A number of front pages lead on Suella Braverman's meeting on Monday with the Metropolitan Police commissioner to discuss the force's response to protests in central London over the weekend. The Daily Mail says a furious home secretary will demand to know why the police adopted a "low-key" approach and "stood by" as a man chanted "jihad" at a pro-Palestine rally. Sir Mark Rowley will defend his officers because the protestors couldn't be prosecuted under current legislation, according to the lead story in the Times. The paper says Sir Mark jointly authored a review two years ago "which found that extremists were able to operate with 'impunity' in the UK and incite hatred because of the "gaping chasm" in the UK's legislation". In the Daily Telegraph, former Met Police officer and counter-terrorism expert Neil Basu claims the government failed to act on Sir Mark's review. But, the paper also quotes a group protecting Jewish people in the UK, the Community Security Trust, which accuses the police of "legitimising obnoxious and hateful behaviour" with their response to the chanting.
There is outrage on the front of the Sun after allegations a London Underground tube driver led passengers in chants of "Free Palestine" on the Central line on Saturday. British Transport Police (BTP) and Transport for London (TfL) are investigating the incident.
Elsewhere, the Guardian says pressure is growing on Israel to negotiate the release of the more than 200 hostages Hamas is holding in Gaza before the anticipated ground assault. It says desperate families have been begging officials to "free their loved ones".
Continuing with Israel-Gaza conflict coverage the Financial Times reports Washington is sending more air defences to the Middle East as tensions rise across the region. US defence secretary Lloyd Austin is quoted on the front of the paper as saying he was concerned about the risk of conflict escalation.
The home secretary also features on the front of the i newspaper - but for a different story. The paper says civil servants have described her Rwanda scheme as "absurd".
Finally, "Brothers forever" is the Daily Mirror's headline. The tabloid quotes the younger brother of Sir Bobby Charlton, who died on Saturday, as saying the football legend will have joined another of the brothers, Jack, who died in 2020.
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