- Saudi Arabia launches $1bn Six Flags theme park in Qiddiya City
- Iran issues direct threat to Donald Trump: ‘Next time, the bullet won’t miss’
- Inside Venezuela’s ‘hell on earth’ prison: inmates face starvation and electrocution
- Iran Reverses Death Sentence for Erfan Soltani: No Execution Planned
- Passenger Plane Surrounded by Police at Barcelona Airport Following Warplane Escort
- Ukrainian street cleaner takes a moment amid drone attack
- CIA Releases Haunting Video Encouraging Chinese Citizens to ‘Reveal the Truth’
- Netanyahu instructed Trump to cancel air strikes against Iran
Covid-19
The UK headlines this Monday morning all lead with the 20th anniversary of the July 7 2005, terror attacks across London. The attacks killed 52 people and injured more than 700. The headlines ask whether Britain is really any safer now than 20 years ago, and some look at what life in the UK is like for British Muslims. Many publications speak to the survivors and the relatives of the victims.
The headlines roll out as the tributes roll in, with the prime minister and King Charles leading the tributes.
Elsewhere, a new COVID-19 variant is spreading across the UK, and there are fears of a new NHS doctors’ strike amid calls for a pay rise.
In international news, the UK media continues its coverage of the flash flooding in Texas, which has killed at least 81 people, including children. There’s ongoing coverage of the Trump-Musk spat as the world’s wealthiest man launches his own political party in the USA to take on the Democrats and Republicans.
Israel continues to attack Gaza, with at least 38 killed on Sunday. It comes amid ceasefire talks and as Israel’s Netanyahu prepares to head to the USA for a meeting with Donald Trump.
A new Covid-19 variant known as Stratus (XFG and XFG.3) is rapidly spreading in the UK. The UK Health Security Agency reports these subvariants account for around 30% of cases in England, rising sharply in recent weeks.
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The Metro says more than half a million people cancelled flights from Heathrow in December alone due to travel fears about the Omicron.
The Guardian says The UK’s main statistical body has reported more than 175,000 deaths involving Covid since the start of the pandemic.
The Guardian says the US CDC has warned against travel to Canada as Covid-19 cases surge across the country and rampant infections threaten to once again overwhelm fragile healthcare systems.
The Guardian says The House of Lords commissioners for standards are considering a complaint against the Conservative peer Michelle Mone.
Arab News says The United States reported 1.35 million new coronavirus infections on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, the highest daily total for any country in the world.
The Daily Express says Novak Djokovic could be deported from Australia on Monday if the courts rule against him and the Serbian’s season may be about to take another turn for the worse.
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