The Papers: UK to freeze Syria asylum claims and 'Red card for Coote'

The autumn of Bashar al-Assad from powerfulness successful Syria continues to pb the papers. The Financial Times says the rebel unit that overthrew him, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has "rushed to consolidate its control" of the country, holding meetings with officials from the erstwhile authorities to negociate a modulation of power. The insubstantial adds that an amnesty has been issued for radical conscripted into the subject nether Assad, portion authorities bodies person ordered a resumption of nationalist services.

The Daily Mirror leads with comments from Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who speaking successful the House of Commons connected Monday branded Assad the "rat of Damascus" and said helium had fled to Moscow "with his process betwixt his legs".

A study from the notorious Saydnaya Prison successful Damascus leads the Guardian. The insubstantial describes the find astatine the tract of a "vast underground complex, 5 storeys deep" containing immoderate of the past prisoners of the regime. It says the analyzable was believed to clasp immoderate 1,500 radical and that a "procession lit by thousands of telephone torches" streamed done the situation arsenic radical entered successful hunt of mislaid loved ones.

The Times besides reports from Saydnaya and, similar the Guardian, carries a representation of idiosyncratic holding up bloodied nooses recovered astatine the site. The insubstantial says that, passim Assad's 24 years successful power, and peculiarly since the 2011 uprising, thousands of his critics were taken to Saydnaya, though "few ever left". It speaks to 1 man, Ahmed, who spent 3 years successful the situation and had travelled determination successful hunt of his brother, Anas, who was conscionable 20 erstwhile helium was jailed. "He's been imprisoned for much than 10 years," Ahmed says. "We haven't heard 1 connection from him."

The UK is to frost decisions connected asylum applications from Syrian citizens portion it assesses the situation, the one reports. The insubstantial says determination are astir 5,000 radical from Syria presently awaiting the result of an asylum claim, but that the autumn of Assad has raised questions astir whether they volition inactive request refuge from persecution.

The Daily Telegraph says fears person been raised that British jihadists presently imprisoned successful Syria could present instrumentality to the UK. Citing information sources, the insubstantial reports that determination are astir a twelve Islamic State fighters from the UK being held successful prisons controlled by Kurdish forces successful bluish Syria. It says the autumn of Assad has "raised the imaginable of camps and jails holding overseas fighters being unopen down and the jihadists freed to caput to Britain". Turning to the festive play successful the UK, the insubstantial notes that a "poor sultana harvest" is "raisin mince pastry prices".

Former MI6 main Sir Alex Younger is quoted by the Daily Mail saying determination is present a hazard that a "very ample number" of Islamic State detainees volition beryllium freed and that they would airs a "chronic" information menace to the UK.

The Metro reports connected the proceedings of Hassan Sentamu, the teen accused of stabbing to decease Croydon schoolgirl Elianne Andam successful September 2023. The insubstantial says Elianne was a person of Mr Sentamu's ex-girlfriend, and that the brace had met him to speech immoderate bags of possessions. It says the container Mr Sentamu brought did not incorporate a teddy carnivore belonging to his ex, truthful Elianne tried to drawback the different container backmost from him. Prosecutor Alex Chalk KC called it a "gesture of solidarity that outgo Elianne her life". Mr Sentamu antecedently pleaded blameworthy to manslaughter but is connected proceedings charged with murder, which helium denies.

The emergence successful employers' nationalist security contributions introduced successful October's Budget volition outgo children's hospices astir £140,000 a twelvemonth each successful further staffing costs, according to the Daily Express. The insubstantial quotes Ryan Pannel, whose lad Theo died of a uncommon familial information astatine 5 and a fractional months, urging MPs to "do the close thing" and exempt hospices from the rise.

The Sun leads connected the sacking of David Coote, a Premier League referee who was seen successful a video allegedly making derogatory comments astir Liverpool's then-manager, Jurgen Klopp, and successful a photograph appearing to sniff achromatic pulverization done a rolled up slope note. The insubstantial says the PGMOL, the assemblage liable for referees, recovered Coote's to beryllium successful breach of his declaration and his presumption "untenable".

And the Daily Star says Nasa scientists person recovered Uranus - which it describes arsenic its favourite satellite - to beryllium the "most important satellite successful the star system".