
Daily Mail reports Thomas Markle to FBI, Andy Burnham addresses slave trade, and Chancellor John Healey vows clean energy project vetoes.
UK newspapers cover allegations against Thomas Markle, Andy Burnham's stance on the slave trade and debt relief for Commonwealth nations, Chancellor John Healey's pledge to veto unconnectable clean energy projects, and calls from Labour MPs to cut the benefits bill.
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The Daily Mail leads on further allegations against the Duchess of Sussex's father, Thomas Markle. Under the headline "Vault of Shame" the paper says it has reported Markle to the FBI after its journalists uncovered what it called a "stash" of child pornography in a storage unit the paper says was rented by him in Mexico.
The Sun says it has been told by staff at the care home where Thomas Markle has been living that he has been asked to leave, and is now staying at a different home, in Florida. Markle has strongly denied allegations that he has possessed images of child abuse.
In his Guardian article, Andy Burnham offers what the paper says amounts to a personal apology for Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade. The prime minister says he will launch an initiative to help the Commonwealth's poorest countries repay their debts, over a longer period of time, with better rates. Ruling out financial reparations, Burnham says he does not think "British people today can be held liable for historical wrongs, however heinous".
Leading the Times, Chancellor John Healey vows to veto new clean energy projects, if there is a risk the grid cannot cope with the electricity generated pushing up costs for consumers. The chancellor says there is "no sense in building power that can't connect and then paying to switch it off". The paper's editorial notes that wind farms were allowed to connect to the network before upgrades to the national grid had been carried out.
The Daily Telegraph says several Red Wall Labour MPs are calling on the government to reduce the benefits bill, and not to appease what one calls the "leafy Surrey suburbs". Another MP tells the paper the government should be "ambitious", adding that the UK needed a "Beveridge report for the 21st century".

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Russia's independent media organ Novaya Gazeta has decided to close down due to increasing political pressure, economic restrictions and license cancellations. Nobel laureate Dmitri Muratov accused the authorities of stifling the newspaper.

The renowned Russian newspaper “Novaya Gazeta” is ceasing operations after more than 30 years. The editorial team justifies the step with massive pressure from Russian authorities and secret services, which made independent work impossible.

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