Newspaper headlines: 'You can rest now, Nikki' and Biden's Ukraine trip

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By BBC News
Staff
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US President Joe Biden meets Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky

Pictures of Presidents Biden and Zelensky on the streets of Kyiv are on several front pages. The Guardian's correspondent in the city, Luke Harding, describes Joe Biden's surprise visit as arguably the most consequential made by a US president to a European country since the end of the Cold War.

The Daily Mail calls Mr Biden's trip a daring act of defiance. For the Times, it was symbolic proof of Russia's failure.

But the former US National Security Advisor, John Bolton, writing in the Daily Telegraph, argues that Nato leaders have little reason to pat themselves on the back. He says that the West - having failed to deter Vladimir Putin from starting the war - now lacks a strategy for victory. Mr Bolton says Nato should provide more aid to Ukraine, instead of fearing that Putin could expand the war.

The Financial Times highlights a warning from the Dutch military intelligence that Russia might attempt to sabotage its offshore wind farms in the North Sea. The head of the intelligence agency said a ship had been detected trying to map energy infrastructure in recent months, and was escorted away by the Dutch navy and coastguard.

According to the Times, Rishi Sunak has been told that some ministers are prepared to resign if a deal he is trying to reach with the EU risks Northern Ireland's place within the UK. The prime minister spent several hours on Monday meeting Eurosceptic Conservative MPs, trying to address their concerns about a new agreement on post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland. A minister said some of his colleagues in the government would quit if Mr Sunak attempted to push through a deal that undermined sovereignty.

An editorial in the Guardian says the prime minister is taking a risk by doing the right thing and seeking to normalise relations with the EU. Resolving the situation in Northern Ireland, it argues, would grease UK-EU trade and help the British economy recover faster. But the paper says Mr Sunak is leaving his right wing exposed - as hard line Brexiteers and his political enemies, most notably Boris Johnson, lie in wait to pounce.

The Daily Mail likens the prime minister's position to that of a tightrope walker without a safety net. The paper says with Labour's support he could push through a deal that isn't acceptable to the Democratic Unionists and many of his own backbenchers, but that could also be his political suicide.

Photographs of Nicola Bulley are on the the front pages again, after police confirmed that her body has been found. The headlines in the Sun, the Daily Express, and the Daily Mail quote her family's statement saying that she can "rest now". Another sentence from the statement makes the Daily Mirror's headline - "She was the centre of our world". The paper says the case has fascinated the public - but has left only heartbreak and hostility.

And the Times says the Queen Consort has backed a new award scheme for the coronation to honour the "unsung heroes" who volunteer to help their communities. The public are being encouraged to submit nominations in eight categories - among them, supporting older people; crisis and welfare; and sustainability and the environment.