Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
Many of Tuesday’s front pages feature a picture of the burning shopping mall in Ukraine that was bombed by Russia – killing at least 18 people.
“Crime against humanity” is the headline in the Daily Express – which says Putin has “plumbed new depths.”
The “Beast From The East” is how The Sun describes Putin after the attack on the shopping centre. The paper says the Russian president’s “mass-murdering barbarians know no limit.”
The i’s front page headline reads “murder at the shops” – the paper says the strike highlights the “industrialised deceit” of state media in Moscow, which accused Ukraine of setting the shopping centre on fire themselves.
Nato’s pledge of 300,000 troops on high alert in response to the Ukraine crisis is what the Financial Times leads with. The paper notes it’s a “historic shift from the post-Cold War era”- as the military alliance “belatedly” recognises Russia as the most “significant and direct threat to its security.”
The Daily Telegraph welcomes the move – but says Western leaders need to be honest with voters “and explain that none of this will come cheaply.”
The Guardian’s lead story reports on the main doctors’ union calls for a pay rise of up to 30% over the next five years. The paper says the union wants the government to make up for repeated real term salary cuts to help its member deals with the effects of rising inflation.
The Daily Mail fears that doctors could go on strike “within months” if they don’t get the increase, describing the demand as “extraordinary.”
The PM and Chancellor Rishi Sunak are resisting calls from Tory backbenchers to announce tax cuts according to the Times.
The Daily Mirror says the man who killed Helen McCourt more than 30 years ago has died without ever revealing where he left her body. Ian Simms was convicted of killing the 22-year-old in Merseyside in 1989.
Helen’s mum tells the paper of her upset that Simms never revealed the burial site and glad he has been “wiped off the earth.”
