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Newspaper headlines: 'Boris quits race' and 'Sunak set for power'

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and says Rishi Sunak is on the brink of becoming the next prime minister.

as early as today, but quotes a source close to him saying that he was still not taking anything for granted.

That theme is , which says he's been cast in the role of Tory "messiah" by some of his colleagues.

In an opinion piece, the paper says Sunak would face a nightmare in-tray, and will need political creativity and diplomacy to deal with it.

to avoid chaos, its headline: "Bojo: It's a no". The paper says he has huge charisma and talent, but now is not the right time for him to take office.

for the former prime minister. In a comment piece, the paper says he has demonstrated a "gesture of wisdom, honour and statesmanship", and that his time will come again.

It describes Johnson's stepping aside as a "Tory leadership sensation". saying that the former prime minister has been left "humiliated", and that Britain is to appoints its latest "unelected PM".

she can now pick up the support of Johnson's backers to stay in the race. She's written in the Daily Telegraph, saying that she is ready to deliver unity, discipline, honesty and competency. She describes serving the country in government as one of the greatest honours.

Jeremy Hunt, who has said he will back Rishi Sunak because he can, in his view, be trusted to make difficult choices.

Away from the politics, not to encourage young people to change their names and pronouns.

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The paper claims that NHS England believes children who think they are transgender are just going through a "phase". It says that the health service has announced plans for tightening controls on the treatment of under 18s questioning their gender.

Evidence linking a jailed killer to the unsolved murder of Suzy Lamplugh . John Cannan, who's 68, is due before a panel next month after serving his minimum term of 35 years. The Parole Board said decisions to release prisoners are based on what risk they pose to the public.

which has found that the fabric of space in the universe is expanding at more than 160,000 miles per hour. The paper says that's faster than the rate predicted by scientific models, and that scientists may need to rewrite their understanding of how the universe has evolved since the big bang.