'Zelensky offers to quit' and 'Germany turns Right'

A picture of Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky looking deep in thought is on the front page of the Metro. The paper quotes the president offering to step down, in exchange for peace and Nato membership. His comments came after US President Donald Trump called Zelensky a "dictator without elections" earlier in the week.

The Financial Times also leads on Zelensky's offer to step down. But elsewhere on the front page the paper reports on a politician set to come to power - that's Friedrich Merz, whose conservative CDU party is predicted to win the German election.

The German election features prominently on the front page of the Daily Telegraph, but its focus is on the AfD, a far-right party expected to become the second biggest party in the country.

The third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is featured in the Guardian. The paper shares the story told by Maryna Zabavksa, who says her son was kidnapped, jailed and tortured by Russia.

The Daily Mirror also reports on Zelensky's offer to quit, but makes a point of celebrating the leader's comments and criticises US President Donald Trump's "childish, petty leadership". The paper's comments come after earlier in the week Trump called Zelenksy a "dictator" for not having elections. Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the country has been under martial law.

Labour's promise of 1.5m new homes is under threat because there aren't enough people with the skills to build them, the i reports. The paper says those numbers are set to rise as people who have the skills now are over 50 and likely to retire.

A prominent story on the front page of The Times is that of a British couple detained in Afghanistan. Peter and Barbie Reynolds were arrested by the Taliban on 1 February. It is not known exactly what the couple were arrested for but projects run by them include training for mothers and children.

Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) are threatening the UK government with legal action, the Daily Express reports. Campaigners say women born in the 1950s weren't properly told that their state pension age would rise .The story comes after Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said Waspi women would not receive compensation, in December 2024.

The Sun leads on a story not mentioned on the front pages of other newspapers. The paper investigates reports of a boom in black market sales of weight-loss drugs.

The Daily Mail asks if the licence fee paid for a BBC documentary on Gaza, which was later discovered to have featured the son of a Hamas official. The BBC said it had not been informed of the family connection in advance.

"Terminator Terror" is splashed across the front page of the Daily Star. One might expect an Arnold Schwarzenegger-esque android may have become reality, but the paper is actually reporting that jobs in software are being lost to "AI pyscho chatbots".

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