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The Economist – Turkey’s looming dictatorship The Economist says TURKEY matters not just for its size, but also as a bellwether of the political forces shaping the world. For centuries it was the seat of a great empire. Today, as a frontier state, it must cope with the violence spewing out of war-ravaged Syria; it is a test case of whether democracy can be reconciled with political Islam; and it must navigate between Western liberalism…

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Back pages – Express Sport: Arsenal 3-2 Manchester United: Eds up The back page of the Daily Express leads with Arsenal’s win over Manchester United in the latest Premier League game. The win puts Arsenal five points clear at the top of the league. Express sport says Are Arsenal Premier League champion material? With each passing game that question of being answered more and more strongly in the affirmative. Yesterday’s dramatic victory over Manchester United,…

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Back Pages – Barcelona 1-0 Getafe: Enrachados The Spanish newspaper SPORT leads with Barcelona’s 1-0 win over Getafe in the latest La Liga game. SPORT says Pedri scored the only goal of the game as Barcelona beat Getafe 1-0 in LaLiga on Sunday. Raphinha squared for Pedri to turn home his fifth goal of the season in the first half as Barça opened up a six point lead over Real Madrid, who play at Athletic…

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Metro – Boris Bank Chum Summary of the front page The Metro leads on new “sleaze” claims for Boris Johnson amid calls for an investigation into suggestions a friend, said to have helped him secure a loan of up to £800,000 when he was prime minister, was handed a top BBC job. The paper says the former prime minister Boris Johnson “popped up in war-torn Ukraine as yet another sleaze row erupts”. The front page…

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The Guardian – Britain’s forecast to reach £1tn export target 15 years late in the wake of Brexit Summary of the front page The Guardian reports projections from the Department for International Trade show the value of UK exports will not reach £1tn until 2023. The paper says ministers are being accused of leaving a “record of failure and broken promises” The front page also reports both the Boris Johnson and Nadhim Zahawi stories. The…

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The Independent – Zahawi can’t survive tax row, warns Tories Summary of the front page The Independent reports on the tax row involving Nadhim Zahawi. The paper reports that Tory MPs have warned his role as Conservative PArty chairman is “untenable.” The front page also features a picture of a cop car in Los Angeles – the paper reports on the mass shooting in California which killed at least 10 with 10 more in hospital. It’s…

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US investment group typically buys stakes in underperforming firms and seeks changes to way they are run The US activist investor firm Elliott Investment Management has taken a multibillion-dollar stake in Salesforce, the business software company that owns the Slack messaging platform. Elliott, which typically buys stakes in underperforming companies and seeks changes to the way they are run, said it was looking forward to working “constructively” with the San Francisco-based company, without revealing any…

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Frank McAveety apologised for comments made in Holyrood meeting in 2010 about 15-year-old girl The Scottish Labour party has been criticised for putting a former MSP who made “deeply sexualised and racist remarks” about a 15-year-old girl on to its shortlist for a parliamentary seat in Glasgow. Frank McAveety, the former MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, was recorded calling a 15-year-old girl “dark” and “dusky” and describing her as “very nice and very slim” during a…

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