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The death sentence given to two British men, who were captured while fighting for Ukraine, by a Russian proxy court in eastern Ukraine dominates the front pages. The Telegraph notes the UK has criticised the verdict with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss condemning the "sham judgment" after what the paper calls a "three-day show trial held behind closed doors".
"Putin's pawns" headlines the Metro, featuring a similar image of the Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner in a courtroom cage. The paper says Mr Aslin told reporters he wishes "it could be different but God will be the one who judges me when the time comes
The i also leads with the two Britons sentenced to death in a "show trial". The paper reports the families of Mr Aslin and Mr Pinner insist they were long-serving members of the Ukrainian military and not mercenaries. It adds there is "diplomatic outcry" over breach of Geneva Convention in the case.Away from the death sentence for the two Britons, the Guardian leads on low-paid care workers struggling to afford petrol to get to work. Public services union Unison tells the paper low-paid health and care workers are calling in sick because they cannot afford fuel prices and warns there could be a strike "if there's no alternative
Image caption,The Times leads on train drivers voting to strike after members from Aslef, representing drivers, decided to follow the lead of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union who earlier announced strikes in June. Another union, representing non-driving staff, warned of a "summer of discontent" and raised the prospect of coordinated action.
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Meanwhile, the Financial Times reports Rishi Sunak has been accused of losing £11bn of taxpayers cash paying too much interest servicing the government's debt. It says calculations by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research show the losses stems from the chancellor's failure to take out insurance last year against interest rate rises on almost £900bn of reserves created by the quantitative easing process