Newspaper headlines: 'Nightmare' at A&E and 'India murder plot'

Newspaper headlines: 'Nightmare' at A&E and 'India murder plot'

Patients are facing a nightmare at accident and emergency departments in England, according to the Daily Mirror. The paper says its investigation found more than half of A&E units in England have been ranked as inadequate or needing improvement by the health watchdog.

The Financial Times leads on the news an unnamed Indian government official is accused of involvement in a plot to have a Sikh activist in New York killed. The details emerged in court documents related to the indictment of another Indian citizen. The case could derail the White House's efforts to improve ties with India, the FT says.

The Daily Telegraph leads on Hamas's claim that its youngest hostage, 10-month-old Kfir Bibas, was killed along with his four-year-old brother and their mother in an Israeli bombardment of Gaza. The Israeli military says it is investigating. Their deaths have not been independently confirmed.

Kfir's picture dominates the front of the Daily Express. The baby was taken alongside his mother Shiri and brother Ariel on 7 October and held inside Gaza by Hamas. In a statement, the IDF said Hamas are "wholly responsible" for the safety of the people it holds captive, and called for all hostages to be released.

The Rwandan government's support for plans to deport asylum seekers from the UK to the east African nation is "at risk of collapse", according to the Times. Senior British diplomats fear patience could wear thin in Kigali because of repeated delays to the scheme. The Supreme Court ruled the plan was unlawful earlier this month.

The Daily Mail says Piers Morgan is "facing a backlash" after naming royals whose names were linked alleged racism. The names appeared in the Dutch translation of Omid Scobie's book Endgame, but the edition was pulled from the shelves after the publisher said the names appeared due to a translation error. Scobie says he had not included the names in the book.

Metro leads on comments by the father of Molly Russell, a 14-year-old who took her own live in 2017 after viewing suicide-related content on social media. Six years on from her death, Ian Russell says tech firms have not made enough progress at rolling out measures to protect children online.

The Guardian leads with news of a study which has found pollution from fossil fuels leads to five million deaths around the world every year, a higher toll than previously thought. With the COP28 summit due to get under way in Dubai this week, the paper says the study will "increase pressure on world leaders to take action".

Some Tory MPs and economists think it is time to rethink the pensions triple lock, according to the i. The policy, which was introduced in 2010, guarantees pensions will rise every year by whichever is highest out of inflation, average earnings or 2.5%. But some argue the system is not affordable in the long term because the UK's population is ageing.

And finally, the Daily Star carries warnings AI bots could one day replace vicars - helpfully illustrated with an image of Father Ted and Father Dougal as cyborgs.