'Le Humiliation' and 'US and Iran start historic peace talks'
The Mail on Sunday leads with an exclusive on the Royal Navy reportedly facing pressure to ask France for help "intercepting Russian vessels in British waters" after the PM U-turns on Chagos deal. Senior defence sources tell the paper that the "UK fleet is struggling to meet 'operational commitments'". Elsewhere, an image of Melania Trump and Queen Camilla is featured on the front page with the question of whether they will meet "Epstein victims".
The Sunday Express leads with the "U-turn of all U-turns" after Sir Keir Starmer shelved his Chagos Islands deal. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch claims victory for Starmer's retreat, the paper says, after her party's "relentless opposition to the bid".
The Sunday Times leads on the historic peace talks between the US and Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan, late last night. The paper calls the peace talks between the two countries the "highest-level" meeting since the Iranian revolution in 1979.
Cabinet minister Bridget Phillipson is being accused of putting her career before the "need to provide safe single-sex spaces", the Sunday Telegraph reports. Baroness Falkner, the former equalities watchdog, said the government's delay "betrayed" women. Elsewhere, I Am Maxiumus celebrates as "one of the very best to grace Aintree" after winning the Grand National for the second time in three years.
The four astronauts from Artemis II are "super splashing great" following their safe return to Earth, the Daily Star reports. The crew ended their nine-day mission with a "perfect bullseye splashdown", the paper says.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting is pictured with his arms crossed above the headline "Ashamed" in the lead story of the Sunday Mirror, about patients being treated in hospital corridors. Streeting vows to fix how stretched the NHS is, the paper says, and quotes him saying: "Looking people in the eyes, it makes you feel ashamed."
TV presenter Eamonn Holmes's girlfriend is "praying for the star" after he suffered a stroke, the Sun reports. The TV legend was found at home and rushed to hospital, the paper says. Holmes, 66, has a TV career spanning decades, and has presented programmes on Sky News and ITV, before joining GB News in 2022 to front its breakfast show, which he co-hosts with Ellie Costello.
Sunday People also leads with the broadcaster's "stroke shock".
An illustration of Peter Sullivan with the headline "the trials of an innocent man" is featured on the front page of the Observer. Peter Sullivan spent 38 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of killing florist Diane Sindall, 21, in Wirral, Merseyside, in 1986. The Observer says Sullivan was "released without apology".
And the Sunday Mail reports on an alleged "kitchen con" involving a drug kingpins' renovation firm. The paper also features a picture of I Am Maximus winning the Grand National.
