Author: News Desk

Elon Musk is to launch $300 million share offer in bid to refocus on business after a wild time in US politics – that hit the billionaire’s pocket hard.

The Sun leads with the new search for missing Maddie McCann as well as the latest in the Beckham family feud. The PM gets some space at the top of the page as the paper reacts to the defence review.

The i newspaper reacts to suggestions of over-18s school leavers being offered placements in the armed forces in a bid to boost recruitment.

The Guardian reports on Starmer’s plans to prepare Britain for future battles whilst tourists fleeing Mount Etna’s eruption take the lead image on the front page.

The Independent reacts to the government’s defence review with positivity – the front page features a picture of Mount Etna.

The Express reacts to the PM’s defense review and the new search for missing Maddie McCann.

A 20-year-old man, Aaron Strachan, has been charged with the rape of a 15-year-old girl in Edinburgh, following an attack on 25 May.

Most of the newspapers react to the government’s Defence Secretary Review plans, announced by the prime minister yesterday. The UK is set to spend an extra £2bn on drones and AI in a bid to make the country “battle ready” – but some papers (right-leaning Conservatives) warn that a tax rise will likely be on the way to pay for it. New submarines are set to be built in what some papers suggest is a warning to Russia, and the review lays out plans to recruit more people for the army, with a paid stint in the military for school leavers being considered.

German and Portuguese police are to begin a new search for the missing Madeleine McCann – who disappeared on holiday in Portugal when she was three years old in 2007. The search will cover the municipality of Lagos, which sits next to Praia da Luz, the town in the Algarve where she went missing nearly two decades ago. Portuguese police confirmed on Monday that they were carrying out the search between 2-6 June on warrants issued by German prosecutors.

AI is dominating the UK newspaper front pages this morning after the prime minister announced his defence strategy yesterday. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has laid out plans to grow the British Army as he vows to put the country on a war footing and be prepared for Russian threats.