The Metro says Ukraine’s president has survived ‘more than a dozen’ assassination attempts since Russia invaded.

The Metro says an airplane carrying former President Donald Trump suffered an engine failure over the Gulf of Mexico and made an emergency landing back in New Orleans shortly after takeoff.

A North Korean official has claimed Ukraine would have never been invaded if it had kept its stash of Soviet nuclear weapons – and another said only nukes could prevent foreign invasions

BRITAIN is to be hotter than Athens today – with the mercury set to soar to 14C.

The Guardian says Covid cases appear to be rising in older people as increased socialising, waning immunity and a more transmissible version of the Omicron variant threaten to fuel a resurgence of the virus.

The Guardian says Sajid Javid is expected to back the scrapping of passenger locator forms for all international arrivals in England before Easter, the Guardian has learned.

The Guardian says Britain and the US fear Russia could be setting the stage to use a chemical weapon in Ukraine after Kremlin officials alleged without firm evidence that the US had been supporting a bioweapons programme in the country.

RUSSIA has used terrifying thermobaric weapons during the invasion of Ukraine, according to the UK Ministry of Defense.

The Guardian says a man has died after falling about 300 metres (1,000ft) down Ben Nevis, and 23 others had to be rescued in “ferocious” conditions.

Thursday’s front pages.