2020-08-08
Financial Times Front Page 8th of August 2020
Donald Trump has stepped up his campaign against China by imposing sanctions on 11 Chinese and Hong Kong officials, including Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam, reports the Financial Times.
Donald Trump has stepped up his campaign against China by imposing sanctions on 11 Chinese and Hong Kong officials, including Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam, reports the Financial Times.
On the front of the i is a picture of a packed beach in Margate, Kent, with reports that this weekend’s three-day heatwave could be the hottest on record since 1990 and that teachers are being warned against holidays abroad in case they are unable to return to school in September.
Microsoft is chasing a deal to buy TikTok’s global business, including the video app’s operations in India and Europe, according to the Financial Times.
As French President Emmanuel Macron toured the worst-hit parts of Beirut after a massive explosion killed at least 145 people and injured thousands, demonstrators chanted for “revolution”, according to The Independent.
British tourists planning to visit France are being warned they may have to quarantine on their return amid fears of a second wave of coronavirus there, says The Times.
The Daily Star says pantomimes across Britain have been axed, bringing relief to dwarfs who believe they have a greater risk of catching coronavirus.
Boris Johnson has urged the nation to get back to work and fire up the economy, as he highlighted “signs of strength” in the country’s financial fortunes, says the Daily Express.
Home Secretary Priti Patel has backed sending Royal Navy patrols into the English Channel after a record number of migrants reached Britain, writes the Daily Mail.
Doctors and surgeons’ leaders have warned of pain and misery for tens of thousands of patients if normal care is shut down again to deal with a potential second wave of COVID-19, writes The Guardian.