Newspaper headlines: 'Ceasefire agreed with Iran' and 'war games'

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US President Donald Trump's claim of an agreed ceasefire between Israel and Iran leads The Daily Telegraph. In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that the stop to fighting would be "complete and total", although being implemented in increments, starting from 05:00 BST on Tuesday. Also on the Telegraph's front page, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has made a "pledge to spend £40bn on defence", which shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge has called "smoke and mirrors".

Iran's missile strike on US airbases "leaves Middle East on edge", The Guardian writes. The attack in Qatar was a response to the US hitting Iranian nuclear bases. Iranian state media reported that they also launched missiles on Iraq. More details on the conflict are inside the paper as well as the lighter fare of "how Venice rose up against the wedding of Jeff Bezos".

The Times, like most of today's papers, also headlines on Iran's attack, which it describes as "limited". US President Donald Trump thanked the regime for giving "early notice" of the missiles, later saying in a post on Truth Social "congratulations world, it's time for peace". Also on the front page, "millionaires to flee UK in record numbers" with the paper saying "tax increases and falling economic confidence" are to blame.

Iran's strike on Qatar also leads the Financial Times. "Residents heard explosions across Doha" as "air defences intercepted up to 10 missiles", it writes. In other front page news, Germany and Italy face calls "to move their gold out of New York", which the FT says are the result of Trump's "repeated attacks on the US Federal Reserve" and "increased geopolitical turbulence."

The Daily Mail's front page also focuses on the situation in Iran, using the headline "so whose side are you on, Sir Keir?" Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said the UK is prepared to defend its interests in Iran, while urging the country to "dial this thing down".

The i Paper headlines on Foreign Secretary David Lammy's words that the UK is "ready to defend our allies" in the Middle East. The British Government "hardens its language", with the aim of showing a "deterrent" to Iran according to the i Paper.

The Daily Express headlines on Trump's call for peace after what he said was a "very weak" attack from Iran.

The Daily Mirror calls the activity in the Middle East "war games", adding that "dozens of Britons were airlifted out of Israel".

We're all going to have "glummer holidays" says the Daily Star, as holidaymakers "ditch heatwave for big chill".

"Topple the Ayatollahs" headlines Metro, as it reports on Trump's post about "regime change" in Iran on his platform Truth Social on Sunday. The US president has since said Israel and Iran have agreed to a "complete and total" ceasefire.

The Sun leads with its own investigation about whether residents of migrant hotels are working as delivery riders. Deliveroo has said "we have a dedicated team in place who ensure Deliveroo does not work with riders who don't have the right to work in the UK." Uber Eats also denied these claims, saying "all couriers who use the Uber Eats app must undergo checks to ensure they have a legal right to work in the UK." Just Eat told the Sun "we are continuously strengthening our approach to ensure anyone who delivers through Just Eat's platform has the right-to-work in the UK."

The first editions of this morning's papers were published before President Trump's ceasefire announcement - but many of the American news websites have been following developments.

President Trump has told NBC that he expects the ceasefire to "go forever", saying that he doesn't believe Iran and Israel "will ever be shooting at each other again".

He says he has "got the job done" with a truce, which the New York Times reports even caught some senior members of his own administration by surprise. An official tells the outlet that the US bombings of Iranian nuclear sites at the weekend "set the conditions" for ceasefire talks.

A source quoted on the website Axios says that once Iran had responded with an attack on an American air base, officials in Tehran notified the White House -through Qatar - that they would not carry out any further strikes.

The unnamed insider says the Trump administration then agreed not to retaliate and said it was ready to negotiate. An American official tells the Washington Post that the Iranians "made it clear" to the US that they would be willing to re-enter talks on their nuclear programme.

The Financial Times casts doubt on the White House's claims that the programme has been "obliterated" - reporting that it may have been "pushed into smaller, secret facilities which are harder to find".

An Iranian insider tells the paper that "the enriched uranium is untouched" despite the US attacks.

The Guardian publishes satellite images of Iran's main nuclear facility in the days before the strikes, which it says appear to confirm that some material had been "preemptively removed".

The i Paper focuses on the UK's response to the situation in the Middle East - pointing out that the government has "hardened" its language against Iran.

But the Sun highlights calls for the prime minister to get off the "moral fence". The Daily Mail says his failure to publicly back the US strikes at the weekend puts him at risk of being "marginalised on the world stage".

"So whose side are you on, Sir Keir?" asks its headline.

The Times reports that the Home Office believes that Iran could be funding - through proxies - the campaign group, Palestine Action.

The paper says government officials are investigating the source of its donations, because of concerns about where the group is raising "the significant sums it requires for its legal costs".

Palestine Action did not respond to a request for comment.