Newspaper headlines: 'The King's fine' and 'Klopp shock'

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The Daily Telegraph believes the US is planning to station nuclear weapons in the UK, external for the first time in 15 years.

It says it's seen Pentagon procurement contracts which indicate a new facility will be built at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk. A Pentagon spokesman said the US routinely upgraded military facilities in allied nations and the unclassified budget documents were not intended to disclose any "specific posture".

The main focus for the i paper is an interview with the former deputy head of MI6, Nigel Inkster. He warns that the so-called "golden age" of relations with China, during David Cameron's government, has contributed to the UK lacking the expertise needed to tackle the severe threat from China's intelligence services, external. He says too few British agents have the level of knowledge or language skills required. "Russia is the weather, China is the climate," he explains, calling China's mass espionage "strategically far more concerning than anything a country like Russia might do."

The Financial Times reports that there's a plan to remove first class seating from trains on the new HS2 line, external as officials look for ways to avoid a drop in passenger capacity. The paper says the planned HS2 trains are smaller than the existing ones that use the West Coast Main Line. It says the company in charge of the troubled project is now looking at ways to change specifications for its ordered trains.

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Queen Camilla was seen smiling as she left the hospital where King Charles underwent a prostate procedure.

Photos of a smiling Queen Camilla feature on the front pages of both The Daily Mail and The Times. The latter reports her comments that King Charles is "doing well", external after she visited him following his prostate surgery, while The Daily Mail's , externalheadline is: "the smile that says the King's fine".

Several of the front pages mark Jurgen Klopp's announcement that he'll be leaving the Liverpool manager's job at the end of the season. "Jur-gone" is the headline for The Guardian, external. The Daily Mirror says fans of the club are reeling , externalafter what it calls the "Klopp shock".

The teenage darts star Luke Littler has given interview to The Guardian in which he quashes the story that he had a kebab after each match, external in last month's World Championships. The 16 year old, who was beaten in the final by Luke Humphries, tells the paper "I had a kebab after my first win and didn't have another in two weeks."

Finally, forget mushrooms, tomatoes and baked beans. An expert has suggested the only addition to a full English breakfast should be a slice of pineapple, external. The Daily Mail, among others, reports on comments from the founder of the English Breakfast Society who says the pineapple was considered a high-status breakfast item in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The paper adds that the group has previously angered some breakfast purists by calling for hash browns to be replaced by bubble and squeak.

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Jurgen Klopp has announced he will step down as Liverpool manager at the end of the season - a role he's held since 2015.