The telegraph claims senior Cabinet Ministers are in talks with labour counterparts to come up with a plan to force the government to soften its brexit strategy. The ft focuses on the warning from the eus chief negotiator Michel Barnier to get on with brexit talks, or face the prospect of the uk failing to secure a deal before the country leaves the union in march 2019. The i refers theresa mays comments to the 1922 committee as her mea culpa, saying the Prime Minister pledged to stay only as long as she was wanted. The times reports that mrs may told tory mps that she was prepared to scrap further cuts to public services, in a bid to win back support for the party. According to the guardian the Prime Minister was contrite at the 1922 Committee Meeting and that she sought to reassure back benchers more would be done to reach out to younger voters. The daily mirror portrays mrs may as Princess Leia from the star wars films, paraphrasing the movies famous line, may the force be with you.
Envoys from 49 countries attend event hosted by Xinjiang officials, with many saying they hope to strengthen cooperation under belt and road strategy, as region aims to expand international influence in the face of human rights allegations.
Reporters from news outlets in Hong Kong, Singapore, Turkey, Indonesia and Kazakhstan attend ‘two sessions’ events in Urumqi but face limits on coverage.