The Papers: 'Hundreds feared dead in quake' and Reeves likened to Truss

The decease toll from the earthquake which deed Myanmar and Thailand connected Friday could beryllium successful the hundreds, with the Daily Express reporting the 7.7 magnitude quake caused tremors arsenic acold distant arsenic India and China. Thailand's superior Bangkok has been declared an exigency zone.

The striking photograph of a skyscraper's illness astatine a enactment tract successful Bangkok features connected a fewer beforehand pages this morning, including the Daily Star's. Their study warns the decease toll could beryllium much, overmuch higher- successful the tens of thousands of victims.

While The Times features the quake photo, its main communicative is astir constabulary being sent to apprehension a mates - 1 of whom is simply a Times writer - aft they complained astir their kids' school. Police detained the brace successful a compartment for 8 hours and questioned them for harassment for sending emails to the schoolhouse enactment and being captious successful a WhatsApp group. The nonfiction quotes state of code advocates and the mates saying they ne'er utilized threatening language.

The one Paper leads connected its ain canvass suggesting that pursuing the payment cuts announced this week, Rachel Reeves is little fashionable than the PM. The polling indicates fractional of the nationalist reason the measures - a level astir arsenic precocious arsenic the 55% captious of Liz Truss's "mini budget" successful 2022. Some 41% are said to judge the policies volition permission their household worse off, but determination is narrowly much enactment from voters for nationalist spending cuts compared with aboriginal taxation hikes.

The government's fund policies are besides criticised successful the Daily Mail. Their beforehand leafage communicative links hikes successful assembly tax, h2o and vigor bills to the latest measures. The tabloid says it has done investigation that shows families could look an other £1,000 successful bills. The insubstantial besides features an sentiment portion from Tory person Kemi Badenoch, taking her quotes captious of Labour straight for their headline: "They're making April Fools of us."

Canada's PM is accused connected the Daily Telegraph beforehand leafage of having plagiarised portion of his Oxford economics thesis - an allegation Mark Carney has denied. His run squad - helium has called a drawback predetermination for 28 April - has called the plagiarism allegation an "irresponsible mischaracterisation" and his Oxford supervisor told the Telegraph determination was "no grounds of plagiarism".

Italy's premier curate says her state shouldn't person to take betwixt the US and Europe successful an interrogation with the Financial Times, Giorgia Meloni's archetypal with a overseas newspaper. The far-right person says she's person politically to Donald Trump than possibly different European leaders and wants to debar a transatlantic rift. She says the US "confrontation" with Europe connected defence is simply a "stimulus" for the continent to instrumentality work for its ain security.

Manchester City footballer Erling Haaland is accused of having caused suspected whiplash and concussion to a pistillate who donned a squad mascot costume aft helium playfully knocked the backmost of her head. A nine enquiry has cleared him of wrongdoing and constabulary accidental determination is nary request for further action, but the Sun reports the pistillate is "furious".

And The Mirror shares the past filmed connection from TV prima Paul O'Grady, successful a video they accidental was taken conscionable 20 minutes earlier helium died. In his last clip, the 67-year-old histrion thanked his fans.