'Trump blinks first' and 'horrific' attack on Jewish charity ambulances
The US president's claim of productive talks with Iran amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East features heavily on Tuesday's front pages. Donald Trump has said he plans to jointly "run the Strait" of Hormuz with Iran, the Daily Telegraph reports. According to the paper, Trump has been talking with a "respected" Iranian leader on the matter.
Donald Trump "blinks first" in his standoff with Iran, the Daily Mail says, after the US president announced a "five-day pause on energy strikes". Trump has claimed Tehran was close to agreeing to "no more wars, no more nuclear weapons" and "regime change", the Mail says, but the paper also notes officials in Iran have called it "fake news".
Donald Trump postponing threatened strikes on Iran's energy facilities made stocks and bonds rebound and oil prices fall, the Financial Times reports. His shift in tactics follows a "surge in oil prices and lacklustre support from the American public" for the war, the paper says, as the White House faces growing pressure to end the conflict.
Donald Trump's claims of "productive" talks with Iran also leads the Guardian. Tehran has denied the claims however, the paper says, as the US extends its deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The front of the Guardian also pictures a CCTV image of three hooded people captured at the scene of a "horrific" arson attack on Jewish charity ambulances in north London.
A photograph of the four Jewish ambulances burnt out after being set ablaze early on Monday morning in Golders Green, north London, is on the front page of the Independent. The image sits above a headline concerning Donald Trump's pause on strikes after Iran negotiations, which Tehran reject as "fake news", the paper says.
A family whose baby was previously saved by the north London Jewish charity-run ambulances has called the attack "abhorrent", the Metro reports. "Hatzola volunteers saved my daughter's life," mother Esti Glass told the Metro.
The i Paper leads on the investigation into a "possible Iran link" to the arson attack on Jewish ambulances, after a group claimed responsibility for the incident. Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to "fight the poison that is antisemitism", the i adds.
The Daily Express describes the ambulance arson attack as "chilling", while urging ministers to stamp out antisemitism. Senior Tory Chris Philp has said "ancient scourge" must be eliminated, the Express says.
An agreement between the UK and France over beach patrols to limit Channel migrant crossings has been delayed by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, the Times reports. The paper says it has been told the delays stem from Mahmood wanting stricter payment-by-results terms. Elsewhere, the paper reports on the terror group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia claiming it was behind the ambulance attack in London.
The Daily Mirror's front page story focuses on Sir Keir Starmer warning that the impact of the war in Iran could "go on for some time", even as Donald Trump says "an end to the hostilities is near".
The Sun's lead story says an episode of BBC's The Repair Shop was pulled after a TV production worker was offended by what they saw as a "sexist" joke made by comedian Bob Monkhouse. The episode was meant to focus on restoring the late comic's handwritten joke books from the 1960s, the paper says, but it was axed after the complaint.
The Daily Star reports that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has installed a new mobile home to act as staff quarters on the grounds of his Norfolk home.