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Daily Express – Banking giant’s dire warning on Labour pledges The Daily Express leads with banking giant HSBC saying the Labour Party’s plan to boost wages would “trigger higher mortgage bills” and a “surge in unemployment”, and quotes the PM saying “vote for Reform risks a generation under Labour”. The front page also includes an image of the King and Queen sporting feathered hats. Read all the front pages here

Daily Mirror – Willkommen England The front page of the Daily Mirror says a mindless minority of England fans were urged to behave in Frankfurt after chanting controversial war song Ten German Bombers. It came after trouble in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday, with Three Lions supporters reporting “total chaos” before the game against Serbia. Police are trying to calm the situation after queues at Veltins stadium and rival fans clashed earlier in the city centre. Read all the front pages here

The Sun – Play Jude The front page of the Sun reports the Beatles song Hey Jude! Has shot up the charts amid England’s Euro campaign. The paper says PM Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer have called on football fans to adopt the song as an England football anthem.  England won their opening match 1-0 thanks to Jude Bellingham’s 13th-minute goal.  Read all the front pages here

The Guardian – Farage accused of cut and spend manifesto ‘that doesn’t add up’ Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is accused of offering a manifesto that “doesn’t add up”, The Guardian reports. The front page also shows Ukrainian footballers draped in their national flag as they “show defiance” at Euro 2024. Read all the front pages here

The Independent – The Delusions of Nigel Farage: I’ll run for PM next The Independent says Nigel Farage has parked his tank firmly on Rishi Sunak’s lawn with a manifesto designed to win over disgruntled Tory supporters and an extraordinary prediction he will be prime minister after the 2029 election. Read all the front pages here

The Metro – Hero patient stopped bomber killing nurses A “hero patient” in a hospital stopped an alleged bomber “killing nurses” last year, the Metro’s top story reads. A court heard how the patient, Nathan Newby, talked the man out of detonating an explosive device, the paper says. Read all the front pages here

Editorial 18 June 2024  Tuesday’s front pages largely focus on the UK general election campaign, a day after Reform UK – led by Nigel Farage – launched its manifesto.  Pictures of the royals attending yesterday’s Garter Day celebrations feature across the papers – especially the tabloids. Elsewhere, the back pages are Euros-dominated. France – the favourites to win the tournament – won 1-0 but delivered an unconvincing performance. Les Blues’ star player Kylian Mbappe went off with a broken nose.  ‘Reform UK plans don’t add up’ – “populist pledges” based on “optimistic assumptions” The Guardian leads with the concerns of…

KEY POINTS London becomes Europe’s largest stock market again The UK’s main stock market has regained its position as Europe’s most valuable for the first time in nearly two years, data shows. The total value of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) reached $3.18 trillion on Monday, surpassing the $3.13 trillion value of companies listed in Paris, according to Bloomberg data. Although the valuations have fluctuated and remain close, analysts see this as a significant milestone. They attribute the French market’s decline to election-related uncertainty, while the UK market is recovering from years of underperformance. The LSE had…

KEY POINTS Eleven dead and dozens missing in two shipwrecks At least 11 people have died, and over 60 are missing after two shipwrecks off the southern coast of Italy, according to rescuers. German charity RESQSHIP rescued 51 people from a sinking wooden boat and found 10 bodies trapped in the lower deck near the island of Lampedusa on Monday. In another incident the same day, more than 60 people were reported missing, including 26 children, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said. The boats were carrying migrants who had set off from Libya and Turkey, according to UN agencies. Survivors from…

KEY POINTS Torrential rains trigger deadly landslides in Ecuador At least six people have died in landslides in Baños, a city in central Ecuador. Several homes were buried under tons of mud after days of heavy rain. More than a dozen people were injured, and a main road was cut off. A state of emergency has been declared in Baños. Officials reported that 30 people who were initially missing have been found alive. Heavy machinery has been deployed to clear roads blocked by rocks and mud. Local media reported that five of the six people who died were from the…