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The fourth anniversary of the war in Ukraine leads the Financial Times, which pictures Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky alongside other European leaders holding commemorative candles during a ceremony in Kyiv's Independence Square on Tuesday. The headline reads "US shuns war anniversary", noting that the Trump administration did not send a representative to Kyiv for the ceremony.
"Prince of Darkness" declares the Daily Star, following the arrest and subsequent release of former US ambassador Lord Mandelson on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The paper pictures the former Labour minister leaving the police station in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The BBC understands that Lord Mandelson's position is he has not acted in any way criminally and that he was not motivated by financial gain.
The Guardian says that Lord Mandelson was arrested over concerns that he was a flight risk, and reports that his lawyers say Scotland Yard previously agreed to interview the peer under caution next month rather than arrest him. According to the paper, the Met were told Lord Mandelson was preparing to move abroad to the British Virgin Islands, a claim his lawyers have dismissed as "baseless".
"Flight-risk fiction led to my arrest" is the headline on the Times story about Lord Mandelson. Police declined to comment when asked by the paper the conditions of Lord Mandelson's arrest, including whether or not he had been forced to surrender his passport.
The Telegraph says that officials have now confirmed that they will release documents related to Lord Mandelson's work in government in early March, but notes that MPs will have the final say over what is made available to the public.
"Minister attacks 'rude, arrogant' Andrew in historic Commons rebuke" declares the i Paper, following what it calls an "unprecedented political attack" on the former prince by trade minister Chris Bryant. According to the paper, he said Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was a man "on a constant self-aggrandising and self-enriching hustle".
Andrew is pictured on the front page of the Sun under the headline "Get orf your high horse Andy", following reports that the former prince has been banned from horse riding in the wake of his arrest.
The Mail features a political piece on the front page of its Wednesday edition, which takes a look at the Green Party's immigration policy. The paper says that under the proposed policy, illegal migrants would be given a free house and a wage with "no requirement to work", in addition to free use of the NHS. "Beware the green menace," the paper warns.
Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown has penned a piece for the Mirror to warn voters of the "dark days of Tory austerity", ahead of a by-election in Gordon and Denton. He writes that "poorer children will suffer the most" under Reform UK, and adds that the Nigel Farage's party plans to cut the rights of works and renters.
"Tough porn crackdown to tackle abuse" says the Metro, which says that new laws will make it illegal to create or possess pornographic content which portrays incest or "twisted family sex". The changes are part of an amendment to last year's Crime and Policing Bill, which entered Parliament on Monday, and are designed to protect women and girls.
The Express leads on new research that suggests that "millions" of people in the UK went without healthcare that they needed last year.
