Newspaper headlines: ‘Blood on their hands’ and ‘Starmer warns Iran’

The headline in the Daily Mails reads: Blood on their hands

Several of Tuesday’s newspapers lead the day with the discovery that a doctor warned three years before the Nottingham attacks that Valdo Calocane’s mental illness was so severe he could “end up killing someone”. The Daily Mail focuses on the response of the “furious” families of the victims, who are quoted as saying that medics and police have “blood on their hands”.

The headline in the Metro reads: They knew for 3 years he was a danger

“They knew for three years he was a danger,” the Metro declares in its story on the Calocane medical report. It reports that breaking into a neighbour’s flat was “among a litany of missed chances to intervene” before he carried out the fatal attack in June of last year.

The headline in the Daily Telegraph reads: Starmer warns Iran: No attack on Israel

The Daily Telegraph leads with a warning from UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to the Iranian government against an escalation with Israel. In a “rare telephone call” with Tehran on Monday night, the paper says Sir Keir told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that “there was a serious risk of miscalculation and urged Iran to refrain from attacking Israel”. In other international news, the Telegraph also reports that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “has piled pressure on Britain to allow missile strikes deep inside Russia” as Ukrainian troops claim to control a slice of Russian territory on the border.

The headline in the Times reads: Zelensky takes war to Putin

The latest from Ukraine leads the Times, covering Mr Zelenksy’s warning to Vladimir Putin that the war was “coming home” to the Russian president. The attack has been the largest incursion on Russian territory in more than two years of war, the Times reports, prompting Mr Putin to claim it was intended to “intimidate society and to undermine stability”.

The headline in the Guardian reads: Silent killer heatwaves in Europe claim 50,000 lives

The Guardian’s top story covers a climate study that suggests hot weather “inflamed by carbon pollution” killed nearly 50,000 people in Europe last year. The paper reports that the toll would have been “80% higher if people had not adapted to rising temperatures”, which it says shows that “efforts to adapt societies to heatwaves had been effective”. Beside that report is a photo of British Olympic diver Tom Daley, who has announced his retirement from the sport.

The headline in the Financial Times reads: Indian telecoms tycoon says swoop on Drahi's BT stake shows faith in Britain

The Financial Times leads its Tuesday edition with Indian billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal’s acquisition of a 24.5% stake in British telecom giant BT. The investment is a “vote of confidence in the telecoms group and the UK”, the paper quotes Mr Bharti as saying, praising BT’s “glorious past”, “national status” and “tremendous” infrastructure.

The headline in the Daily Mirror reads: They were told he could kill

The Daily Mirror also features the disclosure of the Nottingham attacker’s medical history as its top story, reporting the victim’s “families’ anger and calls for a public inquiry”. Also covered by the tabloid are the latest additions to Strictly Come Dancing’s 2024 line-up as Sam Quek, Nick Knowles and Paul Merson join the programme.

The headline in the i reads: UK plan to evacuate Brit nationals in Israel if Iran triggers war

Rising tensions in the Middle East take the top story slot in the i, as the paper reports that it has learned of a UK plan to “airlift British nationals from across Middle East if Iran retaliation on Israel triggers wider regional conflict”. Citing Whitehall sources, the i reports “significant concerns” about escalations, but that there is hope that “Iran will rely on show of strength”.

The headline in the Daily Express reads: Get a grip and fast! Labour is doing nothing to stop the boats

Comments from Shadow Home Secretary James Cleverly lead the Daily Express, telling the government to “get a grip and fast” or the Channel migrant crisis will escalate. The front page of the paper also features the Nottingham attack latest and a farewell to Tom Daley, reporting that the “teary Olympic hero retires from diving”.

The headline in the Daily Star reads: Invasion of the angry, drunken German wasps

It’s an “invasion of the angry, drunken German wasps”, the Daily Star reports, warning picnic lovers to beware of “millions of invading German lager-lout wasps looking for a bit of mindless aggro”.

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