As you would expect, the Financial Times focuses on the fallout after US President Donald Trump halted sweeping tariffs on Mexico hours before they were due to come into force. The paper says the markets were made to “whipsaw as investors and companies struggled to absorb a flurry of White House policy announcements”.
The Times says that Sir Keir Starmer will not back the EU in a trade war with the US, with the prime minister saying it is in Britain’s “vital interests” to avoid a conflict with its most important allies. The paper says the threat of tariffs overshadowed his bid for a Brussels “reset”. The second story is on the NHS refusing to publish the full report on the treatment of Valdo Calocane, who killed three people in Nottingham, because of patient confidentiality and data protection issues.
The Daily Star has its own take on US foreign policy as it mocks up a poster saying “Missing Brain” alongside a picture of Trump. It says the “errant cerebrum” was last spotted “sparking a global trade war, spooking financial markets and accusing baffled Britain of being ‘out of line'”.
The Daily Mail says Sir Keir is “crawling back to the EU”. It says that despite Trump threatening a trade war with the bloc Sir Keir was begging Brussels for closer ties at a palace banquet.
The i leads on the UK’s political relationship with Europe as it says there are cabinet tensions on a post-Brexit migration deal. The paper reports the EU is insisting on a migration deal for under-30s as a key demand for a Brexit “reset” but Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has argued this would undermine the government goal of bringing down net migration.
The Guardian says Sir Keir is facing a revolt within his own party over potential backing for a new oilfield. The prime minister is facing a growing internal backlash, the paper says, with energy secretary Ed Miliband and Chancellor Rachel Reeves on opposite sides of the debate.
The Daily Telegraph’s lead story says Labour’s Angela Rayner is to create a council on Islamophobia and is lining up former Tory attorney general Dominic Grieve to lead it. The paper says the body will advise on an official definition for anti-Muslim discrimination and will provide information to ministers on how to tackle it. It also features a story on the US tariffs saying that nations have bowed to Trump’s “strongman diplomacy”.
The Daily Express leads on a 15-year-old boy being stabbed to death at school. Harvey Willgoose was killed after a messaging row, the paper says. The main image is of singer Beyonce who won her first ever album of the year prize at the Grammys.
“Dangerous fool who put lives at risk” is the Metro’s headline referring to former soldier Daniel Khalife who has been jailed for 14 years for spying for Iran and escaping prison. It quotes judge Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb telling the 23-year-old he had exposed special forces personnel to “serious risk” out of a “selfish desire to show off”.
And the Sun features a picture of the Princess of Wales taken by her son Louis and released to mark World Cancer Day. “Say trees mummy” is the headline with Kate standing atop a fallen trunk.
The Daily Mirror features the same picture with the headline “Kate: Get back to nurture” as it says the princess gave advice on coping with cancer.
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