The morning began with coverage of a massive storm in China, but editorial attention shifted decisively by mid-afternoon to a magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Colombia. BBC News and Metro tracked the rising death toll, which climbed from 20 to 111 by evening, as buildings collapsed and a national emergency was declared. The story dominated the evening AI overviews and headlines.
Earlier, the small boats crisis resurfaced with The Telegraph reporting a record 230 migrants crossing the Channel in a mega-dinghy, and Breitbart London detailing Reform UK's talks with El Salvador to send migrant criminals there. Nigel Farage's prison policy proposals drew criticism from HuffPost UK.
Other stories included a New Forest wildfire prompting evacuation warnings, a Ukrainian drone strike killing 13 in Russia's Tatarstan region, and Jeff Bezos nearing a deal to buy a minority stake in Liverpool FC.