'Flagship breaks down' and 'Beer we go!'16 minutes agoThe HMS Prince of Wales, Britain's £3bn aircraft carrier which has been plagued by problems since entering service, has broken down again, the Daily Mail reports. The latest technical problem for the carrier, which has been forced to dock in Norway for repairs, comes ahead of the expected publication of the Defence Investment Plan in the next few weeks, following repeated delays. The World Cup, which is due to kick off on Thursday, features on many of Saturday's front pages, with the Daily Mirror reporting that British pubs could enjoy a £275m boost if England go all the way to the final. The hospitality industry has been hit hard in recent years by Covid and rising costs. The Times leads on US Vice-President JD Vance's comments on the murder of Henry Nowak. Vance blamed the death of the 18-year-old-British student, who was fatally stabbed in December by Vickrum Digwa, on the "mass invasion of migrants" and said the "only response is righteous anger". Downing Street has hit out at "people trying to interfere in our democracy and seeking to stir up division".The death of British actor Anthony Head, best known for his roles in TV shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso, is covered on many of the front pages. The Daily Star leads on his daughters' tribute to the actor, who died at the age of 72, saying he always thought he was very lucky. Reform UK is described as a "threat to democracy" on the Guardian's front page, with Lucy Powell, Labour's deputy leader, accusing the party of spreading divisive material online. Calling for tighter social media laws, Powell says the platforms are "open to wealthy individuals, and bad state actors". A Reform spokesman is quoted as saying Powell's claims that the party's messages are spread by bots and troll farms are "completely untrue". UK government officials were told to delete emails and WhatsApp messages discussing King Charles III's views on Donald Trump, according to the i Paper. In an effort to prevent leaks, the Foreign Office's most senior civil servant, Sir Olly Robbin,s led the effort to clean up the digital records as the King was concerned about the US president's state visit to Britain, the paper reports. Historical figures such as Winston Churchill, Alan Turing and Jane Austen were scrapped from banknotes after the Bank of England was told they were "elitist and divisive", the Daily Telegraph reports. Also featured on the front page is a picture of the former Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow and his wife Precious Lunga. The 78-year-old journalist has revealed he has Alzheimer's disease, and the couple will be seen navigating his diagnosis in a film that will receive its premiere next week. A teenager who stabbed a grandfather to death had been twice released on police bail in the days before the murder, the Independent reveals. Rasheed Rahman, who was 19 at the time, killed Mark Carroll, 55, in a small London park. The Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation into contact police had with Rahman in the days before Carroll's murder on 10 April 2024 after Rahman was convicted of murder.The Daily Express is commemorating D-Day on its front page, with a picture of 100-year-old veteran Paul Terry on a beach in Normandy. Returning to the beaches for the first time in 82 years, Terry describes the landings of allied troops on the coast of northern France, on 6 June 1944: "It was hell on earth, we were all scared stiff, and at the age I was I just wanted to go home." D-Day, the largest military seaborne operation ever attempted, marked the start of a campaign to liberate Nazi-occupied north-west Europe in World War Two.Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is considering raising tens of billions of dollars in a stock offering to help fund its artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions. The social media giant has said its planned AI-related capital expenditure, the metric companies use to detail their spending on projects that have not yet turned into business growth, will increase to as much as $145bn, up from a previous maximum of $135bn. The Sun reports that a former BBC presenter has been questioned by police after a woman said he sexually assaulted her on his "much-loved" programme. The presenter, who is not identified, is described by the paper as a household name who appeared on BBC shows for decades.

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