'Drive less to save on fuel' and 'War is near end'
Most of the papers lead with US President Donald Trump's latest comments on the Middle East conflict and the domestic implications of the war for the UK. "Trump: Iran war is 'pretty much' over," reads the Daily Mail's front page headline. "After hour-long call with Putin, President insists the U.S. 'short-term excursion' to the Middle East will end soon," the paper writes.
The Sun's top story quotes Trump saying the Iran war is "very complete, pretty much". Ten days of US-Israeli strikes have "obliterated Tehran's navy, air force and communications", according to the US president.
Trump's comments on a "very complete" war in Iran also lead the Daily Telegraph. With US defence officials saying the military is "very close to achieving its objectives" in the Middle East, the paper says the latest comments "lifted the stock markets". Meanwhile, the paper also writes schools and offices are being "urged to monitor anti-Muslim hostility" after the government released its social cohesion strategy. Communities Secretary Steve Reed "said the Government had a duty to act against record levels of hate crime against Muslims" in the Commons on Monday, the paper reports.
The Times also leads with Trump's latest remarks that "Iran has nothing left and war is nearly over" adding: "British households told to brace for soaring costs with fears of petrol at £2 a litre". The front page also features a story on US researchers who found "taking a multivitamin every day in later life has been linked with slowing the ageing process by several months".
The AA's advice for UK motorists to "drive less to save on fuel" leads the Metro as "war puts pressure on pumps". It reports "the cost of a barrel of crude oil leapt to $107 – the highest since 2022", flowing through to higher petrol and diesel prices.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves "vowed to help families... as the Iran war began to hit UK pockets", the Daily Mirror writes. Reeves' pledge to take "necessary decisions" comes after "oil prices reached a four-year high and energy bill fears grew".
"Reeves has defied pleas to axe a punishing fuel duty hike amid fears petrol prices could hit £2 a litre," reads the Daily Express's top story.
"Reeves warns of cost-of-living rise as war on Iran hikes energy prices" says the Guardian. It quotes the chancellor saying "rapid de-escalation" is "the best way to curb inflation". The paper splashes its own investigative journalism too, under the headline "UK's AI claims built on 'phantom investments'". Labour and Conservative government pledges to "turbocharge the economy" through deals with AI companies are questioned in the piece, including claims the deals would "build new datacentres, create thousands of jobs and construct a supercomputer". The paper says the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology did not respond to their questions but "rejected these assertions".
"G7 'stands ready to tap oil reserves" is the headline for the Financial Times, writing that the seven countries's finance ministers are "preparing one of the largest releases of oil reserves in history". The emergency meeting was held as oil prices surged "past $100 a barrel before falling back" on Monday.
"Trump dismissed PM's Iran plea in stormy call" is the i Paper's headline citing an unnamed US source. The top story refers to a 20-minute "fraught private call" held between Trump and Sir Keir Starmer earlier this week about US-UK co-ordination in the Middle East conflict. According to the paper, "Trump was not interested in the PM's attempts to explain his decision to keep Britain out of bombing attacks on Iran regime". And King Charles III's planned state visit to the US is "still going ahead despite growing rift" between Trump and Sir Keir, the paper says.
And finally, the Daily Star interviews jockey Rachael Blackmore ahead of the Cheltenham Festival. "I will be jumping for joy" at this year's races, Blackmore tells the paper.
