Observer

To avert strikes in the NHS, ministers are under pressure to start new pay talks.

The Observer reports that the UK’s free trade deal with Japan, signed in 2020, has been a failure.

According to Resolution Foundation figures in The Observer, Liz Truss’ mini-budget cost the country £30bn.

The biggest nursing strike in NHS history is slated to take place before Christmas and will see “picket lines across the country”, according to The Observer.

According to The Observer, top Tories fear Johnson’s return would risk their party’s death, as the former prime minister is expected to run for leadership.

According to The Observer, senior Conservatives will discuss a “rescue mission” this week, which could result in Truss’s removal from leadership.

An explosion crippled a bridge connecting Crimea to the Russian mainland, dealing a bitter blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin.