The aftermath of the Bondi Beach attack in Australia continues to dominate the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday. “Tears, flowers and silence” is The Guardian’s headline, as it features an image of mourners gathered around floral tributes on Bondi Beach. Furthermore, the newspaper pays tribute to legendary Hollywood director Rob Reiner, who was found dead in his Los Angeles home along with his wife Michele. Reiner’s son has been arrested.
The Financial Times also features a photograph of large crowds gathering at the flower memorial on Bondi Beach. The paper says Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised to tighten the nation’s firearms laws, including limiting the number of guns a person can own.
The Times focuses its attention on some of the victims of the Bondi attack and headlines the front page with their photographs. They include 10-year-old Matilda, the youngest victim, an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor and two rabbis. The newspaper also reports that Australian authorities are facing questions about intelligence failures after it was revealed that one of the attackers was known to the security services.
A photograph of the youngest victim of the Bondi attacks makes the front page of the Sun. Matilda is seen smiling in a petting zoo “just minutes” before the attack began.
The “hero of Bondi Beach”, Ahmed al Ahmed, who risked his life to take a gun from one of the shooters is the Independent’s lead story. The newspaper quotes Ahmed, who is still recovering in hospital after being shot: “I went to save lives… I would do it again.” Also notable is Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who accused doctors of being “self-indulgent” after they voted to go ahead with a five-day strike.
The driver who plowed his car into a parade of Liverpool football fans in May acted out of “simple selfish rage”, says the Metro. The newspaper covers Paul Doyle’s court appearance on Monday, where he “closed his eyes and cried” as footage of the Liverpool parade attack was played at his sentencing hearing.
The Mirror continues with the story of a 12-year-old boy who was in the parade on the day of the Liverpool attack. He says Doyle’s car hit him: “It started out as the best day of my life, but turned into the worst day of my life.”
Doyle’s own words make the headline in the Daily Star. The paper cites audio played in court in which the former Marine yelled at people to “get out of the… way.” as he drove into the Liverpool crowd. More than 100 people were injured during the incident.
The i Paper begins with a warning from the UK’s new spy chief, who says global power is being transferred to tech companies. In her first public speech, MI6 director Blaise Metreweli highlights the dangers posed by online algorithms: “We now operate in a space between peace and war.”
According to the Daily Mail, thousands of drivers have been unfairly fined for speeding due to faulty radars on smart motorways. The newspaper says around 40% of the devices had a technical problem and could cost the government millions in compensation.
The Daily Telegraph claims that Donald Trump will file a lawsuit against the BBC accusing the broadcaster of defamation. According to newspapers, the US president’s lawyers plan to file court papers in Florida soon.
Finally, the Daily Express reports that Sir Keir Starmer has been criticized for refusing to abandon his “cruel” tax attack on farmers despite warnings that some elderly and terminally ill farm owners are considering taking their own lives before the tax begins in April.
