âPM to defy Trumpâ and âApple in UK privacy rowâ
Sir Keir Starmer is set to âdefy Trump with new aid for Ukraineâ, according to the Daily Telegraph. The prime minister plans to announce both new military aid and fresh sanctions on Russia on Monday, the third anniversary of Russiaâs invasion, the paper says. He is then due to visit the US president in Washington DC on Thursday.
âStarmer seeks to calm Europeâs row with Trumpâ is the main headline on the Guardianâs front page. Sir Keirâs visit to Trump is aimed at âcooling an escalating transatlantic rowâ after the American leader sharply criticised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
âRussian links to drone sightings over secret UK basesâ make the lead on the i Paper. It says it can reveal the movements of three âindividuals with suspected links to the Kremlinâ, two of whom are âbelieved to have worked as seasonal fruit pickersâ.
An apology to any poodles offended by comparisons to Donald Trump in his relationship with Vladimir Putin makes the lead on the Daily Star (geddit?). Among other things, the dogs are ânot orangeâ, it notes under a cartoon of the Russian president out walking the leader of the free world.
âApple in UK privacy rowâ the Times reports after the corporation took the unprecedented step of removing its highest-level data security tool from customers, following a government demand for access to user data.
Similarly, âApple closes secure iCloud systemâ is the main headline in the Financial Times. The move escalates a âconfrontation over a secret government demand to access user dataâ. Elsewhere, âsocial media cheapskatesâ could be âstarved outâ of top London restaurants as they bring in deposits and minimum spends.
Elton John and Simon Cowell make the front page of the Daily Mail as they âjoin fight to stop AI giants stealing work for freeâ. They are, the paper says, urging a rethink on ministersâ âradical proposals to relax copyright rulesâ.
A report in the Daily Express looks at the âagonising battleâ of the parents of Ollie and Amelia Carroll, 14 and 11, to âsecure funding for vital treatment to fight Batten diseaseâ. The incurable illness affects the nervous system, causing seizures, visual impairment, mobility loss and early death, according to the NHS. ââOur children deserve to live as much as anyone,'â the paperâs headline says.
This yearâs Victory in Europe Day commemoration will be one âto rememberâ, the Daily Mirror writes, with King Charles III leading the event on 8 May from the balcony of Buckingham Palace, 80 years after the end of World War Two in Europe.
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