A harrowing aerial image of the LA wildfires is the main image on the front of the Metro. “Lost Angeles” is its headline, as it reports 100,000 homes have been “reduced to smouldering ruins as swathes of the City of Angels were consumed block by block”. The paper adds officials expect the death toll to rise from five.
The Sun goes for the same headline as the Metro whilst splashing on a wiped out neighbourhood in LA. It also pictures stars Paris Hilton and Sir Anthony Hopkins who have lost their houses.
The Daily Telegraph carries an apocalyptic image of LA with black smoke filling the street. The paper’s main story is on Chancellor Rachel Reeves flying to China in an “attempt to revive closer ties and boost Britain’s economy”. But it says Reeves is being criticised for being “missing in action” amid fears over rising government borrowing costs. The paper also reports the NHS is on track for its worst flu season in more than a decade.
The Daily Mail also asks if it is wise for Reeves to be flying to China. It says she is heading for a 1970s-style debt “nightmare”, according to experts. The paper says there are also warnings the “growing crisis” could hit mortgage rates if it continues. A smiling Princess of Wales on her birthday is featured on the front page as the Prince of Wales pays tribute to his “most incredible wife”.
The Times reports a “rattled” Reeves has told cabinet colleagues to draft alternative plans to boost growth amid concerns market turmoil is “derailing” her economic strategy and could lead to higher mortgage rates. It also says Sir Keir is facing a Labour split over his refusal to order a new national inquiry into child sex abuse. The Times says Labour’s Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has signalled he would support an inquiry.
“Musk hate probe” says the Daily Mirror as it reports on the billionaire’s “vile rants” being probed by a counter-extremism unit to see if they create a risk to Britain. It comes after the X owner criticised Sir Keir and Jess Phillips over their handling of grooming gangs, “leading to thugs threatening her safety”.
All living former presidents and President Joe Biden coming together for the funeral of Jimmy Carter are pictured on the Financial Times. The broadsheet leads with a report that Elon Musk has been discussing with allies how Sir Keir Starmer could be removed as prime minister before the next general election. It comes after the tech billionaire demanded a new national inquiry into historic grooming cases and accused Sir Keir of being “complicit” in the rape of Britain.
The Guardian leads with world temperatures going above the internationally agreed limit for the first time last year, “supercharging extreme weather and causing “misery to millions of people”. It quotes an academic saying: “This record needs to be a reality check”. The paper’s second story is on Reeves considering imposing steeper cuts to public services to repair government’s finances after “a bruising week”.
The Daily Express says Shamima Begum could “run free within days” due to the guards holding her in a Syrian refugee camp reportedly coming under attack. It reports the Kurdish-led forces running detention camps have been hit by Turkish air strikes and ground assaults by HTS, the group running Syria. The tabloid also carries the black and white picture of Catherine.
A lettuce with a wig makes the front of the Daily Star as it reports on former Prime Minister Liz Truss sending a legal letter to Sir Keir demanding he stops repeating the claim she “crashed the economy”. It reports the prime minister’s spokesman saying: “I guess the question is whether she will be writing to millions of people up and down the country as well, who felt her economic record which pushed their mortgage bills up.” Richard Hammond is also pictured after splitting from his wife of 28 years Mindy.
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