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Midweek newspapers are headlined by the government crackdown on small boats crossing the English Channel and the murder trial of the man accused of killing nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel. The Daily Express, The Times and The Guardian publish the controversial policy, with the latter citing the UN's claim that the Conservatives are "extinguishing the right to seek refugee protection in the UK". Football commentator Gary Lineker, who has criticized the policy by comparing it to the Nazi regime, is the subject of front pages of the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail after Conservative MPs demanded that the BBC reprimand him.
Elsewhere, the Daily Mirror and Metro report on the trial of Thomas Cashman, who allegedly killed Olivia when she tried to shoot a convicted burglar trying to break into his home.
The head of the US central bank has warned that officials could raise interest rates more and faster than expected to stabilize prices, according to the Financial Times.
While according to the i, the Environment Agency no longer has a goal to visit wastewater treatment plants.
And the Daily Star claims to have joined a £1.4 billion space mission to find alien life on Jupiter.
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