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Challenges to the government's Rwanda deportation plans feature in several of Sunday's papers. The Sunday Express says that Rishi Sunak last night told the Labour party to "stop playing games" and back his Rwanda policy. It reports that the PM said opposing the scheme would show the party is "not fit to govern".
But the Sunday Telegraph says a "star chamber" of Conservative lawyers has found that Rishi Sunak's Rwanda plans are not fit for purpose. The panel say that the legislation is not "watertight" enough to avoid legal challenges. The paper's main image is of the Prince and Princess of Wales's official Christmas card for 2023, featuring their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. The image, which also appears on several other front pages, is described as a "Christmas cracker" by the Telegraph.
The lead story in the Observer is about the Labour party delivering its strongest criticism of Israel's attacks in Gaza, with the party describing the destruction as "intolerable". Elsewhere, the paper says actress Diana Rigg tapped her plea to legalise assisted dying shortly before her "dehumanising" death from cancer three years ago.
The lead story in the Sunday Times says a study has found that the pandemic has left Britain with a social divide that mirrors the "Two Nations" of the Victorian era. The report argues that the most disadvantaged people in society are no better off than before the financial crash. Also on the front page, the paper says David Cameron has been deployed by No 10 as part of a government lobbying operation to starve off opposition to the Rwanda plan.
The Star on Sunday warns its readers not to turn to AI if you they are stuck for a chat up line because chatbots are "useless at thinking up witty one-liners".
The Sunday Mirror says former Coronation Street actress Helen Flanagan has been dating ex-boxer David Haye, while he continues to see his girlfriend Sian Osborne.
I'm a Celebrity star Danielle Harold was seen by a doctor in the jungle in a "secret major health scare", according to the Sun on Sunday. The paper says the former EastEnders actress suffered an infection and feared she would have to go to the hospital.
The Sunday People says England fans are facing a booze ban at Euro 2024 in Germany.
The government's efforts to revive its plan of sending some asylum seekers to Rwanda gets coverage in most of the papers.
Rishi Sunak is defiant on the front page of the Sunday Express, where he lays down a challenge to Labour, saying they must stop "playing games" and back his proposals. Home Secretary James Cleverly also champions the plans in the Sun on Sunday, calling on his colleagues in Parliament to "seize the moment".
The Sunday Times reports that Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron has been deployed by Downing Street to quell a potential rebellion by some Conservative MPs over the legislation.
One of them could be the former Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, who, in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, accuses Mr Sunak of not fulfilling his promise to do "all it takes" to stop small boats crossing the Channel.
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The unrest has reached such a level that some Tory MPs are considering trying to bring back Boris Johnson as prime minister, according to the Mail on Sunday. Sources have told the paper that they want to create what it describes as a "dream ticket" - a leadership tie-up with Nigel Farage.
The front page of the Sunday Times covers a report by the Centre for Social Justice that says the social divide in Britain has widened to such a degree that there are now "two nations", like in the Victorian era.
The study says lockdown and the financial crisis have left more than 13 million people leaving lives of poverty, with broken families, poor housing and chronic ill-health.
Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy has issued Labour's strongest criticism of Israel to date, according to the Observer.
Writing in the paper, Mr Lammy says the death and destruction in Gaza is "intolerable". He calls for Israel to guarantee that displaced Palestinians can return home, as well as for another humanitarian pause in the fighting, and more support for the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah.
The Mail on Sunday's lead story is a judge's ruling that the BBC was "inconsistent, erroneous and unreliable" in not releasing thousands of emails relating to Martin Bashir's interview with Princess Diana.
The paper says the corporation has now been ordered to release the documents in response to a Freedom of Information request after legal proceedings which the paper says have cost more than £100,000.
Writing in the Mail, the journalist behind the request, Andy Webb, welcomes the judgement, and says it's the end of a "quite extraordinary" battle. The BBC says it is considering the ruling and has apologised to Mr Webb and the tribunal.
The Sunday Telegraph covers comments by the former head of MI6, Sir Richard Dearlove, who says the sale of the paper to an Abu Dhabi-backed investment fund would pose a "profound security concern" to the UK.
It highlights Sir Richard's claim that any assurance of editorial independence should not be taken at face value.
And there is a warning for England football fans travelling to the first game of next year's men's Euro's in Germany from the Sunday People - they could be banned from drinking alcohol.
The paper reports that police in the city of Gelsenkirchen want to stop supporters drinking inside and outside the stadium, to prevent any trouble.
