hello, welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are are olivia utley, who s assistant comment editor at the daily telegraph, and the broadcasterjohn stapleton. a warm welcome to you both once again. thanks very much for being with us. a glimpse of the front pages. and we begin with the times and that breaking news of mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. the telegraph follows the story, saying gorbachev s reforms set in train a series of events that led to the collapse of soviet communism, and helped to end the cold war. the metro s front page the world mourns a true man of peace the world mourns a true man of peace. back here in the uk, the i newspaper carries a plea from small businesses to whoever becomes prime minister save us from 400% energy hikes, is its headline. as the summer season turns to autumn, the mirror says households back an urgent freeze in energy bills. the ft focu
Shelters are overcrowded and water cannot be pumped orfiltered because of his roles block on fuel and bottled water is now unaffordable for most families. Rishi sunak will continue his tour of The Middle East today amid growing fears in the region that the conflict in gaza could spread. Chiara bleeders gallery in egypt ahead of the summit this weekend to discuss the crisis. In saudi arabia last night the Prime Minister met the crown prince. Number 10 said the pair agreed that the loss of innocent lives in israel and gaza over the last few weeks has been horrific. He said he will encourage saudi arabia to use its influence in The Middle East. As you have been Hearing Withjo votes continue to be counted in the Mid Bedfordshire and tamworth by elections. We could have declarations in the next hour. Turnout in tamworth was 35. 9 cent that is low even for a by election. The vote followed the resignation of the former conservative deputy whip chris pincher in september. Our team in tamworth