The Independent says The head of the British military has insisted that it is too early to say whether the West was defeated in Afghanistan.

The Independent says Kim Kardashian, Drake and Travis Scott have all spoken out on social media about the events that unfolded at Astroworld, with Drake saying his “heart is broken”.

The Independent says over-65s will face restrictions on their freedoms in future if they choose not to have a Covid booster jab.

Wednesday’s front pages report on the government’s decision to make Covid vaccination compulsory for frontline health workers in England.

BBC News says Prince Harry has said he warned Twitter boss Jack Dorsey about political unrest in the US – just a day before the deadly 6 January riots.

The Guardian says a judge has ruled that White House records from the Trump administration can be turned over to the House committee investigating the deadly 6 January attack.

France24 says Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of orchestrating a wave of migrants trying to illegally enter Poland from Belarus.

Greta Thunberg among young people filing legal suit for systemwide climate emergency to be declared a global level 3 emergency…

Arab News says a Vietnamese oil tanker earlier seized by Iran was free in open water Wednesday, ending the latest maritime confrontation involving Tehran.

Al Jazeera says Nobel Peace Prize laureate and women’s rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai has married at her home in the United Kingdom.