Newspaper headlines: 'Saturday night taken away' and 'BT use more AI'

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The government has reportedly watered down plans - put forward by Boris Johnson - for a new structure for the rail network.

The front page of the Daily Mail asks if BT's announcement that it will cut up to 55,000 staff by the end of the decade is "the start of the great AI jobs bloodbath". The paper says workers have been given a "chilling glimpse" of the future, as what it calls the "march of the robots" begins to hit the labour market. The Financial Times calls the announcement BT's "most radical cost-cutting drive since being privatised in the 1980s". The i reports that the prime minister will call for more international regulation of AI at the G7 Summit.

A number of other papers also cover Rishi Sunak's trip to Japan - where the leaders of the world's most developed economies have gathered. The Guardian says he will try to gather more support for Ukraine during the summit, while The Express reports that he will warn other nations about "complacency" when dealing with Russia.

The Times says the government has watered down plans - put forward by Boris Johnson - for a new structure for the rail network. Ministers had wanted "Great British Railways" to run both tracks and trains -as well as creating timetables - but the paper says the plan's been quietly dropped. The Department for Transport says it is fully committed to reforming the railways.

Ministers' plans to reach net zero carbon emissions will add £120 a year to some households' energy bills, according to the Daily Telegraph. It says the money will be used to fund new production facilities for hydrogen gas. The government says it is creating cleaner, cheaper and more secure energy sources for Britain.

The Times covers the story of a woman serving in the armed forces who was told that she shouldn't report being raped by an elite soldier because his career was "too important". The paper highlights a number of other claims released by whistleblowers as part of an inquiry into sexual abuse in the armed forces.

The family of Elizabeth Chau - who disappeared in West London 24 years ago - have told the Guardian that they've lost trust in the Metropolitan Police. The serial killer Levi Bellfield claims to have murdered Ms Chau, who was 19 when she went missing. But the paper says that, at a meeting with her family this week, the Met refused to dig up the site where Mr Bellfield says he buried her. Scotland Yard has declined to comment.

The front page of the Financial Times carries an interview with the US investor Carl Icahn, who says his company has lost the equivalent of more than £7bn on the stock market in the last six years - after making a huge bet that the market would crash. Mr Icahn says that he always tells people that "nobody can really pick the market", but he admitted he'd made the mistake of not adhering to his own advice.

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Businessman Carl Icahn made a huge bet that the stock market would crash - and he said his company lost billions as a result

The Daily Telegraph carries a warning for the owners of golden cocker spaniels - after a study found that they are more like to suffer from "cocker rage". It says that it could make them more aggressive than a Rottweiler.