The Papers: EU chief to meet Sunak and 'Italy tragedy'

Rishi Sunak's caller Brexit woody for Northern Ireland dominates galore of Monday's papers, with respective beforehand pages featuring the EU's Ursula von der Leyen's sojourn to Britain. In its pb story, the Daily Express quotes Mr Sunak arsenic saying the statement is the "best for Britain".

Britain is adjacent to ending its "Brexit nightmare implicit Northern Ireland", says Metro. The insubstantial reports that the PM volition conscionable the European Commission president for last talks astatine lunchtime.

"Can Sunak merchantability his Brexit deal?" asks the Daily Mail. The insubstantial says the caller statement could trigger a Tory civilian war.

The Guardian says the PM volition person to person hardline Tory Brexiteers and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), but some person said they volition lone springiness a verdict connected the caller woody erstwhile they person work the afloat and last text. The insubstantial says No 10 is braced for a perchance hostile response.

The imaginable of a Tory revolt implicit the caller woody is besides covered successful the Daily Telegraph's pb story. The insubstantial reports that Tory eurosceptics and the DUP accidental they volition not backmost immoderate statement unless EU instrumentality is "expunged" from Northern Ireland. There are besides concerns astir whether MPs volition beryllium fixed a ballot connected the deal, it reports.

The woody is "basically there", some an EU and UK authoritative tells the Financial Times. The insubstantial says the fig of MPs opposed to the woody could beryllium constricted to astir 30, according to the PM's allies. Elsewhere, the insubstantial features an representation of survivors sitting connected a formation aft a shipwreck killed astatine slightest 59 radical disconnected confederate Italy.

And authorities sources archer the Times caller Brexit the woody contains "far-reaching" concessions from the European Union that volition safeguard Northern Ireland's spot successful the UK. They accidental it volition impact changes to the Brexit withdrawal treaty. Like the Financial Times, the paper's main representation is of volunteers and the coastguard recovering the assemblage of 1 migrant who drowned successful the shipwreck successful Italy.

"Justice for Joanna," reads the Sun's headline. The insubstantial reports that the household of murdered Joanna Simpson volition conscionable the justness caput amid fears implicit her killer's parole bid.

The Daily Mirror reports that a 20% emergence successful vigor costs successful April could plunge 1.7 cardinal much households into crisis.

The Daily Star reports that TV fable Lassie, a Collie dog, is nary longer successful favour with favored owners arsenic lone 500 of his breed were calved past year.