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'World cup pubs boost' and 'Kate holds court'

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'World cup pubs boost' and 'Kate holds court'

Many of today's papers celebrate pubs being allowed to stay open for the next England game in the World Cup, which is against Mexico. It is a "world cup pubs boost" with the "Mexican rave" says the Daily Mirror. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is quoted as saying "football might be coming home but we're making sure fans don't have to".

"England's big all-nighter" leads the Daily Mail - as does a picture of Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon drinking from a wine glass. She's "starting early", it writes.

"England fans bag another late victory", writes the Metro. It says pubs can stay open until 01:00 BST.

The Sun goes with "tequila sunrise" - reporting that pubs can stay open until 05:00 BST.

The Daily Star has "Mextra time!" It adds that there have been "calls for a bank holiday".

Several papers also carry pictures of Catherine, Princess of Wales in a cornflower blue suit at Wimbldon. The Daily Express says she "smashes it at SW19". The paper also urges the UK to "kick out rape gang monster now!" after Shabir Ahmed was released from prison yesterday having served 14 years for multiple rapes, the paper says. Now, "calls for him to be deported" have grown.

"Kate holds court at Wimbledon" is the Daily Telegraph's Wimbledon latest. It echoes the Daily Express with: "Change law to kick out rapist, No 10 told". The Telegraph says Pakistan has blocked the deportation of the grooming gang leader. Also on its front page, the US have warned that Putin is "planning an armed 'provocation' on Polish soil to test Nato's resolve."

Likely next Prime Minister Andy Burnham saying there is room for "some taxes to rise" in Labour's manifesto leads the Times. They also carry the photo of the princess waving in "royal blue".

OpenAI "plan to hand Washington a 5% stake" in the company as it "seeks political buy-in", the Financial Times reports. It also carries a photo of a large black plume of smoke rising over Kyiv after a deadly Russian air attack.

The "spending cuts to fund defence plans 'will cost 10,000 UK jobs'," writes the Guardian based on a government analysis. It also covers research that it says shows "racial divide in pain relief during birth".

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