The Papers: 'Zahawi faces sack' and 'killer posed as child'

The Daily Mirror leads with Rishi Sunak's determination to bid an probe into Conservative Party president Nadhim Zahawi's taxation affairs. The insubstantial says the premier curate was unaware of a outgo Mr Zahawi had made to settee a quality with HMRC past summertime portion helium was chancellor.

The PM would not person publically backed Mr Zahawi if helium had known the afloat story, the one says. It reports that the Tory seat volition beryllium asked to resign if helium is recovered to person breached morals rules. The insubstantial features an interrogation with histrion Helena Bonham Carter, who says women get "cut off" due to the fact that they are "deemed excessively old".

But the Guardian says Mr Sunak is nether increasing unit implicit whether oregon not helium knew astir the HMRC enquiry erstwhile helium appointed Mr Zahawi to his cabinet. A root told the insubstantial that Downing Street had been alert of a punishment arsenic portion of a colony with HMRC erstwhile the PM appointed Mr Zahawi. However, No 10 denied the claim, the insubstantial says.

The Financial Times says Mr Zahawi is warring for his governmental beingness aft Sunak ordered an morals reappraisal into his taxation affairs. The insubstantial besides reports that the authorities faces different morals situation with BBC president Richard Sharp nether probe implicit the process which led to his appointment.

The irreverent Daily Star says it considered buying a lettuce to pit against Mr Zahawi but decided it wasn't worthwhile due to the fact that helium "looks acceptable for the chop".

The Times says Metropolitan Police recruits are inactive being accepted utilizing mostly online assessments, raising concerns that rogue candidates could beryllium missed. The Met told the insubstantial it was re-introducing in-person interviews aboriginal this year.

The Daily Express reports that Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai, a 21-year-old antheral recovered blameworthy of murdering an aspiring Royal Marine, had antecedently killed 2 radical successful Serbia months earlier arriving successful the UK. The insubstantial says helium told Border Force officers helium was 14.

The Daily Telegraph reports Abdulrahimzai had an asylum exertion rejected successful Norway earlier helium was granted support to enactment successful the UK successful 2019. He claimed to beryllium an unaccompanied kid fleeing the Taliban, the insubstantial says. Elsewhere, it reports China has the quality to spy connected radical successful Britain done microchips embedded successful laptops, cars, fridges and lightbulbs. A study sent to the authorities warned the exertion poses a "wide-ranging" menace to UK nationalist security.

In a showbiz exclusive, the Sun says Sara MacDonald, the woman of Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher, has filed for divorce. She has enlisted the assistance of Jenny Afia, a lawyer utilized by Prince Harry.

The Daily Mail carries an editorial by Boris Johnson, who asks wherefore the West is waiting to springiness Ukraine weapons.