Independent

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.

The Independent has a front page picture of the aftermath of a huge explosion in Beirut, which killed at least 135 people and left more than 300,000 homeless.

Is this really a “massive success”, prime minister? The Independent leads with a question for Boris Johnson after figures show the UK had Europe’s highest increase in death rates during the first half of this year.

The government is not doing everything it should to stop a second wave of coronavirus, the British Medical Association’s top doctor has warned, according to The Independent. 

A cross-party group of MPs has found that care homes were “thrown to the wolves” during the coronavirus outbreak, exposing years of delayed reforms to the sector, according to The Independent.