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Aljazeera says China’s biggest lockdown since the pandemic began is testing Beijing’s pledge to minimise the economic fallout of its strict “dynamic Zero COVID” strategy.

The Metro says The BBC has urged the Taliban to ‘reverse their decision’ after the corporation’s news bulletins were pulled from air in Afghanistan.

Aljazeera says China will allow local and foreign investors access to more sectors of the economy after cutting its so-called negative list for market access.

The Independent says at least 11 persons died and four others sustained injuries after a fire broke out at a scrap warehouse in India’s southern state of Telangana on Wednesday.

Burnt wreckage and charred personal belongings have been found at the site of the plane crash in southern China, according to rescuers at the site.

The Guardian says China has locked down an industrial city of 9 million people overnight and reported more than 4,000 virus cases, as the nation’s “zero-Covid” strategy is confronted by an Omicron wave.

The Metro says as many as 133 people are feared dead after their plane crashed into a mountainous area and caught fire, Chinese state media have reported.

The Guardian says China has already decided to provide Russia with economic and financial support during its war on Ukraine and is contemplating sending military supplies such as armed drones, US officials fear.

The Guardian says a court in India has ruled that wearing a hijab is not an essential principle of Islam, in a setback to Muslim students who were demanding the right to wear the headscarf.

The Guardian says China’s government has locked down Shenzhen, a city of 17.5 million people, as it tries to contain its worst ever Covid-19 outbreak across multiple provinces.