'In harm's way' and Farage's 'mass deportations' plan

Journalist Marian Abu Dagga wears a blue press vest and holds a black safety helmet. She is standing in front of the rubble of a destroyed building, looking off to the distance with sun lighting her face.Image source, AP
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Freelance journalist Marian Abu Dagga was killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital

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The front page of the Guardian, external pictures one of the journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza.

It quotes the will of Mariam Abu Dagga, a freelance photographer, in which she asks her 12 year-old son not to weep, and that if he marries and has a daughter, "name her Mariam, after me".

The Times reports that more than 100 asylum seekers, external have been detained for deportation to France, ahead of the full implementation of the government's returns deal with Paris.

The paper's spoken to an Iranian man who crossed the Channel in a small boat after, he says, applying under the one in, one out scheme, and not hearing back.

The Daily Mail looks ahead to a speech by the Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, external, on his party's plans for the mass deportation of illegal migrants.

The paper highlights Conservative claims that the proposals are copied from them.

The Daily Telegraph leads with Farage accusing Sir Keir Starmer of siding with international courts, external, over the British public.

His opinion piece is accompanied by a report on Ministry of Justice data, that says the number of sexual offence convictions for foreign nationals has risen by 62% in four years.

A government spokesperson tells the Telegraph any such criminals face immediate deportation and that recent legislation prevents those with sexual offence convictions from claiming asylum.

The Daily Express hails what it calls a "robotic surgery revolution", external with health chiefs reportedly saying it will slash recovery times and cut waiting lists.

Writing in the paper, the national medical director for NHS England, Prof Meghana Pandit, says the number of robot-assisted operations each year is expected to rise to half a million within a decade - up from 70,000 last year.

The Daily Mirror leads on figures showing that the number of suspensions from school because of racist behaviour surpassed 15,000 last year, external.

That's a record, the paper says, and double the figure for 2021. Campaigners blame a lack of social contact when schools were closed during the pandemic.

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