A number of Sunday’s papers focus on the UK saying Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed using a poison developed from dart frog toxins. Navalny died suddenly while incarcerated in a Siberian prison in February 2024, after being an outspoken critic of Russian leader Vladimir Putin for years. The Sunday People says that Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper led the probe into his death, and “points [her] finger” at the Kremlin. According to the Russian news agency Tass, Moscow has dismissed the finding as “an information campaign”
The Telegraph says that the poison responsible for killing Navalny was developed from an Ecuadorian frog, which it says serves as proof that Russia possesses illegal chemical weapons. Navalny’s death has been investigated by Porton Down scientists, the paper says, with biological samples smuggled from his cell to the UK shortly after his death
The Mail on Sunday leads with a call for police to investigate Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and his role as a UK trade envoy, saying it has compiled a “dossier of evidence” against the former prince. Mountbatten-Windsor has previously strenuously denied any wrongdoing relating to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
The Mirror leads on “Wills’ agony”, and features a full-page rendition of a new photograph shared by the Prince and Princess of Wales for Valentines Day. The paper says Prince William was “in a state of disbelief” when he learned of Catherine’s cancer diagnosis, and that he “told pals it was brutal and completely disorienting”
Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein “lured” actress and model Donna Air, the Sun on Sunday alleges. The front page also highlights an interview with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, with the headline: “It’s been tough but I’ll fight on”
The Sunday Express claims the rise in pension age later this year will “send 115,000 elderly into poverty”. The paper says it has based its figures on the previous rise in pension threshold from 65 to 66, which saw the proportion of 65-year-old’s living in poverty rise from one in 10 to one in four
“Dr Ice and the skeleton crew” reads the headline of the Observer, referencing Matt Weston’s Winter Olympics gold in the skeleton on Friday
The Star says a woman is suing TV presenter and farmer Jeremy Clarkson, claiming she tripped and fell in his pub car park – the front page reads “Clarkson’s harm”. The paper says he has been contacted for comment
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