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The government has asked the NHS to fund part of the 3% pay rise for staff, The Guardian reports, prompting anger from the medical profession.

The Guardian leads with the threat of a strike by nurses over the 3% pay rise offer for NHS staff.

The phone numbers of 13 heads of state were included in a database leak, The Guardian has revealed. 

The Guardian

The Guardian has an exclusive report on what it calls the “global abuse” of a spy weapon.

Boris Johnson’s push to axe the remaining coronavirus restrictions has been described as dangerous, The Guardian reports.

The Guardian leads on the severe floods in western Germany and neighbouring Belgium. It says many areas of western Europe have been inundated with record rainfall. 

The Guardian says scientists have confirmed for the first time the Amazon rainforest is emitting more carbon dioxide than it can absorb, with most of the emissions caused by fires deliberately set to clear land for beef and soy production.

Downing Street has been accused of putting tens of thousands of lives at risk in some of the world’s poorest nations after Conservative MPs voted to cut billions of pounds in foreign aid for years to come, according to The Guardian.

The government is pressing ahead with the easing of coronavirus restrictions in England, despite warnings of more than 200 deaths a day, The Guardian reports.