The Papers: 'Putin breaks silence' and 'bomb blew up jet'

"We're coming for you, Vlad," headlines the Metro arsenic it reports connected Wagner fighters issuing a "chilling menace of vengeance" successful a video, informing "get acceptable for us". It comes aft the reported decease of the mercenary group's brag Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a mutiny against Vladimir Putin. He is presumed to person died successful a level clang connected Wednesday.

The Financial Times carries a representation of a assemblage container being carried distant from the wreckage of the crashed pitchy successful the Tver region, northbound of Moscow. The broadsheet leads with Putin breaking his soundlessness to corroborate the decease of the Wagner chief. It reports the president expressed condolences to the household of the dead, arsenic good arsenic paying tribute personally to Prigozhin, calling him a "talented businessman". It besides covers the outgo of the UK asylum strategy astir doubling successful the past twelvemonth to astir £4bn.

"Bomb blew up Putin critic's jet" headlines the one arsenic it leads with US quality assessments that the Wagner brag was killed by an detonation connected committee his plane.

The Guardian besides leads with the US enactment connected who's responsible. The Pentagon said it believed it was apt Prigozhin had been killed. The insubstantial covers the largest spread connected grounds betwixt apical GCSE grades grades awarded to pupils successful London and those successful the north-east, prompting warnings of a "continuing widening" successful England. Elsewhere, Nicki Minaj and Lauryn Hill diagnostic arsenic the insubstantial celebrates 50 years of hep hop.

"So atrocious I killed him" headlines the Sun arsenic it focuses connected Putin's tribute to Prigozhin. It besides features an aged representation of the Princess of Wales, past Kate Middleton, successful a University of St Andrews manner amusement wherever she is rumoured to person caught the attraction of past Prince William. The tabloid says Netflix play The Crown volition recreate the country successful its adjacent series.

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The Daily Mail headlines "Putin's chilling taunt implicit his rival's 'mistakes'" arsenic it writes the Russian president's tribute to Prigozhin was "sickening".

The Times focuses connected Putin breaking his soundlessness connected Prigozhin, with him adding the Wagner brag "made superior mistakes". It besides carries the denial of Ukrainian engagement by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The Russian president is astatine the centre of the Daily Telegraph arsenic it captures the infinitesimal Mr Putin breaks his soundlessness connected the incident. A British information root said: “The positive for Putin is helium volition consciousness emboldened and present volition person a quasi-private service astatine hand".

The Daily Express leads with Rishi Sunak insisting the champion mode of slashing the £4bn-a-year asylum measure is to "stop the boats successful the archetypal place".

The Daily Mirror focuses connected the "tragic Sara mystery". The 10-year-old miss was recovered dormant successful Woking, Surrey, earlier this month. A post-mortem introspection recovered she had sustained "multiple and extended injuries". It writes that constabulary successful Pakistan are stepping up the hunt for her family.

The Daily Star headlines connected a "creepy" coating that keeps being returned to a foundation store "because buyers can't header with her spooky stare".