Newspaper headlines: 'Last chance' to save Earth, and UK 'must be punished'

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Many of the front pages express concern about the Queen after doctors advised her to rest for two weeks.

The Daily Mirror describes the development as a "royal health shock".

The Times says she has pulled out of one of the key events in her calendar, the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall - but says it is still her "firm intention" to attend the Remembrance Sunday commemorations at the Cenotaph, the following day.

The Daily Mail says that, while royal aides have stressed that her medical team are simply taking sensible precautions, the latest announcement is unlikely to calm public anxiety about her health.

The Daily Express is a little more upbeat, suggesting: "As many of us know, a fortnight off can work wonders."

The papers report a two-pronged French attack on the British government, as the row over post-Brexit fishing rights continues.

The Daily Telegraph says French Prime Minister Jean Castex has warned that the UK must be shown that leaving the EU is more damaging than remaining in it.

The Sun says the president's "sabre-rattling deputy" has appealed to EU member states to unite in their opposition to the UK, in what it calls "a jaw-dropping threat".

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And in an interview with the Financial Times, the French president himself says the Brexit issues of fishing rights and Northern Ireland represent a test of Boris Johnson's credibility.

He says the UK has spent years negotiating a treaty, only to do the opposite of what was decided.

But according to the Times, the UK believes it is France that is breaking the Brexit deal.

It says the Brexit minister Lord Frost has warned that Britain could take legal action if France goes through with its threat of imposing extra checks on lorries.

The Times says China has dealt a fresh blow to hopes of a climate deal at the COP26 summit, which begins tomorrow.

It quotes Mr Johnson as saying President Xi would not commit to bringing forward his target date for peak carbon emissions from 2030 to 2025.

A leading climate researcher, Johan Rockström, tells the Guardian that COP26 cannot be like other political negotiations.

"A rise of 1.5 degrees is not an arbitrary number, it is not a political number. It is a planetary boundary," he argues.

The Daily Mail warns that the public will not be prepared to make seismic shifts in their lives, if they think their sacrifices are in vain, making it essential that whatever agreements are thrashed out in Glasgow, the big polluters, like China, are on board.

Recalling the Terminator actor Arnold Schwarzenegger's comments yesterday about how it is possible to combine green changes with economic success, the Sun says Mr Johnson will have to show an "Arnie-style muscular vision of planet-saving prosperity, so we can say 'Hasta La Vista' to pollution."

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"Fright night" is the "i" paper's take on Emma Raducanu's straight-sets quarter-finals defeat at the Transylvanian Open last night.

Just weeks after the papers celebrated the British tennis star's unexpected US Open title, the Daily Telegraph describes how her "error-strewn and at times disengaged" performance saw her "blown away" in less than an hour.

The Daily Mail says she got a battering.

The Sun notes that she felt "tired and lethargic".

The Mirror quotes her saying it is time for a holiday.

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