Newspaper headlines: Braverman defies PM but right warn against removal

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Many of Friday's papers lead with questions about the future of Home Secretary Suella Braverman, after she wrote an article accusing the Metropolitan Police of bias over its handling of left and right-wing protests.

"On the brink" is the verdict of the Daily Express, external, while the Sun says, external she's been "left out in the cold" and the Guardian says, external pressure is growing on Rishi Sunak to sack her.

The i reports, external that two unnamed government ministers want her dismissed and says that, if Mr Sunak fails to act, senior Tories will see it as weakness. The Daily Mirror says, external Ms Braverman has been accused from all sides of whipping up tensions ahead of Remembrance Day.

The Times says, external an earlier draft of the article Suella Braverman wrote for the paper on Thursday "went even further" in attacking the police. It says some elements were removed after Downing Street intervened but that she "defied" a request to take out the section comparing pro-Palestinian demonstrations to marches in Northern Ireland. The paper also says her future is now in doubt.

The front page of the Daily Mail, external carries a warning from MPs on the right of the Conservative party, saying: "Come for Suella and you come for us all." The paper says the prime minister has been told he could face a "mutiny" and that if he sacks Ms Braverman "it will end very badly for him". One Tory MP tells the Daily Telegraph, external "the public are with her" and that removing her would be "politically mad".

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Home Secretary Suella Braverman is facing calls for her removal after writing an article accusing the Metropolitan Police of bias over its handling of left and right-wing protests

There is still widespread coverage of the fighting in Gaza. The Guardian says, external that, early in the war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the offer of a five-day ceasefire with Palestinian groups in return for the release of some hostages. It quotes sources familiar with the talks as saying the proposed deal involved freeing children, women, and sick people but that the Israeli government turned it down "outright".

The Financial Times reports, external that talks under way in Qatar are trying to agree a three-day pause to allow as many as 20 hostages to be released. The Mail says, external Israel agreed to the latest, short humanitarian pauses "following sustained pressure from the White House".

And the new surge of interest in the Beatles has reportedly led to renewed confusion about where the famous Abbey Road studios are located. The Sun says, external hundreds of fans have been heading for Abbey Road station in east London on the Docklands Light Railway - only to find warehouses and a rail depot. The real site is located 10 miles (16 km) away in St John's Wood, north London. The paper says a sign at the station telling baffled fans of their mistake is now a "permanent fixture".

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