MPs oppose ‘divisive’ passports Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and veteran Tory Iain Duncan Smith are among more than 70 MPs to launch a campaign opposing Covid passports. The cross-party group said any demand to prove vaccination status to access jobs, businesses or services would be “divisive and discriminatory”. Pilot schemes for Covid certification checks are expected at the FA Cup final, World Snooker Championships and Brit Awards. 2 Dozens dead in Taiwan crash At least 36 people have died after a train derailed in a tunnel in eastern Taiwan in the island’s deadliest rail disaster in decades. The 408 Taroko Express was carrying about 350 people when it derailed in Qingshui tunnel in Huaelien county, the transport ministry said. The accident occurred at the start of the annual Tomb Sweeping festival, when trains are particularly busy.