‘Push to strip citizenship’ and ‘God created Bardot’
Senior Labor MPs have called on Sir Keir Starmer to strip Egyptian dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah of his British citizenship, the Times reports. The Prime Minister’s “failure to investigate the background” of Fattah, who was released from prison in Egypt and welcomed in the UK, was widely criticized. Historic social media messages from British-Egyptian activist calling for the killing of Zionists have emerged. Ministers privately described Starmer’s intervention as “ridiculous” and “shocking”, according to the Times.
The Daily Telegraph draws attention to the increasing pressure on Sir Keir to revoke the citizenship of the man it labels “extremist” in its headline. According to the Telegraph, Mr Fattah did not pass a “good character” check for his citizenship “due to a loophole created by the European Convention on Human Rights”.
The Conservative leader’s anger at the prime minister’s reception of a “liberated anti-Semitic Egyptian dissident” is at the center of the Daily Mail’s reporting. Kemi Badenoch says, “I don’t want people who hate England to come to our country,” and calls for Abdel Fattah to be “kicked out” from the United Kingdom.
The Sun’s front page features a picture of Brigitte Bardot at the top, with the headline writer using the words “And God created Bardot”, referencing her iconic 1956 film And Got Created Woman. The paper carries its coverage of the weekend wedding between Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty and TV chef Gordon’s daughter Holly Ramsay – with Holly Ramsay’s “father of the bride speech” described by the Sun as “explosive” and a reference to an ongoing feud in the Peaty family.
In the same headline, the Daily Star also pays tribute to “screen goddess” Bardot, who has died aged 91, again citing the film role that catapulted the French actress to superstardom. Author Emily Hall is evocative in her descriptions of the “50s blonde bombshell” and the “sexy movie kitten.”
The Daily Mirror remembers the late French actress as “La Belle Bardot”. An image of the “screen legend” with her iconic blonde messy hair and black eyeliner posing in just a towel takes up the entire front page.
Young Bardot also takes up almost half of the Guardian’s front page, although the accompanying report highlights that she turned her back on film stardom in later years and “embraced animal rights activism”. The US President said in his lead story that war talks for Ukraine were in their “final stages” as Trump sat down for a meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Florida last night.
The Kremlin “may be developing even more lethal weapons,” one of the co-creators of the Novichock nerve agent claims in an exclusive for i Paper. The interview came amid Trump and Zelensky’s final negotiations for a peace deal.
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The Daily Express runs an exclusive about new care home inspection plans “putting thousands of residents at risk”. According to the article, the proposed overhaul could mean services only get a full check every 10 years.
The front pages of The Daily Mail, The Times and The Daily Telegraph all focus on social media messages by British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, which the government described as “disgusting”.
Writing for the Daily MailConservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said he “didn’t want people who hate Britain coming to our country” and that the Home Office should consider deporting him.
Quotes from The Times Both a minister and a senior Labor MP called for the activist to be stripped of his British citizenship, while the minister told the newspaper serious questions should be asked about the imprudence in allowing him to enter the UK. Alaa Abdel Fattah apologized but said the meaning of some of the posts was “distorted”.
President Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky meeting in Florida to discuss the Ukraine peace agreement is reported in most newspapers. iPaper says There was an “optimistic” mood. However The Guardian reported A former Ukrainian diplomat has accused President Putin of trying to “sabotage things” by speaking to Trump on the phone ahead of talks at Mar-a-Lago.
Brigitte Bardot’s face has been on many front pages since her death was announced yesterday. He was 91 years old. Daily Mail explains he called her “France’s most attractive export”. Headline “La Belle Bardot” Daily Mirror.
