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'The French correction' and 'Labour cuts £2bn from Army' Published 2 hours ago Image caption, Many of Tuesday's front pages depict the unrest sweeping through France, where violence sparked by student protests continues to cause major disruptions. "The French correction" is the Metro's headline, embedding a picture showing a row of Paris riot cops next to the caption "Formez vos batallions". President Emmanuel Macron is quoted saying "extreme-left thugs and thieves will not win", as the paper goes on to explain: "French towns and cities have been told to declare curfews in a bid to end days of rioting and looting". Image caption, The Independent continues with "Curfew imposed to stop France riots as unrest grips Europe", below a photo showing a masked demonstrator in Marseille holding a French flag as a fire burns in the backdrop. "Italy prepares crackdown" it says as cost of living and housing anger spreads to "Lisbon, Albania and Serbia". Image caption, "Challenges facing Macron deepen" says the Financial Times, taking a markets perspective of the riots to report "10-year bond yield sharply up" in France following a "self-off in French government debt". It cites experts who say "the protest had made investors 'more reluctant' to hold the debt" ahead of the "high-stakes election" when Macron gives up the presidency in 2027. Image caption, Returning to the UK, the Daily Telegraph writes: "Labour cuts £2bn from Army", reporting that the Ministry of Defence has "dropped plans to develop three new frontline vehicles". It comes as Chancellor John Healey "attempts to fill a hole in defence spending in his first Budget", due on 28 October. Image caption, Continuing with pre-Budget speculation, the Times says "no increase to capital gains tax" is expected to be handed down as "chancellor resists pressure" from allies of Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Healey is quoted saying he wants a "steady as she goes" budget rather than, as the paper describes as a "huge package of tax rises and public spending that dominated the fiscal events of Rachel Reeves, his predecessor". Image caption, The i Paper leads with its scoop that the government will lift the "two-child cap on childcare benefits" by April, meaning parents on benefits will get "£736 extra per additional child to assist with nursery costs". The paper quotes experts who believe "lifting the cap on nursery fee support offers a route back to work for parents on universal credit with more than two children 'at a critical time of rising costs'." Image caption, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch's criticism of John Healey's expected budget tops the Daily Mail, where it summarises her perspective: "Budget could be even worse than Reeves bloodbath". Badenoch suggests Burnham's new government could impose "more damage to the economy than his predecessor, despite Labour already hiking the tax burden to a post-war high", according to the paper. Image caption, The Guardian tops with Burnham ordering his policy advisers "to rip up their plans for how to fix Thames Water and present him with more radical options for what to do with the stricken company". It explains that the proposal is a "test" of the prime minister's promise "to bring the 'essentials of life' under public control". Image caption, The Sun leads with a "£20m crash probe" after "two pilots steered away from buildings and ejected before the Hawk T2 nosedived and exploded near RAF Valley, North Wales, last month". According to an early investigation, the "RAF fireball jet was flying with its fuel cap off". Image caption, The Daily Star picks up on the latest Manchester City alleged financial misconduct saga, reporting that they are set to get a "huge" points deduction risking "relegation", attributing the details to "shock reports". It could be "Man City's tipping point", the paper says. Image caption, The Daily Express carries the warning from NHS doctors that the health service is "simply not ready" for another winter crisis, writing that "patients are dying every week in struggling A&E departments" amid rising flu admissions. Image caption, Finally, the Daily Mirror caps off with a lighter touch headline about the paper's Pride of Britain awards. "Trophies and tears for nation's everyday heroes" it writes, as "Stars humbled by tales of courage and sacrifice", including young fundraiser of the year Kirsty Waugh and Dr Eli Prior "who helped train crash victims". Sign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox. Related Internet Links Daily Express Daily Mail Daily Mirror Daily Star Daily Telegraph Financial Times Guardian Independent Metro Sun The i Times
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