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Last Updated: Sunday, 23 July 2006, 04:36 GMT 05:36 UK
Howells' remarks raise eyebrows
Sunday papers
Many of Sunday's papers raise their eyebrows at Foreign Office minister Kim Howells' criticism of Israeli military tactics in Lebanon.

For the Sunday Telegraph, they are the first indication that the UK might be close to abandoning the US position.

The Sunday Times and Mail on Sunday talk of unease within the UK government over Israel's bombardment of Lebanon.

The Observer says there has been a policy shift and says the UK has broken ranks with President George Bush.

Powerful images

The Observer is the only paper to lead on developments in the Middle East.

Nevertheless, many papers carry powerful images from the conflict including families on the move in Lebanon as they try to escape fighting.

The Sunday Express is among a number of papers that show Israeli tanks approaching Lebanon.

The News of the World and Sunday Mirror tell the story of UK couple Sobhi Mazloum and Salwa Mazloum who wed during the Israeli blitz of Beirut.

Criminal associations

According to the Sunday Times, the Home Office has drawn up a confidential list of 45,000 "undesirable" migrants from Bulgaria and Romania.

It says most of those on the list are suspected of having criminal associations or posing a security risk.

Ministers fear they will not be able to stop those on the list from entering the UK, the paper says.

All could legally be allowed to live in Britain when the two countries join the European Union next year, it adds.

'More Hansard'

There is widespread interest in the wedding of the prime minister's former aide, Anji Hunter, and Sky TV's political editor, Adam Boulton.

Among the guests, the Observer reports, were movers and shakers from the political and media establishment.

And all the great and good involved with New Labour were among those at the wedding, the paper reports.

As celebrity weddings go, the Sunday Times says, it was much more Hansard than Hello!


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