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In a bold display of activism, protesters in Glasgow and across the UK took to the streets to demonstrate against arms exports to Israel, specifically…

Police Officer Cliff Mitchell Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Catalogue of Rapes A shocking case of police misconduct has come to light as Cliff Mitchell,…

Blinken Urges Israeli Leaders to Agree to Ceasefire in Gaza: “The Time is Now” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel, pushing for…

Dortmund welcome PSG to Germany for the first leg of their semi-final matches tonight. The second leg takes place on Tuesday 7 May.

Second man arrested over Gogglebox star’s death A second man has been arrested in connection with the death of the former television personality George Gilbey.…

Britain’s blistering two-day heatwave to come to a crashing end at 8pm tonight Thunderstorms are set to bring a sudden halt to the short sunny…

The boy stabbed to death with a sword in Hainault has been named locally as Daniel Anjorin.

3 injured at school after teenager goes on rampage with ‘sharp object’ A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after three…

Almost all of Wednesday’s front pages are dominated by the news that a 14-year-old boy was killed after an attacker armed with a sword went on the rampage in Hainault, north-east London. The attacker is in hospital, it is not believed to be related to terrorism or a targeted attack. 

Several newspapers feature an image of King Charles – who returned to public life after starting his cancer treatment. 

Elsewhere, the UK back pages feature images of Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham as Bayern Munich and Real Madrid drew 2-2 in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League. 

In Georgia, riot police have used tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators protesting against a bill criticised by the opposition for its perceived threat to media freedoms.

New rules clamping down on China’s internet giants are now in effect. These rules, part of the expanded State Secrets Law, require companies like Tencent, ByteDance, and Weibo to swiftly act if users share sensitive content.

Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested by New York City police on the Columbia University campus in upper Manhattan. Amidst chants of ‘shame on you’, police escorted handcuffed protesters out and onto buses.

Former President Donald Trump is leading President Biden in all seven critical swing states and has an even larger margin in most states when also up against independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a new poll shows.

Kate Forbes, the former finance secretary of Scotland, has hinted at a potential run for the leadership of the Scottish National Party (SNP). Despite support, she emphasised the need to consider what is best for the party, the country, and her family.

Former President Donald Trump was fined $9,000 for violating a gag order in the NY v. Trump case in Manhattan, with the presiding judge ruling that he broke the order at least nine times.

Israeli PM Netanyahu says Rafah attack will happen regardless of deal Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country will launch an invasion of Rafah…

An attack in north-east London on Tuesday morning has been declared a critical incident after five people were stabbed. 

Police have confirmed a 13-year-old boy has been killed in a sword attack in Hainault, east London, this morning.

The Champions League semi-finals start this week and the first match of the first-leg encounters sees Bayern Munich welcome Real Madrid to Germany. 

Sword-wielding man attacks five people including police after ramming van into house A sword-wielding man has been arrested after five people were stabbed in a…

Many of Tuesday’s newspaper leads on the resignation of Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf. He resigned ahead of two votes of no-confidence – one in him and another in his government, which was due next week, and unlikely he’d survive. Both the Scottish and English papers lead on the SNP chaos, with the English papers focusing on his resignation and speech, whilst the Scottish papers are looking ahead at his successor. 

At a joint press conference in Kyiv, President Zelensky said: “The Russian army is now trying to take advantage of a situation when we are waiting for supplies from our partners, especially from the United States of America.

“The general impact of climate change on the Philippines is warmer temperatures. The heat that we are experiencing, it could steadily increase in the coming days,” Mr Estareja said.

Australia’s newest budget airline – Bonza – has gone into voluntary administration, after cancelling all of its flights on Tuesday. The airline’s financial difficulties have left thousands of passengers stranded around the country. “We apologise to our customers who are impacted by this and we’re working as quickly as possible to determine a way forward that ensures there is ongoing competition in the Australian aviation market,” Bonza said in a statement.

“The pen drives were kept on bus seats, at bus stands and were given to people in public places like parks,” an official told the daily. “These pen drives had more than 2,000 files which included videos and photos. After a few hours, we saw these being widely shared on WhatsApp.”