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Trump's 'hellfire ultimatum' to Iran and 'PM slams Kanye gig'

"Trump gives Iran hellfire ultimatum" reads the headline on the front page of the Sunday Telegraph.
US President Donald Trump has given Iran a "hellfire ultimatum" and is preparing alongside Israel to "dramatically escalate attacks", the Sunday Telegraph reports. Two grinning University of Oxford rowers are splashed across the front page as the women's team won their race against Cambridge University for the first time since 2016.
"PM slams Kanye gig after Nazi row" reads the headline on the front page of the Sun on Sunday.
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer "slams Kanye gig after Nazi row", headlines The Sun. The rapper, who goes by Ye, has been booked to perform at Wireless Festival, which the PM has said is "deeply concerning". The festival booking follows years of widespread criticism of Ye for antisemitic comments, which the rapper later publicly apologised for. In January Ye said he is "not a Nazi or an antisemite". The paper says the festival organisers have been approached for a response.
"A picture of home" reads the headline on the front page of The Observer.
The Observer carries "a picture of home" for its lead - a photo of Earth from Nasa's Artemis II as it winds its way towards the Moon. The paper teases a piece titled, "Washington, we have a problem", "Trump's chaos on earth."
"Drill, Ed, Drill" reads the headline on the front page of the Mail on Sunday.
"Drill, Ed, Drill" urges the Daily Mail as "fuel prices soar". The paper says research conducted by former Conservative deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft suggests voters want Energy Secretary Ed Miliband to "ditch his Net Zero obsession and untap the North Sea oil and gas". The Mail includes a quote from Miliband last week saying: "people who say new exploration licences will somehow create huge amounts of energy for us" are "just wrong".
"End for toxic chemicals in Britain's sofas" reads the headline on the front page of the Sunday Times.
It is the "end for toxic chemicals in Britain's sofas" heralds the Sunday Times in an investigation into flame retardants used in couches. The government has changed rules that required British sofas to include toxic flame retardant, which isn't used in other parts of the world, it writes.
"Brexit reset will cost UK £3bn a year" reads the headline on the front page of the Sunday Express.
The Sunday Express claims that a "Brexit reset will cost UK £3bn a year". It says Sir Keir has been accused of "quietly signing Britain up to Brussels" as part of an "ambitious" new trade deal. The paper quotes a UK government spokeswoman saying: "Our deal with the EU supports businesses by removing the costly red tape that holds back our exporters from our largest trading partner."
"Slash our spending on Royals" reads the headline on the Sunday Mirror.
A call to "slash our spending on Royals" leads the Sunday Mirror. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been told that the "taxpayer handout" to the Royal Family "should be cut in the wake of the scandal over Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor." A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: "The Sovereign Grant is reviewed every five years by the Royal Trustees, which include the Chancellor, to ensure the level of funding for the Royal Household remains appropriate".
"Lucy Letby's 'Huntley attack fear'," reads the headline on the front page of the Daily Star.
Lucy Letby, the nurse who is serving 15 whole-life terms for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more, now "fears she could be murdered", reports the Daily Star. This comes after the deaths of prisoners Ian Huntley and Ian Watkins, who both died after being injured in prison. A spokesman for Sodexo, which runs HMP Bronzefield, told the paper they do not comment on individual prisoners.
"Betrayal of a hero" reads the headline on the front page of the Sunday People.
The Sunday People headlines on the "betrayal of a hero". It reports that an Afghan translator who fled the Taliban to the UK has serious injuries after an alleged assault.

The Sunday Telegraph leads on what it calls President Trump's "hellfire ultimatum" to Iran. The paper says experts fear oil prices could push higher and "further cripple the world economy" if Tehran follows through with its threat to retaliate against power and water plants in the Gulf.

The Mail on Sunday urges the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, to "drill, Ed, drill", in response to soaring fuel costs. It highlights research by the former Conservative party deputy chairman, Lord Ashcroft, that suggests half of all voters think Labour should lift its ban on new oil and gas exploration in the North Sea.

The Sun on Sunday says Sir Keir Starmer has called it "deeply concerning" that the controversial rapper, Kanye West, is due to headline the Wireless Festival in July. The event follows years of widespread criticism of the performer for antisemitic comments, which he later publicly apologised for. The paper says the festival organisers have been approached for a response.

The Observer devotes its front page to a stunning image of the Earth, half covered in darkness, taken from Nasa's Orion spacecraft. The Sunday Times looks forward to the Artemis Two mission's destination, with an image of the Moon - saying the astronauts are less than 110,000 miles (177,027km) from their lunar flyby.

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