The Papers: 'There are more like Brand' and 'Steep cuts to EV targets'

Key developments are emerging from the global stage. 'There are more like Brand' and 'Steep cuts to EV targets'Published2 minutes agoImage caption, Warnings about other possible abuse in the media industry from Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy fill many of the front pages in the wake of comedian Russell Brand's conviction on rape and sexual assault charges. "There are more like Brand" reads the Daily Mirror's headline, which goes on to explain that Nandy "fears showbiz could be shielding more predators like Russell Brand". Image caption, The Daily Star continues by quoting Nandy saying the media industry "hasn't learned" from "the Russell Brand rape scandal".

Image caption, The Metro leads with "Brand's £5m house switch", reporting that he "is transferring his £5million mansion to his wife", citing documents that apply to the "luxury six-bed thatched cottage". In a separate story, Catherine, the Princess of Wales, is seen wearing an all-black assemblage, wide-rimmed hat and three-poppy pin at a Remembrance Sunday ceremony, depicted under the headline "Kate pays tribute to the fallen". It also notes that she "wore a drop pearl earring belonging to the late Princess Diana".

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Image caption, "Brand hides £9m stash" says the Sun, with the paper suggesting he "moved nearly £9million from one of his firms – which may stop money going to his victims". Image caption, "Ministers set to agree steep cuts to electric vehicle targets," the Guardian reports. Government sources say the plan could involve agreeing to "cut a key target for electric vehicles sales by about a quarter", a reduction that "will alarm Labour MPs already upset about changes to green agenda", according to the paper.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch are also shown laying large poppy wreaths at the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph War Memorial in London. Image caption, Ahead of the COP31 summit in Antalya, Turkey, the Independent writes "UK makes case for COP", citing comments made by Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh attending the UN summit. "After a summit of record-breaking heatwaves, wildfires and school closures, Britain is now facing worsening droughts," the paper says, with the headline declaring: "Climate crisis is here".

The paper shows a "record nine former PMs" lining up at the Cenotaph as King Charles "leads nation in remembrance". Image caption, Lord David Cameron's call to "end NHS dementia drug block" leads the Daily Telegraph. The former prime minister "has joined 48 leading dementia specialists and former health ministers in demanding action to end the block on providing the treatments through the health service", the paper reports, adding that he is "also calling for a maximum 18-week wait for a dementia diagnosis so that sufferers can access treatments as soon as possible".

Elsewhere, the King's is shown saluting at the Cenotaph – under the headline "Salute to fallen heroes".

The story has become one of the most prominent items on the global agenda.