Morning coverage continued the previous day's focus on US-Iran tensions, with multiple outlets reporting a drone strike on the US embassy in Baghdad described as 'the most intense assault' since the war began, alongside Prime Minister Starmer's refusal to join US military action in the Strait of Hormuz despite Trump's criticism. By midday, editorial emphasis shifted decisively to Israel's claim to have killed Iranian security chief Ali Larijani in an airstrike, with multiple outlets covering the development while noting Iran had not yet confirmed. Throughout the afternoon and evening, coverage consolidated around this claim alongside Trump's rejection of NATO assistance for the Iran war and his criticism of allies, with Iran eventually confirming Larijani's death in later reports.
