1 hour ago
1
The aftermath after the UK and its European allies said Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a frog toxin continues to lead some papers on Monday. The i says the UK plans to "slash vital funding to counter Russian operations" against the country, as well as planning "new sanctions against Moscow" following the poisoning announcement. Opposition parties have called the funding changes to security "deeply irresponsible", the paper reports
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper calls for "tougher new sanctions" to be placed on Russia following her probe into the death of Navalny, Metro reports. Meanwhile, a "golden moment of history" at the Winter Olympics features large at the top of the paper's front page, with snowboarders Charlotte Banks and Huw Nightingale celebrating "Britain's first ever Winter Olympic gold on snow"
The Financial Times reports that former Russian Wagner Group agents have enlisted for "Kremlin-organised sabotage attacks in Europe". The Wagner recruiters are appealing to "economically vulnerable Europeans to carry out violence on Nato soil", the paper reports, citing unnamed Western intelligence officials
A photograph of the "daily life in Kyiv", depicting people lining up for food in the cold weather, takes up the entire front page of the Independent. "It's dark, it's cold … it's endless", is the paper's headline. It says people are "battling to survive winter as Putin's latest strategy targets power supplies"
More of Team GB's Winter Olympics glory is spotlighted on the front page of the Daily Telegraph, with a picture of skeleton racers Tabitha Stoecker and Matt Weston celebrating their mixed team gold medal win. Elsewhere on the front, the paper says democracy will be "denied to 15m voters" if there are further delays to some local elections. Labour says that a "looming reorganisation of local authorities would make elections expensive, complicated and unnecessary"
The Sun leads with an exclusive on "£500k phone compo for migrants", following a ruling by High Court judges that seizing the phones of 70 boat migrants was "illegal and in breach of European human rights laws"
Campaigners warn "switching off street lights at night to save money" puts women and girls at greater risk, the Daily Express reports. The paper is launching a "Safer Streets crusade", which is also concerned with overall pedestrian safety during the early hours of the morning
"Under-16s social media ban may happen this year", the Times reports. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer plans to use new powers to push through changes faster, according to the paper, which may include restrictions to infinite scrolling designs
The Daily Mail asks "what are the police waiting for?" as it says officers face "mounting calls to launch a full investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's role as the UK's trade envoy". Files released by the US department of Justice appear to show the former prince forwarded UK government documents and other commercial information to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mountbatten-Windsor has always consistently and strenuously denied any wrongdoing
The link between suicides and domestic abuse is the focus of the Guardian's front page on Monday. Researchers say domestic violence suicides are a "national scandal" and that the exact number of "women driven to suicide by domestic abusers is severely under-reported", the paper reports
"The Great British Water Shame" leads the Daily Mirror. It is about a new Channel 4 drama, which features the story of the young British girl who died from E. Coli in 1999 after playing on the beach in Devon
And the Daily Star leads with an appeal to "save Britain's first ever Indian restaurant from closure", and a call for King Charles "to rescue the 100-year-old" eatery that "sparked our love of curry and beer"
