Newspaper headlines: Papers await May-Trump meeting By BBC News

Staff Published duration 22 January 2017

A number of papers report on this week's meeting between Prime Minister Theresa May and US President Donald Trump.

The Sunday Express looks ahead to the prime minister's visit to the White House , saying Mr Trump has taken to calling Mrs May "My Maggie" and wants America's relationship with Britain to be more special than ever.

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The Sunday Times says Mrs May will offer Donald Trump a "grand bargain" on trade and security. The paper predicts she will use her meeting with the President to kick-start talks on a free trade deal - in exchange for British help to force Nato countries to pay for their own defence.

The Mail on Sunday describes says the summit as a massive diplomatic coup for the prime minister - she is expected to be the first world leader to meet President Trump. But it adds that Mrs May has made it clear that she will not shrink from challenging his offensive remarks about women and race.

'Enough is enough'

There is also coverage of Saturday's protest marches against President Trump.

The Sunday Mirror adds that stars including Katy Perry, Scarlet Johansson, Emma Watson and Charlize Theron were among the women joining the protests.

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Writing in the paper , the actress Juliet Stevenson compares those marching to the Suffragettes - and says women all round the world are coming together to say "enough is enough".

Staying with the new US president, the Sun on Sunday assesses Donald Trump's first 24 hours. Its Washington correspondent says he waltzed straight from the dance floor to business - and that after dancing at the inaugural balls he set to work on rolling back his predecessor's policies.

In its editorial, the Sunday People says Mr Trump does not sound like a world leader who values peace and harmony in the world.

But the Mail on Sunday says with Mr Trump now in the White House, street protests and a silly refusal to accept the result is the worst possible response.

By-election battles

The paper says Labour's slim majorities in Stoke-on-Trent Central and Copeland are both under threat on 23 February.

In the Sunday Telegraph UKIP leader Paul Nuttall, has written an article in which he accuses the Labour Party of betraying the English working class. Mr Nuttall - who will be the party's candidate in the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election - says Jeremy Corbyn and his front-benchers are people who appear to "despise" the idea of English national identity.

The Observer reports on the gathering of right-wing leaders in the German city of Koblenz . Its says the politicians from France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands are hoping to capitalise on the Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump.

Liz's fizz

The Sunday Times carries has news which will shock bibliophiles . It reports on research which suggests that one in 10 people does not own a single book. For those aged 18 to 24, the figure rises to one in five.

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The paper tries to reassure book lovers by pointing out that another survey - carried out two years ago - found that the average home contains 158 books - although the research found a quarter of them had never been opened.

The Liz in question is Her Majesty the Queen, who is said to have turned wine-maker by producing 3,000 bottles from her Windsor Great Park estate.