Southport suspect âunmaskedâ and Starmer âtakes on far rightâ
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The Southport attacks have once again dominated the front pages, after the 17-year-old charged with murdering three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class was named as Axel Muganwa Rudakubana. Fridayâs Metro has the headline âteenage âkillerâ unmaskedâ and reports that the teenager smiled as he entered court before he pulled up his tracksuit to cover his face in the dock.
The Daily Express has a similar headline alongside a photo of the suspect in the Southport stabbings. The Cardiff-born teenager could not previously be named due to his age but a judge ruled it could be made public following applications from the media. The Express also has a photo of Andy Murray, whose tennis career ended with a quarter-final doubles defeat in the Olympics, with the headline âBritish heroâ.
Some front pages have focused on the protests that have taken place in the wake of the Southport attacks. The Mirror says Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed to âtackle far right thugsâ who have rioted in recent days. It also has a photo of Murray with the headline âitâs been aceâ.
The Daily Telegraph says the prime minister âblames riots on far-right plottersâ. It reports that he warned he would not âpermit, under any circumstances, a breakdown in law and order on our streetsâ. It also reports on how the BBC has been accused of âsitting on the conclusions of an internal inquiryâ into alleged misconduct by Huw Edwards. The BBC director general, Tim Davie, said the corporation was ânot sitting on anythingâ that was of a serious nature.
The Guardian reports that police chiefs have been urged to step up patrols outside mosques and asylum seeker accommodation ahead of rallies in the days ahead. It also has a photo of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva and Paul Whelan, who returned to the US as part of the biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War.
The Times leads with the release of Evan Gershkovich and says that the Kremlin âreceived two deep-cover agents, an FSB hitman known as the âbicycle killerâ and a series of Russians convicted for hacking, fraud and espionage in the Westâ in return for the journalist.
The FT leads with a story on how the Bank of England has cut interests rates for the first time in more than four years, which the paper says âmarks a boost to the Labour governmentâs promise to kick-start economic growthâ.
The i reports that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will âpush on with tax rises and spending cutsâ in the October Budget despite the Bank of England delivering a cut in interest rates.
The Daily Mail says patients will face âmonths of miseryâ after GPs launched work-to-rule action. The British Medical Association says GPs have been âunable to provide the care we want toâ in a dispute over funding levels. The paper also previews an opinion piece on Italyâs Angela Carini abandoning her Olympic bout against Algerian boxer Imane Khelif inside 46 seconds.
Lastly, the Daily Star reports that âboffinsâ are planning to send frozen animal DNA to the moon, so humans will be able to ârestock the worldâ in the wake of a nuclear war.
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