'UK facing new tax hikes' and 'My Ricky's last hug' The Times leads on Sir Keir Starmer giving the US the green light to carry out strikes from British bases, in order to protect the Strait of Hormuz. The paper quotes the government saying the move represents an act of "collective self-defence".

President Trump is ready to put boots on the ground in Iran, according to the Daily Telegraph.

It says the Pentagon has drawn up plans which involve seizing Kharg Island, the key oil terminal in the Persian Gulf.

A report in the Financial Times suggests the UK's borrowing costs have hit an 18-year high as a result of the war in the Middle East.

It says the Chancellor's economic plans risk being torpedoed by the effects of the conflict.

The i says the UK is facing new tax hikes over what it calls the "worst energy shock in history".

Survivors of IRA bomb attacks in England have been left "devastated" by the collapse of their trial against the former Sinn Fein leader, Gerry Adams, according to the Daily Mail.

The paper says the case was pulled at the eleventh hour after the claimants found they could be liable to pay Mr Adams' half a million pound legal fees. He has always denied involvement in the attacks, and says he was never in the IRA.

The Daily Express reports on a warning from campaigners for the assisted dying bill, who say they will continue fighting, even if the House of Lords blocks the legislation.

"Eventually we will win right to die battle" reads the headline. The paper's front page carries a photo of campaigners holding signs saying "let us choose".

The US launch of a new horror novel has been cancelled after allegations its author heavily relied on artificial intelligence to write it, according to the Guardian.

The paper says Shy Girl, by Mia Ballard, was published in the UK last year but will now be discontinued. Ms Ballard has denied personally using AI to write the novel

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