Newspaper headlines: 'No truce yet' in Gaza and Alzheimer's treatment hope
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The war in Gaza dominates Tuesday's front pages. "Netanyahu rejects Hamas ceasefire" is the headline on the Daily Telegraph, external. The photo on the front of The Times, external shows a convoy of cars leaving Rafah with people's belongings on top. They are driving past badly damaged and blackened buildings. The Daily Mirror's editorial, external says Israel's allies - including the UK - "cannot look idly on" as Benjamin Netanyahu attacks Rafah.
UK Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, writing in The Telegraph, external, says she is meeting a group of vice chancellors this week to make it clear the government expects university leaders to secure the safety and wellbeing of Jewish staff and students. Protests about the Gaza war have sprung up on campuses. Ms Keegan writes of an "unprecedented" rise in antisemitic abuse, saying the government will work with universities to make sure they're not "torn apart by hatred, racism or violence".
The i , externalhas news of what it calls a "genetic breakthrough" which has raised hopes that Alzheimer's patients could receive earlier treatment. It says scientists have found a way of identifying people who have a 95% chance of developing the disease. The Daily Mail, external quotes a scientific researcher as saying the findings are so significant they represent a "reconceptualisation" of the disease. The Times, external says genetic testing may become key for the diagnosis and treatment of the condition.
The Daily Express carries a study from Age UK, which warns that thousands of vulnerable pensioners are at risk of being taken into care against their wishes because two thirds of local authorities are taking longer than the recommended six months to adapt council housing. Writing in the paper, external, the director of Age UK, Caroline Abrahams says that sometimes delays are so long that the requested adaptations to housing are no longer required, because of the failing health of the person who's asked for it.
The Financial Times, external reports forecasts that global trade growth is set to more than double this year, when compared with 2023 - and will be even higher next year. Economic bodies say the strong performance of the US and China is driving the growth, and that Eurozone growth is at its highest since 2022.
Doner kebabs have become a political issue in Germany, according to The Telegraph, external. It says the Left Party - a successor to the ruling party in Soviet-era East Germany - are proposing using state funds to cap the cost of the dish. The average doner now costs €7 in Berlin, and could soon cost €10. The paper says kebabs "play an outsized role in Germany's political imagination", and have now become a symbol of the country's cost of living crisis.
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