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On Tuesday, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires to protest against cuts to public universities. The protesters called for education funding to be protected. The country’s new President, Javier Milei, was elected to office last year promising to bring Argentina’s finances under control with sweeping cuts to the public sector.

Spanish Justice officials have accidentally released a billionaire Dutch drug lord from prison in a major bureaucratic mix-up. Karim Bouyakhrichan, allegedly a leader of the Mocro Maffia, was arrested in Marbella in January after a five-year money-laundering investigation.

A $95bn foreign aid package has been approved by the US Senate that will see military support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Joe Biden is set to sign the legislation into law on Wednesday.

In a dramatic turn of events, prosecutors in former President Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial are seeking to hold him in contempt for his relentless attacks on witnesses and individuals involved in the case. The trial, which centres on a hush-money payment made to a porn star, has been filled with tension and controversy from the start.

UN ‘horror’ at mass grave at hospitals in Gaza The UN has expressed horror over reports of mass graves being…

Inzaghi celebrated being Serie A Champions as a manager amidst a chilly, rain-soaked evening at the San Siro.

Many of Tuesday’s front pages report on the government’s latest efforts to get its Rwanda asylum policy passed into law. 

Many of the right-leaning newspapers that back the current government celebrate the news that Parliament has passed the Rwanda bill following late-night sitting and months of wrangling. They claim that the policy will act as a deterrent and as soon as flights start to take off, migrants will stop attempting to cross the channel. 

Elsewhere, many of the papers leave room on the front pages to cover Huw Edwards – the former BBC presenter who has not been on air due to an alleged sex scandal. Yesterday he announced he has quit the BBC on “medical advice”. 

Away from domestic news, a couple of the papers leave room for front-page coverage of Donald Trump’s NYC case.

US President Joe Biden has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky he will “move quickly” to send Ukraine fresh military aid after US lawmakers passed a $61bn aid package. 

German officials have announced that three people have been arrested on suspicion of spying for China.
The main suspect – Thomas R., is accused of spying for the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS).

US colleges are struggling with the spread of protests against the war in Gaza with the movement now spreading from Columbia and Yale to other universities. Police moved to break up a protest at New York University and made a number of arrests.