Bob Odenkirk: Better Call Saul actor collapses on set while filming Breaking Bad spin-off
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The Guardian says Bob Odenkirk had a “heart-related incident” when he collapsed on the show’s set in New Mexico, and his condition was stable as he recovered in hospital.
The Times says now that’s how you do it. Suicide Squad, released in 2016, was an absolute mess of a superhero film that favoured shrieking bombast over competent editing or basic coherence.
The Guardian says Wayne Rooney has apologised to his family and Derby after images emerged appearing to show him asleep in a hotel room surrounded by a group of young women.
The Times says an international hunt for £4.2 million of diamonds stolen from Boodles in Mayfair will continue after a thief who tried to blame it on her dead sister was jailed yesterday.
The i says the sister of a teenager with sickle cell has overcome her fear of needles and donated blood for the first time to help others like her brother.
The i says Britain’s reopening to the world has taken a big step forwards. From Monday, travellers based in Europe or America who have been double vaccinated will be able to visit most of the UK.
The Times says if you are considering France or Spain perhaps wait. An announcement on changes is expected on Wednesday or Thursday next week at the latest.
The Guardian says opening England’s borders to let millions of people arriving from the US and Europe avoid quarantine could risk importations of new Covid variants.
The Times says the Olympic Games descended into chaos this morning after a positive Covid test for American world champion pole vaulter Sam Kendricks.
The Guardian says Australia’s track and field team has been sent into isolation on the eve of the competition at the Tokyo Olympics after American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks tested positive for Covid-19.
The i says Mallory Franklin has qualified for the final of the women’s C1 canoe slalom as Team GB seeks a 17th medal at the Olympic Games.
The Guardian says that lawyers for the Queen lobbied ministers to exempt her from a draft law, making her the only landowner not required to help facilitate the construction of pipelines.
The Times says ministers received official warnings that plans to reopen the borders to travellers carried a “clear public health risk”.
The decision to open up further to travellers from the EU and US raises hopes that holiday destinations such as Italy and France will be available.
VOA says more than a month after Turkish authorities crushed Pride-themed events in Istanbul, emotions still run raw for members of the country’s embattled LGBT community.
TRT World says Antony Blinken met the head of the WHO, in Kuwait where he pledged his support to the UN agency’s investigation in China into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.
Aljazeera says last week, Kawsar Sama and her family packed up and got on a flight to Kabul. For the 21-year-old and her family, life in the southern city of Kandahar had become dangerous.
Arab News says Yemen’s government has put health facilities and workers on high alert and demanded that people follow COVID-19 restrictions as the country braces for a third wave of the virus.
France24 says France on Wednesday urged Tunisia to rapidly appoint a new prime minister and government as the north African country lurched further into political uncertainty.
BBC News says a Liverpool fan Andrew Devine, 55, who suffered life-changing injuries in the Hillsborough disaster has died, his family said in a statement released by Liverpool FC.
“Doubly jabbly” is the Metro’s headline as the paper considers two benefits of being fully vaccinated.
An image of the “unlikely” face of a £4.2m jewel raid, in which diamonds were swapped for worthless pebbles, gives the Daily Mirror its lead.
A former school teacher in a rural area, born in modest upbringings rises from obscurity to the presidency. Pedro Castillo was elected as the first president of Peru who has no ties to the elites that have governed the Andean country for decades. The 51-year-old far-left trade unionist was largely unknown until he led a national strike four years ago that forced the then-government to agree to pay rise demands. What he has shown through grit and determination is democracy in perspective, in fact, another perspective, breaking the cycle of the rich and elite dictating terms. “This is the first…
“Cowell wields axe” is the Sun’s headline, as it reports the showbiz mogul is bringing X-Factor to an end after 17 years.
