Newspaper headlines: Rwanda plan 'will fail' and 'SAS train Kyiv forces'

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"Rwanda plan will fail," is the headline on the front of the Guardian, which highlights the UN refugee agency's condemnation of the government's decision to send asylum seekers to the east African country.

Gillian Triggs, an assistant high commissioner at the UNHCR, tells the paper that the proposed arrangement would only accommodate a few hundred people a year, making it .

Ministers have insisted the scheme will save money in the "longer term".

The i newspaper says that , despite the threat of being sent to Rwanda.

Among them is a Sudanese man, living in a tent in Calais with his wife and son, who tells the paper of his plans to try again to cross the sea: "Sometimes you arrive, sometimes you die."

According to the Daily Telegraph, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary Priti Patel is facing, after the paper says a top mandarin formally challenged its value for money.

The Telegraph says unions representing staff in Whitehall have warned of mass walk-outs, and transfer requests, over the ethical and legal implications of the policy.

However, the Daily Mail says a survey it carried out .

The paper says that even Labour voters are more likely to support the policy than oppose it, potentially causing problems for the party's leader, Sir Keir Starmer.

The Times leads on .

The paper says Ukrainian commanders have told it that serving British special forces have given training to officers from two battalions stationed in and around Kyiv, in the past two weeks.

The Ministry of Defence has not commented on the story.

The Financial Times leads on , to try to "thwart" Elon Musk from taking over the social media company.

The paper says Twitter's "aggressive move", which makes it harder for the billionaire to increase his stake above 15%, looks set to damage his hopes of buying the group.

The Daily Mail reports that tens of thousands of civil servants are being .

An investigation by the paper has found that at least 20 government agencies and Whitehall departments have policies whereby staff are expected to be at the office "just two days a week", despite ministers urging a return for the sake of the economy.

"We'll bring the kids soon," is the Daily Mirror's headline, after on their way to the Invictus Games in the Netherlands.

The paper says "Lilibet 1" will get to meet her namesake great-grandchild "at last".

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The Sun says the Duke of Sussex was with Prince Charles and the Queen on Thursday.

"When Harry went Pally," is how the paper sums up the "olive branch" visit.

It's "boomtime", according to the Daily Express - and it's all due to stay-at-home Britons.

The paper says families who have snubbed foreign trips for an Easter holiday in the UK are set to boost the economy to the tune of Β£2bn as they "spend, spend, spend".