Newspaper headlines: 'Runway inferno' and 'mortgage price war'

The death of Saleh al-Arouri is the lead in a number of Wednesday's papers

Many of Wednesday's papers consider the implications of the assassination of a Hamas leader in Beirut.

The Guardian describes what happened as an "audacious attack" by Israel, which "threatens a significant and dangerous escalation" of the war. The paper says it is also "likely to complicate negotiations" about a pause in fighting and the release of hostages held in Gaza.

The Times says Saleh al-Arouri's death will "come as a blow" to Hamas, and has left Hezbollah facing a dilemma over its response - with one analyst telling the Financial Times that it's a "major test" for the Lebanese group.

The Daily Telegraph speculates that Hezbollah "poses a potentially greater threat to Israel than Hamas", but it reports that western intelligence officials believe Hezbollah doesn't want to "provoke a wider regional war that would be difficult for it to sustain" and for which there is little public support.

The Daily Express echoes the words of a Conservative MP, in labelling the six-day strike by junior doctors, starting this morning, an "act of cruelty".

In its leader column, the Sun urges what it calls "sensible and moderate young medics" to "do their duty" and defy their union.

According to the Times, the number of appointments and operations cancelled because of walkouts by junior doctors is expected to reach a million this week. The Daily Mail says patients are suffering, while it highlights what it calls the "bloated pay" of bosses at hospitals with the longest referral waiting times. It says some are "pocketing up to £300,000 a year". Its headline reads: "Curb the NHS fat cats".

The Telegraph says it has seen leaked Border Force documents that predict the number of migrants crossing the Channel will increase from 29,000 to about 35,000 this year. It says the expected rise will be caused by what it calls "a huge influx of migrants into mainland Europe" in 2023. According to the paper, the projections "will increase pressure on Rishi Sunak to get deportation flights to Rwanda going by spring to act as a deterrent".

The Guardian says Sir Keir Starmer will use a speech on Thursday to announce "a total crackdown on cronyism", if Labour wins the next election. The paper says he will pledge to restore standards in public life by setting out plans to "clean up" politics. Among the policies reportedly being considered are jail sentences of more than a decade for people who defraud the government.

The Daily Mirror reports that a number of Post Office workers who were wrongly convicted of theft and false accounting in the Horizon scandal are still waiting for pay outs, four years after winning their case. It says that "many fear they will die before getting the cash". The paper's headline asks: "Why still no justice?".

According to the i, a "mortgage price war" has begun, with lenders slashing rates in the hope that borrowing costs will also be cut. It says other banks are set to follow a move by Halifax, which reduced rates on some of its mortgages by nearly 1%. The Times says homeowners whose fixed-rate deals are coming to an end are set to save thousands of pounds.

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