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The Metro says Vladimir Putin has suspended his top commander as he looks for people to blame for Russia’s failure in Ukraine, it is believed.

The Independent says Elon Musk says that Joe Biden only beat one-term president Donald Trump in the 2020 election because “everyone just wanted less drama.”

VLADIMIR Putin is very ill with blood cancer a top oligarch has allegedly claimed, in the latest rumours about the Russian president’s health.

The Independent says at least 11 people are dead and 31 have been rescued after a boat capsized in the waters off Puerto Rico, officials have confirmed.

A NEW chilling twist has emerged in the Vicky White Case, who died by suicide after 11 days on the run with escaped prisoner Casey White.

The Guardian says North Korea has announced its first Covid-19 death amid an “explosive” outbreak of fever, state media said on Friday, one day after the regime admitted for the first time that it was tackling a coronavirus outbreak.

France24 says veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh will be buried alongside her parents in a cemetery near Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday.

Euronews says Spain could become the first Western country to allow women to take several days of “menstrual leave” from the workplace each month under new proposed legislation to be outlined next week.

TRT World says at least 11 people have died in a shipwreck off the coast of an uninhabited island near Puerto Rico, the US Coast Guard has said.

Arab News says the coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen on Friday said Houthi allegations of deaths in the Al-Raqu border region by Saudi forces “are untrue”.

The death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh has sent shockwaves across the Middle East and Israel and around the world.

The Independent says activist and member of the Russian band Pussy Riot has fled the country disguised as a food courier after criticising Vladimir Putin’s regime.

The Guardian says Beleaguered president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was set to name a new prime minister on Thursday to try to steer Sri Lanka out of its dire economic crisis after days of violence, officials said.

The Guardian says North Korea has declared a “severe national emergency” after confirming its first outbreak of Covid-19, prompting its leader, Kim Jong-un, to vow to quickly eliminate the virus.

The Guardian says Finland is expected to announce its intention to join Nato on Thursday with Sweden likely to follow soon after, diplomats and officials have said.

France24 says as global warming accelerates, the spectre of drought haunts France’s once verdant farmland.

Euronews says British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to defend Finland and Sweden if either country comes under attack.

Aljazeera says North Korea has confirmed its first outbreak of COVID-19, raising fears of a humanitarian disaster in one of the world’s only unvaccinated countries as it goes into a nationwide lockdown.

TRT World says a colleague of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh has told Anadolu Agency about his fellow journalist’s final moments before she was shot and killed while covering an Israeli army raid.

Cameroon plane disaster, A PLANE carrying 11 people onboard has reportedly crashed prompting emergency services to desperately launch a hunt for survivors, reports state.

The Metro says a Russian oligarch died after ‘shamans’ treated him with toad venom to cure his hangover, according to reports.

The Independent says an Al Jazeera correspondent has been shot dead by Israeli forces while covering a raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin, her broadcaster said.

Urgent WW3 warning as VLADIMIR PUTIN’s “erratic behaviour” could mean the Russian leader is “ready to push” the war in Ukraine further west on the continent, a leading psychologist has told Express.co.uk.

VLADIMIR PUTIN repairing old ships that haven’t moved in years to fill holes in his fleet.

France24 says Ecuadoran police on Tuesday said 200 convicts who escaped following a deadly prison riot have been recaptured in 24 hours, with 20 still at large.