
Front Pages TODAY 📰 22 June 2025
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.
THE REVIEW 📰
🇮🇷 Middle East & Iran Tensions
- Sunday Mirror, Sunday Mail, Sunday Express, The Herald, The Observer:
- US bombers near Iran: Headlines report the deployment of B‑2 stealth bombers and bunker-busting aircraft to the region, signifying escalating US tension with Iran.
- The Observer adds: “Khamenei once governed a country, now he commands a bunker”, noting the deaths of over 20 Iranian commanders and US bomber positioning near Guam.
🏛️ UK Domestic Politics & Worker Rights
- The Mail on Sunday / Scottish Mail on Sunday & Sunday Post:
- “Red Rayner’s Workers Bill is wrecking ball for the UK economy”: Business leaders oppose the Deputy PM Angela Rayner’s Employment Rights Bill, warning of harm to growth & investment.
- The Sunday Post also highlights Scottish civil servants calling in sick for 77,500 days – raising concerns about public-sector culture and inefficiencies.
🏨 Asylum Housing Crisis
- Sunday Express: “£50 m asylum hotels 'farce'”, criticising the Home Office’s failure to recover £50 million from contractors housing asylum seekers, with MPs branding it a scandal.
🎥 Entertainment & Human Interest
- Daily Star Sunday: “Danny: I saw a little green geezer” — actor Danny Dyer claims he saw an alien, offering a quirky tabloid story.
- Pop culture highlight: George Takei (“Star Trek”) talks love of Scotland in the Sunday Post.
- Feature in Politiken (Denmark): “Hit machine” — focusing on DJ Anton Westerlin at the Roskilde Festival.
💶 European Commentary
- Politiken (Denmark): Criticism of a Christian organisation’s handling of taxpayer funds, along with reflections on the role of volunteers in social welfare.
- La Tribune Dimanche (France) & Le Journal du Dimanche:
- La Tribune: Interview with Léa Salamé, newly appointed anchor of France 2’s 8 pm news.
- Le Journal du Dimanche: “€300 billion for nothing” — a critique of planned energy investments (wind/solar) seen as financially unsound.
Today in the UK 🇬🇧


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