Cladding crisis: ‘Delays could bankrupt us’
Campaigners say a government fund to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding is woefully inadequate. BBC News – Business
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Iran’s supreme leader makes online threats to attack golfing Trump
A photomontage seems to show the ex-president playing in the shadow of a warplane or large drone. BBC News – Middle East
Manaus: Brazil’s city on the Amazon river buckles under second Covid wave
Doctors in the rainforest’s biggest city Manaus are struggling to control rising numbers of deaths from Covid-19 and soaring cases. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Steinmetz Swiss trial: Jail for tycoon in Guinea mine corruption trial
Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz is given a jail term by a Swiss court in a historic corruption case. BBC News – Europe
New UK variant ‘may be more deadly’
Emerging evidence suggests the variant that emerged in the UK may be more deadly as well as spread faster. BBC News – UK
Trump impeachment: Senate trial poised to start next week
The House will send an impeachment article, or charge, to the Senate on Monday. BBC News – US & Canada