In the headlines
China is lifting its strictest Covid controls after landmark protests rocked cities across the country. People who test positive but only show mild symptoms can now isolate at home rather than in a state quarantine camp, and a negative PCR test will no longer be necessary to enter most buildings. Democrats have cemented their control of the US Senate by winning a bitterly fought run-off election in Georgia. Raphael Warnock’s victory over Herschel Walker gives Joe Biden’s party an outright 51-49 majority in the upper chamber, making it easier for the President to appoint judges and control the Senate’s powerful committees. Britain faces a “pizza crisis”, says the Daily Star, after farmers warned that the soaring cost of fuel and fertiliser will cause a shortage of tomatoes. “Ain’t no topping us now.”