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The Times, external reports that Andy Burnham is facing a revolt from his core support on the Labour left against plans to appoint Shabana Mahmood as chancellor. "It's baffling," is how one Labour MP describes the move, pointing out "nobody knows what her views are on the economy". Writing in the i Paper, external, Isabel Hardman makes the case for Mahmood, saying she has a "gift for standing firm against criticism of her policies, while articulating why she needs to pursue them clearly and in humane terms".
The Daily Mail, external leads on what it calls a foreign aid "farce", after it emerged ministers had signed off £153m in aid for Pakistan, even though the country was refusing to take back grooming gang boss Shabir Ahmed. The paper says the Foreign Office "slipped out" the figures, despite Downing Street's claim it was doing everything possible to deport Ahmed.
According to the Guardian, external, the Gaza recovery plan being pursued by US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace has shrunk dramatically. The ambitious blueprint to rebuild the whole territory has now turned into a small pilot project in the south of the strip.
The Financial Times, external reports that Chinese AI start up Moonshot is set to release a large language model with capabilities approaching those of US labs such as Anthropic. The paper says the launch of Kimi K3 could challenge the industry consensus that Chinese AI models are eight to 12 months behind US ones in terms of performance.
"Argy bargy" is the Daily Star's, external take on Argentina's footballers holding a banner saying "The Falklands are ours", in Spanish, after the 2-1 World Cup win against England. In an interview with the Daily Express, external, the Falklands war veteran, Simon Weston, describes the stunt as "childish and petulant". The Daily Mirror, external calls the incident a "final insult".
"Chat's that," declares the Sun, external after the presenter, Claudia Winkelman, said she would be quitting her BBC One talk show after just one season. The Daily Telegraph, external says the programme "suffered from a lack of A-list guests". In an interview with the Daily Mail, external, Winkleman gives more detail about her departure saying: "I realised I was just too nervous too enjoy it".
