Newspaper headlines: 'Appalling state of jails' and 'Sabotage!'

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The Sunday Telegraph leads on a warning that China will use electric cars to "spy on Britain". It reports fears, from what it calls "the heart of government", that vehicles imported to help reach net zero targets will contain technology that enables Beijing to harvest information about UK drivers. That could include location data, and audio and video recordings. The paper claims the vehicles could even be vulnerable to remote interference.

According to the Sunday Times, the UK should be more worried about Iran. The paper reports that the home secretary believes Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is now the biggest threat to national security. Quoting sources close to Suella Braverman, the paper says she fears Iran is stepping up its activities and trying to recruit organised crime gangs to target opponents of the regime. The Sunday Times says calls to make the Revolutionary Guard a proscribed organisation have been resisted by the Foreign Office because of the risk to diplomatic relations.

"Fat Cats Cash in on Cost of Living Squeeze" is the headline in the Mail on Sunday. It reports that "top bosses" at banks, energy firms and supermarkets - which it accuses of fuelling the cost-of-living crisis - have raked in more than £100m in pay and perks. The paper says it has analysed the salaries given to chief executives of FT-100 companies, and it concludes they "cash in excessively". The Mail goes on to say its findings expose a "disturbing divide" between multi-millionaire business chiefs and hard-pressed families.

The Observer highlights what it calls "the appalling state of 'warehouse' jails". The paper says its investigation has found a "system in crisis", where the vast majority of prisons in England and Wales are providing inadequate conditions or unacceptable treatment. In checking hundreds of inspections, it found a third of prisons were deemed unsafe.

The paper says several senior figures have warned that prisons are in the "worst state they've ever known". The government said it was doing more than ever to deliver safe and secure prisons.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is being accused of trying to "sabotage" plans to stop small boats crossing the Channel, according to the Sunday Express. The paper says the home secretary has launched "an extraordinary attack", accusing him of using a "web of cronies" to thwart the plans.

The Sunday Express notes that her comments come as it was revealed that a lawyer advising Labour on its election manifesto is also in a pressure group fighting the scheme to send some asylum-seekers to Rwanda. Labour's Yvette Cooper tells the paper the Tories have "totally lost any grip on the asylum system".

The Sunday Mirror highlights a call from chef Jamie Oliver for free school meals to be provided year round, to help ease child poverty. He tells the paper school holidays can be particularly challenging for poorer parents. A government spokesman says it's already providing record financial support to ease cost of living pressures.

And the Sun reports that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have bought the film rights to a "steamy" romantic novel. It says "Meet Me at the Lake" will be Harry and Meghan's first move into fiction, as part of their deal with Netflix.