New ‘bombshell’ Epstein emails and ‘Streeting goes to war with No 10’
New emails suggesting Donald Trump was aware of the behavior of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein dominated Thursday’s papers. The Guardian’s headline, “He knew the girls,” is a direct quote from one of the messages released by Democrats on the House oversight committee. The email is one of three published posts containing allegations that the US president was aware of Epstein’s activities. Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing regarding Epstein.
Trump “spent hours” at Epstein’s home with a woman who was later determined to be a sex trafficking victim, the Financial Times reported, focusing on another allegation revealed in newly released emails. The newspaper quotes a senior Democrat as saying the latest messages triggered “glaring questions about what else the White House is hiding” about the nature of Trump and Epstein’s relationship.
The Daily Mirror resonates with the headline, “Trump ‘spent hours with Giuffre'” naming Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre as one of the women named in the new emails. The White House has come out to defend the US president, accusing Democrats of “selectively leaking emails to liberal media to create a false narrative to smear President Trump.”
The Independent featured the famous photo of Trump and his wife, Melania, with Epstein and his partner Ghislaine Maxwell, taken at Mar-a-Lago in 2000. The paper also quotes one of Epstein’s “bombshell messages” to Maxwell: “I want you to understand that the dog that doesn’t bark is Trump.”
Shifting to news closer to home, the Daily Telegraph’s main story covers murmurs of the ongoing leadership battle against Sir Keir Starmer. “Streets go to war with No 10” was the newspaper’s headline after the health secretary was accused of plotting against the prime minister by Sir Keir’s top allies. Streeting denied the accusations and branded Downing Street “toxic” and “childish”, the newspaper reported.
Metro quotes the health minister’s response as “I am and have always been faithful.” The paper details its “outrage” at the implication that Streeting is leading a “traitor-style plot to exile Starmer” and mocks a photograph of him taken in the Round Table room of the aforementioned TV show.
In another twist to the “civil war” in Labour’s leadership, cabinet ministers have called for the Prime Minister’s private secretary to be sacked over allegations he had prior knowledge of briefings accusing Streeting of a leadership coup, the Times says. Morgan McSweeney, Sir Keir’s most senior aide, categorically refused to criticize the health secretary in the media.
Stating that the ministers directed their anger towards McSweeney, i Paper uses the expression “number 10 in the chaos”. The paper describes “cabinet despair” over attacks on the health secretary and Downing Street’s “paranoia about Labor conspiracies”.
The Daily Mail includes a warning from the Prime Minister’s allies to potential “Labour conspirators”. Those close to Sir Keir say any plans to oust him could trigger a general election, the newspaper reported. “Finally a ray of hope!” declares a sarcastic Mail subheader.
The Daily Express spotlight is the Conservative Party’s look at internal infighting in the Labor Party. The newspaper includes comments by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, accusing the Prime Minister of “being in office but not in power”.
The Daily Star turns its attention to music and the news that singer Dua Lipa and the bands Coldplay and Radiohead support a cap on ticket prices to give music back to fans. The newspaper praises this move as a “brave game”.
Finally, The Sun makes a “Ramsay wedding special” joke by reporting that Olympian Adam Peaty was given a police escort at Manchester Airport after receiving threats regarding his hen party ahead of his marriage to Holly Ramsay. The couple will get married at Christmas.
