'Spending warning to Burnham' and 'Only 693 days till Euros'

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News image — The Daily Telegraph leads with warnings from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Andy Burnham, who is expected to become prime minister on Monday, saying that "Britain cannot afford a fresh spending binge". The IMF says the "deficit must be cut as PM-in-waiting considers nationalising Thames Water", after Burnham unveils plans to be "unashamedly" Labour, suggesting – in the paper's words – that "he will tax and spend more".

"IMF issues spending warning to Burnham," reads the headline on the front page of the Daily Telegraph. — The Daily Telegraph leads with warnings from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Andy Burnham, who is expected to become prime minister on Monday, saying that "Britain cannot afford a fresh spending binge". The IMF says the "deficit must be cut as PM-in-waiting considers nationalising Thames Water", after Burnham unveils plans to be "unashamedly" Labour, suggesting – in the paper's words – that "he will tax and spend more".

"Andy Burnham prime minister in 72 hours," reads the headline on the front page of the i Paper. — "Andy Burnham prime minister in 72 hours," reads the i Paper's headline, writing "Makerfield MP will be crowned Labour leader at midday today" before he "starts work as the UK's next prime minister – the sixth in 10 years".

"Burnham set for left-wing revolt over Mahmood," reads the headline on the front page of the Times. — The Times reports that Burnham faces a "left-wing revolt" over his reported plans to appoint Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood as chancellor. Labour insiders tell the paper that MPs are "divided" over who should lead the Treasury, amid warnings that another contender – Energy Secretary Ed Miliband – "could become a lightning rod for criticism of the government if he were appointed", according to the paper.

"Only 693 days till the Euros," reads the headline on the front page of the Sun. — "Only 693 days till the Euros" reassures the Sun to its heartbroken England readers after the national side's semi-finals loss in the World Cup. It features a photo of the full squad, arm in arm, facing their supporters at the Atlanta stadium. The paper writes: "England's football heroes vowed to find the 'missing piece' which will deliver victory at the 2028 Euros."

"World Cup disgrace: Final insult," reads the headline on the front page of the Daily Mirror. — Several papers splash photographs showing some Argentina players holding a sign that reads "Las Malvinas son Argentinas", which translates to "The Falklands are Argentine" as they celebrate their win against England. "Final insult" is the Daily Mirror's take, calling it a "World Cup disgrace".

"World Cup isn't ours but Falkands are, says defiant No 10," reads the headline on the front page of the Independent. — "World Cup isn't ours but Falklands are, says defiant No 10," is the Independent's lead story, as Downing Street "backs calls for Fifa probe into Argentina players who waved banner claiming sovereignty over islands".

"It's a 'childish and petulant' insult to UK," reads the headline on the front page of the Daily Express. — The Daily Express quotes Falklands veteran Simon Weston who describes the Argentina banner as "childish and petulant".

"Argy bargy: Wonderbrawl! No 10: World Cup not ours, islands are," reads the headline on the front page of the Daily Star. — "Argy bargy", continues the Daily Star.

"It's getting very Messi: Diplomatic row after England tauned," reads the headline on the front page of the Metro. — "It's getting very Messi" says the Metro, summarising what it calls a "diplomatic row" caused by the taunt to England.

"Trump's Board of Peace drops ambitious plan to rebuild Gaza," reads the headline on the front page of the Guardian. — Elsewhere, the Guardian leads with "Trump's Board of Peace drops ambitious plan to rebuild Gaza", explaining that the initial recovery plan "has shrunk dramatically from an ambitious blueprint for reconstruction of the whole territory to a small pilot project in the south of the strip". The front page also features a photograph of a smiling Sir Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shaking hands, next to the caption: "United front: Zelensky welcomes PM on final trip to Ukraine".

"China start-up Moonshot set to cut US lead in frontier AI," reads the headline on the front page of the Financial Times. — The Financial Times leads with Chinese AI start-up Moonshoot's efforts to "cut US lead in frontier AI", which is "set to release a large language model with the capabilities approaching those of frontier American labs such as Anthropic".

"Foreign aid farce over Rochdale grooming gang boss," reads the headline on the front page of the Daily Mail. — The Daily Mail leads with Foreign Office approval for £153m of aid for Pakistan "despite the country refusing to take back grooming gang boss Shabir Ahmed", the paper says. Separately, Former Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman explains "Why I'm quitting my new chat show".

The Times reports that Andy Burnham is facing a revolt from his core support on the Labour left against plans to appoint Shabana Mahmood as chancellor. "It's baffling," is how one Labour MP describes the move, pointing out "nobody knows what her views are on the economy". Writing in the i Paper, Isabel Hardman makes the case for Mahmood, saying she has a "gift for standing firm against criticism of her policies, while articulating why she needs to pursue them clearly and in humane terms".

The Daily Mail leads on what it calls a foreign aid "farce", after it emerged ministers had signed off £153m in aid for Pakistan, even though the country was refusing to take back grooming gang boss Shabir Ahmed. The paper says the Foreign Office "slipped out" the figures, despite Downing Street's claim it was doing everything possible to deport Ahmed.

According to the Guardian, the Gaza recovery plan being pursued by US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace has shrunk dramatically. The ambitious blueprint to rebuild the whole territory has now turned into a small pilot project in the south of the strip.

The Financial Times reports that Chinese AI start up Moonshot is set to release a large language model with capabilities approaching those of US labs such as Anthropic. The paper says the launch of Kimi K3 could challenge the industry consensus that Chinese AI models are eight to 12 months behind US ones in terms of performance.

"Argy bargy" is the Daily Star's take on Argentina's footballers holding a banner saying "The Falklands are ours", in Spanish, after the 2-1 World Cup win against England. In an interview with the Daily Express, the Falklands war veteran, Simon Weston, describes the stunt as "childish and petulant". The Daily Mirror calls the incident a "final insult".

"Chat's that," declares the Sun after the presenter, Claudia Winkelman, said she would be quitting her BBC One talk show after just one season. The Daily Telegraph says the programme "suffered from a lack of A-list guests". In an interview with the Daily Mail, Winkleman gives more detail about her departure saying: "I realised I was just too nervous too enjoy it".

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