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Tory leadership candidates Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have failed to brand Donald Trump's tweets - telling American congresswoman to "go home" - as racist.
In the final head-to-head debate between the two men vying to replace Theresa May in Downing Street, did, however, offer some of their strongest condemnation of the US president so far as transatlantic relations continue to sour.
Ex-foreign secretary Mr Johnson, the frontrunner in the contest, also faced anger after his essay on Islam was unearthed, arguing it had caused the Muslim world to be "literally centuries behind" the West.
It comes as a new cross-party study of Brexit options warns Mr Johnson will be embarking on “a kamikaze act” that will force him out of No 10 if he tries to deliver Brexit without a fresh referendum.
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Labour MP Rosena Allin-Khan writes for the Indy on Donald Trump's remarks,
"The essence of this is about the colour of one’s skin or where our parents were born. This should be irrelevant in politics today, but instead we are seeing it more and more, and accompanied by growing instances of hate crime.
"Trump’s comments on Twitter do nothing but help to encourage this appalling dog-whistle politics." she says.
Food and medicine shortages after a no-deal Brexit could trigger riots in prisons, ministers fear, writes deputy political editor Rob Merrick.
A leaked document warns of “severe consequences” and sets out the need for “a clear understanding of the ‘real’ operational impact” of crashing out of the EU.
The memo was withdrawn from the database of government contracts after the ministry of justice was alerted to its contents, which were not properly redacted by officials.
Phillip Lee, a Conservative MP and former justice minister, seized on the warning, saying: “It’s clear that no deal would be disastrous for our country.”
The supporter of the People’s Vote campaign added: “No one voted for unrest in prisons, shortages of food supplies or any of the other indignities that could result from a disastrous no deal."
A senior Tory MP has compared Conservative grassroots members to the Taliban and warned that MPs are afraid to speak out over Brexit due to fears of being deselected, writes political correspondent Lizzy Buchan,
Dominic Grieve, the former attorney general, argued that there was Conservative support for a second referendum but some MPs were reluctant to act following confidence motions against several pro-EU Tories.
Speaking at an event in London, Mr Grieve said Boris Johnson had been "radicalised" over Brexit, leaving a Final Say referendum as the only credible option to thwart a disorderly exit from the EU in the autumn.
In other news, the culture secretary Jeremy Wright has refused to commit to adding cricket to the “crown jewel” list of live sport on free-to-air television.
It follows calls by MPs for the Cricket World Cup and the Ashes to be made available to a wider audience following England’s triumph against New Zealand at Lord’s.
"At one point, Johnson claimed the US farming industry would agree to regulate itself to keep Britain happy. he man is a joke." writes political sketch writer Tom Peck.
Michael Gove has today made an intervention in the Tory leadership race, saying of Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt: "We can trust them both to the right thing on every critical issue."
"I know that both would be great prime ministers," Mr Gove said.
Here is the London Evening Standard's front page this afternoon.
Sarah Champion has become the second Labour MP to say she could accept a no-deal Brexit instead of no Brexit at all.
"I want us to leave, the country wants us to leave and for our democracy I think we have to leave... so therefore if it came to it I would take no deal, because we have to leave."
Asked why she didn't vote for Theresa May's deal, the former frontbencher said there had been "many opportunities for Theresa May to guarantee workers' rights, environmental rights and equality rights" but, added: "It's poker isn't it, if I'm being completely honest. I hoped she would listen to what the Labour frontbench was saying and move, but she didn't."
Tory leadership hopefuls have come under fire over hard-line promises scrap the Irish backstop, which sent the pound plummeting amid growing concern about a no-deal Brexit.
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt both stated they would axe the key part of Theresa May's Brexit plan, in a move that raises the risk of a disorderly exit from the EU on Halloween.
In the wake of the remarks, sterling plunged to a six-month low against the euro and approached two-year lows against the dollar on Tuesday.
EU leaders' pick to be the next European Commission president has said she wants to end countries' veto on foreign policy, writes Europe Correspondent Jon Stone.
The move, proposed by Ursula von der Leyen in a speech on Tuesday, would see EU positions on external affairs decided by a qualified majority vote instead of unanimously.
She argued that the change was needed so the EU could act fast on the world stage instead of taking time to find a consensus.
Outside the world of Brexit, the government has announced that 16 and 17-year-olds could be banned from buying lottery tickets.
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