Newspaper headlines: Met pressure over demos and Gaza strikes intensify

Both the Guardian and the Times focus on the intensification of Israel's bombardment of Gaza on their front pages.

The Times says the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defied calls from across the Middle East for a ceasefire.

In its online edition, the Guardian says the UK government has been accused of separating British children in Gaza from their mothers who do not have passports. The government said people required visas before travelling to the UK, including dependants of British nationals.

According to the Sun, war veterans have called for pro-Palestinian marches to be cancelled on Remembrance weekend, with an appeal in its headline to "show some respect".

The Daily Telegraph reports that the Metropolitan police chief, Sir Mark Rowley, is under pressure to ban a rally on Armistice Day. His own officers are reported to have warned that pro-Palestinian protesters may clash with veterans.

In its editorial, the Daily Mail stops short of demanding the marches be banned, but urges organisers to stand aside on Armistice Day.

The i newspaper says it has been told that the UK's National Security Council is not prepared for the increased threats posed by the Israel-Gaza conflict.

The anti-terror body has been meeting to brief ministers on the risks. Five senior serving and ex-intelligence sources blame under-resourcing and the disruption caused by what it calls the revolving door of prime ministers last year.

The Financial Times says Rishi Sunak is seeking to gain political momentum through his plans to allow annual North Sea oil and gas licensing rounds, exploiting a key policy divide with Labour.

The Mail suggests the policy is designed to "strengthen Britain's energy security and skewer Labour".

But the regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority, tells the Financial Times that any new licensing would do little to reduce Britain's dependence on imports or affect the energy prices.

The Times says environmental critics suggest it is a "gimmick" as recent licences have led to the discovery of very small amounts of gas.

The FT suggests Mr Sunak is seeking to deflect from recent damaging revelations, including what it calls the "lurid claims" about unnamed Tory MPs in a book by the former minister, Nadine Dorries.

The Mail says the prime minister is under "mounting pressure" with senior figures from all sides calling for an urgent inquiry into the book's allegations, which the paper began serialising over the weekend.

The Daily Express leads on a study by the Institute of Economic Affairs which, the paper says, suggests that UK exports have "soared" between 2019 and 2022.

This is proof enough, the paper's editorial concludes, that leaving the European Union has boosted UK trade and "Brexit is a success".

Meanwhile, the Independent cites experts who suggest that Britain's departure from the EU is to blame in part for impeding the supply of some NHS medicines. The healthcare think tank, the Nuffield Trust, says that customs declarations and extra checks have had an impact.

Finally, the Daily Telegraph examines a mystery facing some libraries in Cambridgeshire.

It involves a popular children's book series which invites readers to find Wally who sports a red and white striped top on every page. The search now is not so much for the character as for the editions of Where's Wally? as more than 150 copies are missing.

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