Newspaper headlines: Trump mugshot and families share Letby fears

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By BBC News
Staff
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A variety of stories feature on Saturday's front pages.

The i says Spain is in turmoil after the women's team said they wouldn't play while the country's football federation president, Luis Rubiales, remained in post. Rubiales kissed a member of the team, Jenni Hermoso, on the lips following their victory over England in the World Cup final. The paper says his refusal to resign shows a "sense of entitlement".

Mr Rubiales' behaviour is threatening to overshadow the team's win, according to the Daily Telegraph. Writing in the Sun, Karren Brady says the kiss signified that there is no respect for the women's team. It's a similar sentiment in the Guardian, where correspondent Ashifa Kassam describes Mr Rubiales's actions and refusal to resign as an attack on feminism.

In other news, the Telegraph has spoken to two families who fear that Lucy Letby could have been involved in the deaths of their babies. The mother of a one-month-old boy who died at the Countess of Chester hospital in February 2013 has told the paper that Letby was in the room the day he passed away. Another couple from Lithuania believe Letby may have cared for their daughter before she died in September 2015.

The i claims that a Russian intelligence chief is thought to have been behind the downing of a plane which reportedly killed the leader of the Wagner group, Yevgeni Prigozhin. The paper says Major General Andrey Averyanov leads President Putin's foreign operations unit, which is believed to have carried out the Salisbury poisonings in 2018. Sources in the UK and Ukraine have told the paper his name is circulating.

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Luis Rubiales spoke at a general assembly called by the Spanish Football Federation on Friday

Writing in the Daily Mail, Boris Johnson says Mr Prigozhin's reported death is proof that the UK must never trust President Putin or encourage the Ukrainians to give up land to try to end the war in their country. "Prigozhin thought he had guarantees," he writes". "Look what happened to him. There is only one way forward — defeat for Putin, and victory for Ukraine, as fast as possible."

A man who was found dead in his Bury home is thought to have been killed by a group trying to steal his pet labradoodle, the Daily Express reports. The paper says three men have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Donald Patience, 45, and that one remains in custody while the other two have been released pending further investigations. The Daily Mail says Mr Patience was a father-of-three and quotes a tribute posted on social media by his ex-wife describing him as an "amazing father" who "adored his children".

The Financial Times reports that the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is coming up with plans to tackle the sharp rise in people unable to work because of mental health issues. The paper says he will announce measures in his Autumn statement to keep people in jobs and off benefits. The number of people who are inactive due to long term illness has risen by almost a quarter over the past decade, leading to labour shortages.

And several papers feature Donald Trump's mugshot, taken following his arrest on charges of trying to overturn to 2020 presidential election results in the state of Georgia. The Guardian's Chris McGreal says the image "defines modern US politics". The Daily Mirror has the headline "Big Fat Lies" and questions the former president's claim to officials that he weighs under 16 stone. The Sun describes Mr Trump as "America's Most Wanted".