The Guardian leads with the news that judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant as well as the military commander of Hamas, Mohammed Deif. The warrants have been issued for alleged war crimes. The paper also has a large photo of ‘titan of the Labour movement’ John Prescott, who has died aged 86.
The Times also leads on the ICC arrest warrants, pointing out that the Israeli PM faces arrest if he enters the UK. It also has a photo of Vladimir Putin, who has warned that he could target the UK in direct response to Ukraine’s use of British-made missiles.
The FT leads with the ICC arrest warrants. It also has a story on Matt Gaetz withdrawing his name from consideration to become US attorney general.
The Telegraph says that Sir Keir Starmer “supports the arrest” of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu after the UK PM’s spokesman said: “We respect the independence of the ICC.” It also has a story on how disability benefit claims will rise by 250,000 a year until the end of the decade, according to official forecasts.
The Mirror has the headline “you are in the war” after Vladimir Putin warned that UK targets could face missile strikes. The paper also has a tribute to John Prescott, calling him a “Labour giant” and “proud working man”.
The i leads with Foreign Secretary David Lammy saying the UK and France “will relentlessly fight this campaign of Putinisation”. Writing in the paper, Lammy says Russia’s war in Ukraine is a risk to the world, not just Europe.
The Metro leads with the death of British lawyer Simone White, who has become the fifth person to die after drinking alcohol allegedly containing methanol in Laos.
The Mail says that Energy Secretary Ed Miliband is to revive plans for a “boiler tax” in a bid to meet Labour’s “eye-watering” climate change targets.
The Express reports that the government is to commit £536m to “foreign farmers” while it is “destroying” British farms. No 10 has already committed £5bn to farmers in the UK over the next two years. It comes after thousands of farmers protested in London this week against changes to inheritance tax rules announced in the latest budget.
The Sun has a story about non-crime hate incidents reported to police. It says a “rough” haircut was logged as a “hate” incident as well as a woman being likened to a rottweiler.
And the Daily Star says Storm Bert will “unleash hell” across the UK this weekend with snow and 70mph winds.
