The Guardian says Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson is aiming to beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos into space by nine days.
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The Guardian says Labour has narrowly won the Batley and Spen byelection, holding on to the West Yorkshire seat after a hotly contested campaign.
The Times says Germany is preparing to relax restrictions on British travellers entering the country before a meeting between the two leaders.
The Guardian says climate scientists are warning that “nowhere is safe” from the kind of extreme heat events that have hit the western US and Canada.
The i says Boris Johnson has warned that “extra precautions” may be needed after the planned lifting of England’s lockdown on 19 July.
BBC News says Angela Merkel is set to make her last official visit to the UK as German chancellor on Friday for talks with the prime minister.
France24 says the WHO said Covid cases were on the rise again in Europe and called for better monitoring of movement of Euro 2020 games.
Arab News says it’s well past the coronavirus curfew, but Seif and his waiters are still serving customers at his Baghdad restaurant.
Aljazeera says The Trump Organization’s longtime chief financial officer surrendered to authorities in New York to face state tax charges.
The Guardian says after three days of unrelenting heat, the people in the British Columbia village of Lytton were hoping for a modest respite.
ABC News says a wealth management firm that has acted as a co-conservator of Britney Spears’s estate has asked to be withdrawn from the case.
The Daily Mirror splashes with Prince William and Prince Harry’s joint tribute to their mother, Princess Diana: “Every day, we wish she were still with us.”
The Sun says “Princess and the peace”. It marked Prince William and Prince Harry’s’ first appearance together since Prince Philip’s funeral in April.
The Metro – along with most of Friday’s papers – feature Prince William and Prince Harry, who reunited to unveil a statue for Diana, Princess of Wales.
A wildfire in Canada has burned 90% of the village in the British Colombia district that recorded Canada’s highest ever temperature, the local MP says. Brad Vis said the fire had caused extensive damage to Lytton, in British Columbia, and to surrounding critical infrastructure. People were fleeing in a panic, running for their lives as structures burned just before the evacuation order was issued. Some were clutching onto their most dear treasures like pictures of…
The Telegraph says John Whittingdale took the chance to defend the broadcaster’s latest challenger.
The Express says GB NEWS had a turbulent launch period but the channel is showing no signs of slowing down.
The Evening Standard says viewing figures for GB News has plummeted below Welsh language show Paw Patrol.
The Big Issue says GB News has been plagued with gaffes, typos, pranks and technical glitches.
On Thursday, Prince William and Prince Harry will unveil a statue dedicated to their mother Princess Diana on what would have been her 60th birthday. We look back on her life and death in pictures.
Prime minister Boris Johnson says he’s hoping England will return to as close as ‘normal’ as possible on 19 July.
US actor James Franco has agreed to pay $2.2m to settle a legal case in which the actor was accused of sexual misconduct.
The Times says players continued to fall on the third day of Wimbledon as organisers attributed court conditions to the wettest opening for almost a decade.
The Times says expats in the EU have been urged to “pull out all the stops” to buy tickets for Saturday’s Euro 2020 quarter-final in Rome
The Times says the statue of Diana, Princess of Wales to be unveiled today at Kensington Palace will be surrounded by a garden planted with some of her favourite flowers — including forget-me-nots.