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What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages

The fallout from US tariffs features heavily on the front pages of Tuesday’s newspapers.
What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages

A breakthrough in the Dáil speaking row and broadband prices set to increase make the front pages of Monday's papers.

The Irish Times leads with Donald Trump set to pause tariffs on Canada and Mexico after 'border deals'. The front page also has Verona Murphy ruling out speaking rights for Michael Lowry's group.

The Irish Examiner leads with a report that shows hundreds of deaths of Irish children were preventable in the last two years.

The Echo leads with nine drivers arrested in Cork over the Bank Holiday weekend for driving under the influence.

The Irish Independent reveals Sky are set to increase their TV and broadband prices, with other companies set to follow.

The Irish Daily Mail leads with quotes from the Taoiseach on calling for unity within the EU on the threat of tariffa from the US.

Both the Irish Daily Mirror and the Irish Daily Star leads with a Galway boxer in intensive care after his fight in Belfast over the weekend.

British papers

The escalating trade fallout from US tariffs, a picture taken by Prince Louis and the stabbing of a teenage boy at school all feature on the front pages of Tuesday’s newspapers.

The Times says Sir Keir Starmer told Europe’s leaders Britain will not take sides in a trade war with US President Donald Trump, saying it was in the country’s “vital interests” to avoid conflict.

The Independent covers similar ground, saying the Prime Minister is “walking a tightrope” between the EU and US.

Sir Keir has said he will continue to try to unpick Brexit amid the spiralling trade conflict, according to the Daily Mail, while the i Paper says an EU migration deal for under-30s is causing tension among Cabinet .

The Prime Minister is facing more internal conflict over the potential approval of the Rosebank oil field, reports The Guardian.

The Daily Telegraph also focuses on politics, saying Housing and Communities Minister Angela Rayner is lining up former Conservative minister Dominic Grieve to lead a council on Islamophobia.

The Daily Express concentrates on the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old boy at a school in Sheffield.

The sentencing of Daniel Khalife for spying for Iran and escaping from prison features on the front of the Metro, which describes the former soldier as a “dangerous fool who put lives at risk”.

Both the Daily Mirror and The Sun carry a picture of the Princess of Wales, taken by her son Prince Louis, to mark World Cancer Day.

US tariffs feature again on the front of the Financial Times, which says the halting of the action against Mexico helped markets to rebound.

And the Daily Star says has a hunt has been launched for Mr Trump’s brain.

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