The Daily Telegraph
Ukraine could be forced to lease its Donbas region to Russia under a US plan to end the war, The Daily Telegraph reports.
It says it would mean Ukraine ceding control of the land but maintaining legal ownership, while Russia would pay a “rental fee for de-facto control”.
The Sun
The Sun says tensions with Russia have escalated after a Russian ship “tried to blind British military pilots with lasers”.
The Guardian
The prime minister has urged Nigel Farage to address “detailed allegations of racist behaviour during his teenage years”, according to The Guardian.
Daily Star
The Daily Star says swimmer Adam Peaty has commented on a “family feud” ahead of his wedding to Gordon Ramsay’s daughter.
Daily Mirror
The defence secretary has said UK forces are ready to respond if a Russian “spy ship” enters British waters, says the Mirror.
John Healey said the ship, the Yantar, had shone lasers at RAF planes that were tracking it.
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail leads on a poll that suggests 0% of people think the economy is in a “very good state” under Labour.
Daily Express
Millions more people would suffer pensioner poverty if the government scraps the “triple lock” guarantee on how much the state pension increases each year, the Daily Express reports.
The Times
Transgender people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look, according to guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission – and seen by The Times.
However, the paper says the government has had the guidance for nearly three months but hasn’t published it.
i
The i says council tax in London and the South East will be allowed to rise well above the 5% cap without triggering a public vote and that money could be diverted to other regions.
Metro
Russian hackers have stolen details of thousands of British fertility clients from a Harley Street clinic, Metro reports.
Financial Times
Home investors have pulled around £26bn from UK-listed stocks this year despite the FTSE 100 index heading for its best performance in more than a decade, says the Financial Times.
