BBC says the UK’s furlough scheme closes on Thursday, but some badly-hit sectors are saying support should continue.

Sky News says the police officer who kidnapped Sarah Everard before raping and strangling her could be handed a whole life order when he is sentenced later today.

France24 says Nicolas Sarkozy will find out whether he faces a second jail term when a court returns its verdict over massive overspending on his re-election campaign.

The Guardian says a Los Angeles judge has suspended Britney Spears’ father from the conservatorship that has controlled her life for 13 years.

Arab News says an international representative of ethnic Rohingya refugees was shot to death in a camp in Bangladesh by unknown gunmen.

Aljazeera says officials in Ecuador say more than 100 inmates have been killed and 52 others injured in a riot between rival gangs inside a prison.

VOA says the Biden administration acknowledged Wednesday that it sent $5.5 million to Haiti to help support asylum-seekers deported from Del Rio, Texas.

Democratic leaders are in a battle with Republicans over funding the US government before it has to default on payments and ultimately have to shut the US government down.

The Daily Mirror carries a Labour Party exclusive quoting leader Sir Keir Starmer as promising a “school revolution”.

The Daily Mirror says Wayne Couzens took his wife and kids to the woods where he had hidden Sarah Everard’s body in a fridge.