UK missiles being deployed in Ukraine to counter Russian aggression and the potential for a war between the UK, US and Russia are the focus of several newspapers. Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said it’s vital for the UK and US to provide Ukraine with the weapons it needs to win, while Prime Minister Keir Starmer has flown to the US to have talks with President Joe Biden about whether to permit Ukraine to fire Western long-range missiles into Russia. Discussions will also be taking place about how to respond to Putin’s recent warnings that an attack on Ukraine using the missiles would force Moscow to respond.
Starmer has responded directly to Putin’s threats that the UK and US will be “at war” with Russia if Ukraine is allowed to use their long-range missiles, by stating that Russia started the war and can end it at any time. “Ukraine has the right to self-defence,” he told reporters while en route to Washington. Meanwhile, the i newspaper is discussing how junk food adverts are to be banned on TV before 21:00 from next year, and the Daily Mail has criticised the decision, feeling it’s a part of the nanny-state policy.
The front page of the Daily Express focuses on the “citizen’s jury” assembled by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics who are in favour of assisted dying in certain circumstances after three months of deliberations. American rock star Jon Bon Jovi is described as a “guitar hero” by the Metro, after he saved a woman on the ledge of a bridge in Nashville while preparing to film a music video, and the Daily Star’s top story has Oxford University biodiversity expert Baroness Kathy Willis offering tips on how to induce calmness and tranquillity with a simple touch.
Finally, the Financial Times is discussing the UK’s finances with the Office for Budget Responsibility publishing a new report that warns the UK’s national debt is on an “unsustainable” upward path and that painful choices must be made regarding tax increases or cuts to spending. As the government prepares for its first budget next month, the FT warns the national debt must be addressed
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