwife has stepped up her call for pregnant women to get the Covid jab as soon as possible.
Mirror says Brits are bracing for gale force winds and heavy rain as Storm Evert sweeps through huge swathes of the country today.
Britain is “winning the Covid fight”, the Daily Mirror says, after Deputy Chief Medical Office Jonathan Van-Tam claimed vaccines had saved 60,000 lives and prevented 22 million infections.
No jab, no job” is the Daily’s Mail’s take on the story, which says Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has backed the ultimatum by businesses in the US as a “smart policy”.
Some of the papers feature stories on Covid passports and compulsory vaccination in the wake of tech firms such as Google requiring staff to be fully jabbed before returning to the office.
The INDEPENDENT says ITV has said there are “no current plans” to air another series of The X Factor – the talent show that launched the careers of chart-topping artists.
THE TIMES says Simon Cowell has cancelled The X Factor after 17 years after deciding that he wanted to save the show from becoming a “joke”, it was reported last night.
DAILY MAIL says X Factor ‘AXED’: former X Factor contestants Jedward and Katie Waissel have reacted to news that the show has been axed after 17 years with glee.
METRO says Simon Cowell’s X Factor has finally been axed after 17 years as one of the biggest shows of the 21st Century – and some of its leading stars couldn’t be happier.
There has been a sharp fall in the number of people on furlough, with young people moving off the government scheme fastest, new figures show.
Mallory Franklin has won the silver medal in the women’s single slalom and Matt Coward-Holley picked up shooting bronze in the men’s trap final.
A record 689,313 alerts were sent to users of the NHS COVID-19 app in England and Wales in a week, NHS figures show.
Dominic Raab has said university students will get an “advance warning” if they are required to have vaccines before moving to halls of residence.
The i says NHS workers are desperately trying to clear huge waiting lists while juggling the treatment of an influx of Covid patients, leading medics have said.
The Times says a billionaire’s son who hosted parties for Sir Elton John and Madonna faces a six-week jail sentence after failing to pay his former wife’s maintenance in a £5.8 million divorce battle.
The Guardian says New Zealand, Iceland, the UK, Tasmania and Ireland are the places best suited to survive a global collapse of society, according to a study.
The i says If you pay attention to movie talk on the internet, you may have noticed a common complaint about modern superhero films.
Bob Odenkirk: Better Call Saul actor collapses on set while filming Breaking Bad spin-off
The Guardian says Bob Odenkirk had a “heart-related incident” when he collapsed on the show’s set in New Mexico, and his condition was stable as he recovered in hospital.
The Times says now that’s how you do it. Suicide Squad, released in 2016, was an absolute mess of a superhero film that favoured shrieking bombast over competent editing or basic coherence.
The Guardian says Wayne Rooney has apologised to his family and Derby after images emerged appearing to show him asleep in a hotel room surrounded by a group of young women.
The Times says an international hunt for £4.2 million of diamonds stolen from Boodles in Mayfair will continue after a thief who tried to blame it on her dead sister was jailed yesterday.
The i says the sister of a teenager with sickle cell has overcome her fear of needles and donated blood for the first time to help others like her brother.