
Front Pages TODAY 📰 18 June 2025
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THE REVIEW 📰
🇺🇸 Iran, Israel & Trump's Escalation: Europe Reacts
Across the continent, newspapers are gripped by fears of an uncontrollable spiral in the Middle East as Donald Trump demands Iran's “unconditional surrender” and implies US military engagement.
🗞 El País (Spain) — “Trump considers attacking Iran in search of ‘unconditional surrender’”
🗞 Financial Times (UK) — “Trump calls for Iran’s ‘surrender’ and leaves way open to US role in conflict”
🗞 The Guardian (UK) — “Trump demands ‘unconditional surrender’ by Iran as tensions rise”
🗞 Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland) — “Israel changes its war aims in Iran”
🗞 Franc-Tireur (France) — “Radioactive Mullah”
🗞 Marianne (France) — “Avoiding worldwide conflagration”
🗞 The Times (UK) — “Trump: We won’t kill ayatollah — for now”
🗞 Le Monde (France) — “Iran-Israel: a war of attrition on the edge of the abyss”
🗞 The Sun (UK) — “Trump’s Armada”
🗞 The Daily Mail (UK) — “US poised to join Iran war”
The spectre of US-led war with Iran is shaking editorial boards. France’s Franc-Tireur paints Khamenei as a nuclear menace, while El País and La Vanguardia trace Trump’s rhetoric to a planned offensive. British papers highlight the chilling precision of US threats: “We know where he hides.”
🇪🇸 Spain: Sánchez Under Siege from All Sides
Spanish media focus intensely on growing internal crises: amnesty deals, corruption networks within PSOE, and Sánchez’s fragile parliamentary grip.
🗞 ABC — “Junts warned Sánchez not to present confidence motion”
🗞 El Mundo — “Cerdán sacked PSOE manager ‘for meddling where not wanted’”
🗞 La Razón — “Plot activated against Lobato for criticising Koldo and Cerdán”
🗞 El Periódico — “Six in ten Spaniards want elections”
Junts, the Catalan separatist party, applies direct pressure while former PSOE operatives unleash corruption accusations. Editorials speculate whether Sánchez will survive until autumn.
🇪🇺 Europe: Security, Extremism & Digital Terror
The rise of very young extremist cells worries Dutch authorities and beyond.
🗞 De Telegraaf (Netherlands) — “Terror network extremely young”
🗞 Jornal de Notícias (Portugal) — “Europe alarmed by hate speech and neo-Nazis in Portugal”
🗞 Tages Anzeiger (Switzerland) — “Fedpol scandal: Bodyguard chief dismissed”
The Netherlands’ NCTV rings alarm bells over radicalisation among youth. In Portugal, European bodies denounce rising racist violence. Swiss security undergoes a public shake-up.
🇬🇧 Britain: Domestic Policies in Flux
MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales for the first time in 164 years, marking a seismic shift in reproductive rights.
🗞 The Guardian — “Abortion no longer a criminal matter”
🗞 i Paper — “MPs vote to decriminalise abortion”
🗞 Daily Telegraph — “Starmer delays HS2 after £37bn of failure”
In a moment of modernisation, abortion law reform takes centre stage.
🌍 Miscellaneous Snapshots
🗞 Malta Independent 🇲🇹 — “Volcanic eruption in Indonesia”
🗞 Tribune de Genève 🇨🇭 — “Geneva’s gloomy employment outlook”
🗞 Irish News 🇮🇪 — “Dozens of Palestinians killed while waiting for aid”
🗞 Liverpool Echo 🇬🇧 — “Man killed in Spanish gunfight is named”
Natural disasters, shifting political sands, and local tragedies reflect the broader climate of upheaval — from Sulawesi to Costa del Sol.
Today in the UK 🇬🇧






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— Stay ahead of the curve with your daily briefing on the must-read headlines from across Europe. From the UK to France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and beyond — this is your essential guide to the front pages shaping the conversation today.

— Stay ahead of the curve with your daily briefing on the must-read headlines from across Europe. From the UK to France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and beyond — this is your essential guide to the front pages shaping the conversation today.
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