Newspaper headlines: 'Red alert for Earth' and PM 'turns on the Sharm'

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By BBC News
Staff
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French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak embrace at the Cop27 summit in Egypt

A variety of stories lead Tuesday's papers.

The Times says Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is poised to increase pensions and benefits in line with inflation, a policy the paper reports will cost around £11bn next year. It says no final decision has been made but that the move could mean deeper cuts to public spending elsewhere.

According to the Financial Times, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is planning "a stealth raid" on inheritance tax in the Autumn Statement, which he is due to deliver on 17 November. Mr Hunt and Mr Sunak are said to have agreed that the current freeze on the threshold - above which people have to pay inheritance tax - should be maintained for another two years.

The Times and Daily Express both report that Britain and France are in the final stages of negotiating a deal to combat migrant crossings in the Channel. Under a picture of Mr Sunak embracing French President Emmanuel Macron at the Cop27 summit, the Times says the £80m agreement will see British immigration officials stationed in French control rooms.

The Daily Telegraph reports the government is set to announce a major deal that will see the United States supply Britain with billions of cubic metres of liquefied natural gas over the coming year. The paper says the move to import fossil fuels could open up Mr Sunak to a charge of hypocrisy, given that he urged world leaders at Cop27 to live up to their promises to tackle climate change.

The Guardian leads with a "blistering" speech to the summit by Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley in which she accused rich nations of failing developing countries on climate change. Ms Mottley said the industrial revolution had been achieved at the expense of poorer nations, and that the same nations were now being made to pay again as "victims of climate breakdown".

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The Daily Mail reports that charity War on Want says the UK should pay out £1tn in compensation to help developing nations deal with climate change, though it's not a solution the paper supports. The headline reads: "Just what planet are they on!"

The Daily Mirror's front page features the story of Toni Crews, a young mother who, before dying of a rare eye cancer, donated her body to be dissected on a Channel 4 programme. The paper says it's hoped the show will educate people about the science of the disease.

And the Sun says that Love Island star Olivia Attwood wanted to remain in the I'm A Celebrity jungle but was forced to leave because of a medical issue. The paper describes her as "heartbroken" and says her departure could mean comedian Sean Walsh and former health secretary Matt Hancock will join the show earlier than planned.