The latest from the US presidential race features on many of Tuesday’s front pages. The Daily Telegraph leads on Republican nominee Donald Trump’s decision to pick Ohio senator JD Vance as his running mate. The paper describes Mr Vance as a “firebrand” and one of Trump’s “fiercest supporters”.
The Financial Times says Mr Trump has received a boost to his campaign after a judge dismissed a criminal case brought against him over his handling of classified documents following his presidency. The paper says Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, ruled that the appointment of Jack Smith, a lawyer brought in by the Department of Justice to investigate the issue, was unconstitutional.
Mr Trump marked the legal decision by saying it should be “followed quickly by the dismissal of ALL the witch hunts”, a reference to the numerous legal battles he been fighting, reports the Guardian. Further down the front page, the paper reports that the UK faces defence threats from a “deadly quartet” made up of China, Russia Iran and North Korea, according to the head of the UK government’s new defence review.
The Times reports on new polling for the broadsheet by YouGov that suggests Mr Trump is leading President Biden in all seven battleground states ahead of November’s election. The paper says the polling was carried out before the assassination attempt against Mr Trump on Saturday, and that his “lead is expected to widen in the aftermath” of the shooting.
Mr Trump and UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer have started building their new “special relationship”, according to the i. The paper says it was Sir Keir’s idea to call Trump after the assassination attempt and that he overruled his advisers, who suggested sending a note instead. The paper says the pair spoke for 10 minutes and that Trump is “eager to build a strong working relationship” with Sir Keir.
The Metro leads with the news that a body has been found in the search for missing British teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife. The paper says the body was found in a ravine close to the last location of Mr Slater’s mobile phone and that police have said the person “may have suffered an accident or a fall”. Formal identification of the body is yet to be carried out.
The discovery is described as a “family’s worst nightmare” by the Daily Mirror. The paper quotes Spanish police as saying that “everything is pointing to [the person discovered] being a young British man”.
The Daily Express carries an image from what it describes as “dramatic footage” that shows rescue workers using a helicopter to reach the ravine where the body was discovered. The paper says it is believed that specialists on the ground also found Mr Slater’s possessions and clothes.
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has issued guidance telling doctors to raise the issue of climate change in consultations and to use remote appointments to cut their emissions, according to the Daily Mail. The paper says the guidance amounts to an instruction to doctors to “lecture” their patients. The RCP has said the NHS is “responsible for around 40% of the UK’s public sector emissions and 4% of total emissions”, and that doctors have a “vital role to play” in tackling climate change.
And the Daily Star says the widow of comedian Ken Dodd still talks with her “dearly departed Doddy” every day.
The latest from the US presidential race features on many of Tuesday’s front pages.
The Daily Telegraph leads on Republican nominee Donald Trump’s decision to pick Ohio senator JD Vance as his running mate, describing Mr Vance as a “firebrand” and an “heir to the Make America Great Again movement”.
It notes he was once a fierce critic of Mr Trump – who he called “cultural heroin” – but has since re-invented himself. The paper also notes that Mr Vance was one of those blaming Joe Biden’s rhetoric for the attempted shooting of Mr Trump on Saturday.
The Times reports on new polling which puts Mr Trump ahead of Mr Biden in seven key battleground states. The data suggest that, since March, Mr Trump has overtaken his rival in three swing states and increased his lead in the others. It adds the advantage is expected to widen after the attempt on Mr Trump’s life.
The Financial Times reports that shares in the group behind Mr Trump’s social media site “leapt” more than 30% as traders reacted for the first time since the attack.
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s personal call to Donald Trump after the assassination attempt is covered by the i. It says Sir Keir overruled his advisers, who suggested sending a note instead. The paper says the call was quickly accepted and lasted 10 minutes, with Trump congratulating Sir Keir on his election win. The headline sees the conversation as a start in building “their new special relationship”.
The Guardian quotes the head of the government’s new defence review saying that the UK and its allies are facing a threat from the “deadly quartet” of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. The paper says Lord Robertson, the former Nato secretary general, believes the UK has to be prepared to take on all four if necessary amid concerns that they are “increasingly sharing arms, components and military intelligence”.
Reuters
Donald Trump’s decision to pick Ohio senator JD Vance as his running mate leads the Daily Telegraph
The Daily Express and the Daily Mirror both lead on the discovery of a body in Tenerife in the search for missing British teenager Jay Slater. The Express says “dramatic video footage” shows rescue workers using a helicopter to reach a ravine where the body is believed to have been discovered. The Mirror describes the news as a “family’s worst nightmare”.
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has issued guidance telling doctors to raise the issue of climate change in consultations and to use remote appointments to cut their emissions, according to the Daily Mail. The paper says the guidance amounts to an instruction to doctors to “lecture” their patients. The RCP has said the NHS is “responsible for around 40% of the UK’s public sector emissions and 4% of total emissions”, and that doctors have a “vital role to play” in tackling climate change.
And the Guardian also carries a report that the climate crisis is making the length of each day longer as the melting of polar ice reshapes the planet. It explains that the scale is in milli-seconds but says that is enough to potentially disrupt internet traffic, financial transactions, and GPS navigation, which all rely on precise timekeeping. It says the melting ice is redistributed nearer the equator, making the earth fatter and slowing its rotation.
Reuters
