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Former Labour MP and cabinet minister Andy Burnham could return to Westminster "in weeks", the Guardian reports. The mayor of Greater Manchester is "expected to use a byelection fight to set out a new agenda for government", the paper writes, after he "was blocked by Labour's ruling body from running in the Gorton and Denton byelection in February".
Health Secretary Wes Streeting is "primed to challenge" the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, the Daily Telegraph reports. It says he "has recruited more than 81 MPs – the minimum required to trigger a leadership election – and is now contemplating a move". The prime minister was "alerted to Mr Streeting's intentions when a Downing Street staff member was accidentally texted details of his bid", the paper writes.
Warnings that social media is fuelling an "epidemic" of antisemitism leads the Times. It quotes the head of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, who says "British Jews face greatest ever threat" and describes police officers who attended the scene of the Golders Green attack as "heroes".
"Security services blame US president and Netanyahu's Middle East wars" for the "increased threat to British Jews", the Independent writes. The Metropolitan Police "needs 300 more officers to tackle the 'pandemic' of antisemitism", it reports.
The FT Weekend leads with "oil market four weeks from crunch", as "reserves dwindle" and "price escalation looms". Traders warn the ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz "reduces global stockpiles below critical levels", the paper says, as markets begin to "price in the chances of a much longer conflict".
"Fishing boats may be forced to stay in port amid soaring fuel bills," the Daily Express says in its top story, as "trade leaders claim costs may soon outweigh earnings".
The Daily Mail reports that pressure is growing on Green Party leader Zack Polanski "to purge anti-Semites" from his party, after he apologised for sharing a social media post that criticised police officers arresting the suspect in the Golders Green attack.
"Staff who worked at paedophile Jeffrey Epstein's desert lair have been quizzed about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor," the Daily Mirror reports, citing staff at the Zorro Ranch in New Mexico who were reportedly questioned "about ex-prince and other guests".
"Premier League legend Thierry Henry reckons football has become like 'chess' and is far too 'over-analysed'," the Daily Star writes in an exclusive interview.
And finally, the Sun reveals Eastenders star Ross Kemp "has signed for the Celebrity Traitors". It says the 61-year-old "heads to Scotland this weekend to start filming" for the "smash Celeb show".
