Iran has warned the US not to attack following protests “that have rocked the country” as Donald Trump weights up the “options for a response from Washington”, the Guardian reports. Trump has previously threatened to strike Iran over the killings of protesters, and on Saturday said the US stood “ready to help”.
The European Union wants to future proof its post-Brexit “reset” deal with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer as part of ongoing negotiations with the UK, the Financial Times says. The move has been dubbed the “Farage clause”, after Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, which would see any future British government pay significant compensation if it quit the deal, the paper reports.
The i Paper leads with a warning from US generals saying they are not ready to bomb Iran as Trump contemplates his next move. Iran has said it will retaliate if attacked by the US, the paper says, another reason why US commanders say “they need more time to prepare military strikes”.
Similarly, tensions are ramping up between the US and the Middle East amid the growing number of protester deaths in Iran, the Independent reports. Tehran has said it is “ready to launch strikes against US bases in the region”, after Trump warned last week that the US would “hit them hard” if more protesters were killed, the paper says.
The Daily Mail’s lead image is of student protester Robina Aminian, 23, who was, it says, killed during “Iran’s regime brutal crackdown on dissent”. Aminian was shot in the back of the head as she left college to join one of the demonstrations, the paper says. The student had a “thirst for freedom”, according to her uncle.
The same image of Robina Aminian is used on the Daily Telegraph’s front page, alongside calls for Sir Keir to proscribe Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation. Senior Labour figures and leading Tory and Reform UK members want the PM to “ban Tehran’s ‘terror army’ in a show of solidarity with the demonstrators”, the paper says.
The Metro chooses to show the “brave women” behind the latest Iranian protests, with one woman pictured lighting a cigarette from a printed picture on fire of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The new uprising is believed to be more severe than during the “Women, Life, Freedom” uprising in 2022.
The Times leads with the latest response to the West Midlands police chief’s decision to ban Israeli football fans from a match between Aston Villa and Maccabi Tel Aviv in Birmingham. Senior MPs want Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to sack the chief constable, Craig Guildford, who deemed the match “high risk” because of unrest at previous Maccabi matches.
“Labour’s high street tax grab” has seen more than 650 pharmacies close in England and Wales, the Daily Express reports. As business rates and employers’ national insurance contributions continue to rise, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is warned more businesses will suffer, the paper says.
The Lord Peter Mandelson “Epstein scandal” leads the Daily Mirror after the close friend of Jeffrey Epstein said “he did not know Epstein abused minors because he ‘was kept separate from the sexual side of his life’.” Lord Mandelson spoke to the BBC for his first interview, after being sacked as the UK ambassador to the US last year because of his ties to the late paedophile and sex offender.
The Daily Star showcases Trump as a football umpire holding out a red card for their story on the World Cup 2026 travel bans. Players from Manchester United and Everton could be subjected to a travel ban for the tournament after the US president strengthened his administration’s powers on travel restrictions, the paper says.
The Sun has chosen to lead with what they say is a “licence fee scandal” for the BBC. The paper reports the BBC is set to spend up to £63 million on taxis for “employees, presenters and guests, as well as equipment” over a five-year contract.
