Several of today’s newspaper front pages cover the illegal crossings yesterday as more than 1000 people crossed the channel. It marks the biggest crossing of 2025 so far. Most of the papers pick up on the comments made by the Defence Secretary who says it’s “pretty shocking” when asked about French police failing to intervene and says that Britain, over the past five years under both Conservative and Labour governments, has lost control of their borders.

Monday’s front pages are dominated by two stories: the upcoming announcement of the Strategic Defence Review and the illegal crossings of the English Channel.

Several newspapers report that results from a new trial suggest that exercise is “better than drugs” in stopping cancer from returning.

Elsewhere, the rest of the front pages are made up of standalone reports including everything from Liz Truss flogging Whiskey to reports that Britain is set for a sunny June.

Conservative historian Karol Nawrocki has won the Polish presidential election with 50.89% of the vote, defeating pro-EU candidate Rafal Trzaskowski, who secured 49.11%.

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Good morning! ☕ Let’s grab a coffee and dive into the headlines for Monday, 2nd June 2025. The sun is shining over the capital this morning, so let’s soak up the rays while catching up on the latest news.
Much of the news dominating the UK headlines focuses on international events, however, there are a handful of UK-focused stories – mostly around the UK’s defence spending and plans set to be announced later today in the Strategic Defence Review.

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A humanitarian crisis has unfolded in southern Gaza, as a Red Cross field hospital in Rafah received a mass casualty influx of wounded civilians, following a disputed incident near an aid distribution site.

Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian backed by the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, has narrowly won Poland’s presidential election, defeating liberal Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski.

Eight people were injured in Colorado, USA, after a man shouting “Free Palestine” attacked a pro-Israel demonstration with Molotov cocktails and a makeshift flamethrower. The incident occurred on Saturday at the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, around 30 miles from Denver.