“Netflix seals $83bn Warner Bros deal” reads the front page of the Financial Times. The paper reports that the deal will “transform the streaming giant into the dominant player in Hollywood”.
The Mirror leads with next summer’s World Cup tournament, which it calls “One L of a draw”. England will begin their campaign against Croatia, before facing Ghana and Panama in Group L.
The World Cup draw also splashes the Sun. The first match for “unlucky Scotland” will be against Haiti, followed by matches against Morocco and Brazil in Group C.
Allies of the health secretary are urging Angela Rayner to sign up to a “joint ticket” for the Labour leadership, the Telegraph reports. Citing multiple Labour sources, the paper says MPs have urged Wes Streeting to promise Rayner a cabinet role and possible return as deputy prime minister if she agrees to the proposal. A spokesperson for Streeting denies the claims, calling them “completely untrue” and a “silly season story”.
The headline for the Times reads: “Labour ‘let women down'”. It quotes the former head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Baroness Falkner, as saying the “failure” to publish guidance following a Supreme Court ruling on single-sex spaces reflected a government that has left women and transgender people in a “grey zone”.
The Independent leads with a compensation claim against 35 psychiatrists who worked at Huntercombe Group hospitals, filed by families and former patients after “dozens” of allegations of abuse.
Dementia patients face a “postcode lottery in diagnosis and care”, according to the Mail. The paper notes that dementia is still the UK’s “biggest killer”, and kills 76,000 Britons every year.
Another Dulwich College student has made allegations of racial abuse against Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, according to the Guardian. Farage has repeatedly denied the claims, and told journalists that he had never been racist or antisemitic with “malice”.
The i paper reports on a “record flu surge” in the UK, with experts advising people to wear face masks if they are symptomatic. A “nasty” mutation has caused an early infection wave on wards and in care homes, it says.
The Express cites experts as saying Britain’s housing market will “limp” towards the end of the year after “the paralysis caused by Rachel Reeves’ Budget”.
The Star says US President Donald Trump has “finally” received a peace award, after he was announced as the inaugural recipient of a Fifa peace prize during the World Cup draw.
