US President Donald Trump’s speech at the UN General Assembly leads The Daily Telegraph with his comments that the West is “going to hell over migration”. In a speech that the paper says ran for “over 50 minutes”, the president also railed against London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan claiming he wanted to impose sharia law, which Sir Sadiq called “appalling and bigoted”. A snap of Catherine, Princess of Wales, showing a “smile of support for Southport families” is also splashed across the front.
The Guardian also runs with Trump’s “provocative” UN speech in its top story, headlining on the “hell” line after what he called the “failed open borders experiment”. Another US story makes The Guardian’s front: “Experts dismiss autism claims about paracetamol” after Trump promoted an “unproved link” between the two.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing a “£30bn hole” in her forthcoming Budget as “pressure grows for tax hikes”, says The i Paper. It also describes the “awkward laughter” as Trump’s “big UN speech” was “received with incredulity”, detailing how the president claimed climate change was “the biggest con ever”.
“Deranged” the Daily Mirror declares, saying “the world’s most powerful man-baby” “let rip” in his UN speech. A photo of “legendary” cricket umpire Dickie Bird also makes its front page after his death aged 92.
The Financial Times leads on the boss of pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly who “joins pharma companies’ offensive against drug pricing regime”. CEO Dave Ricks said the UK was “probably the worst country in Europe” for drug prices. The pink also highlights the “Trump tirade” about migrants, noting that the president said the UN were “funding assault on west”. In other front page news, Amazon has closed its line of Fresh grocery stores.
The Daily Express highlights “500,000” in red in its headline, saying that number of “OAPs to lose winter pay”. The paper quotes former Liberal Democrat pensions minister Sir Steve Webb who has warned Reeves’s freeze on income tax exemptions and benefits changes amounts to a “stealth” raid. Catherine appears again wearing a friendship bracelet to honour one of the Southport stabbing attack victims, Bebe King. The support of the Prince and Princess of Wales is “so special”, the paper says.
The Sun’s top story is “heartbreak” after Dani Dyer breaks her ankle and has to quit Strictly. It also features the “Royals’ vow on return to visit Southport kids” that “we will never forget”. The tabloid also writes that migrants “free taxis to see GPs” mean that taxpayers are “stumping up millions of pounds a year”.
The Daily Mail leads with the Conservatives’ call for an investigation into Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s connection to think tank Labour Together during his 2020 run for leadership as its lead. Morgan McSweeney, now the PM’s top aide, ran the organisation at the time. The paper says an email from a Labour lawyer “damns” him as was told to describe “hidden” donations to the think tank of £740,000 as an “admin error”. A Labour source told the BBC: “Neither Keir, nor his leadership campaign accepted monetary or in kind donations from Labour Together during the leadership election.”
The Daily Star’s top story is the death of Dickie bird, celebrating his “great innings”.
A “UN Sim-farm plot” has been “smashed” writes Metro, saying that an attempt to “cripple the phone network in New York – where Donald Trump has lambasted leaders at the United Nations – has been foiled by Secret Service agents”. The paper also features an interview with pop star Sabrina Carpenter who says “men are a fun species to watch”.
US President Donald Trump’s attack on European countries at the UN is on most of the front pages. The Financial Times calls it a “tirade” while for the Daily Mirror it was a “deranged” rant.
The Daily Telegraph notes that, a week after he carefully avoided criticising his British hosts on his state visit, Trump said nations were “going to hell” because of illegal migration.
The Guardian says he also launched “a full-on assault” on the UN, questioning its very purpose.
The Times highlights his comments that Nato countries should shoot down Russian jets which enter their airspace in words which “raise the stakes for future incursions”.
The Daily Mail focuses on the row surrounding Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney. It says a leaked email from 2021 is a “bombshell” which deepens a “crisis” around the handling of donations to the think tank he used to run. The Conservatives are calling for an investigation, saying Mr McSweeney has been caught “red-handed”. He has not commented. Downing Street says all support for Sir Keir’s leadership campaign was properly declared.
Another big pharmaceutical firm puts pressure on the government in the Financial Times. The boss of the American giant Eli Lilly tells the paper the UK is “probably the worst country in Europe” for drug prices and says Britain will miss out on new products unless it changes its policies. Eli Lilly, Merck and AstraZeneca have said they plan to pause or scrap investments in the UK because talks about pricing have made no progress.
Cricket umpire Dickie Bird is described as a “national treasure” by the Daily Express and a “legend” by the Daily Star after his death at the age of 92.
The Telegraph says Dickie Bird’s “enjoyment of his own good fortune was infectious” and says that his modest record as a county cricketer made him “all the more aware of his privilege in consorting with the greats of the game”.
The Guardian says he was one of the most proficient and eccentric sporting figures of his generation, loved by the public for what they sensed was an essential humanity.
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