The Papers: 'Fragile ceasefire at risk' and 'Putin mocks Starmer'

'Fragile ceasefire at risk' and 'Putin mocks Starmer'Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleThe papers on Thursday focus on the aftermath of the two-week ceasefire deal agreed Wednesday between the US, Israel and Iran. The Guardian says the fate of the deal "looked uncertain last night", with the sides involved giving "divergent versions of what had been agreed". The paper features a photograph of a building struck in Lebanon on Wednesday, and reports that Israel has "intensified its bombing campaign" against the nation - Israel and the US have said Lebanon is not included in the ceasefire agreement."Israeli hit on Lebanon threatens truce" says the Financial Times, reporting that Iran has halted the passage of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz after Israel "launched its biggest bombardment" of Hezbollah since the war began. The terms of the ceasefire include Iran allowing free flow of traffic through the waterway, the paper says.A similar headline leads the Times: "Airstrikes risk blowing fragile ceasefire apart." According to the paper, peace talks are scheduled in Islamabad on Saturday. The White House has confirmed that Vice President JD Vance and US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will take part. The Times also draws attention to comments from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who says Donald Trump is set to discuss the possibility of the US pulling out of the Nato alliance with Mark Rutte, its secretary-general.Burning wreckage in Lebanon's capitical city is front and centre of the Mirror, which says "confusion reigned over Donald Trump's ceasefire" on Wednesday. It says that Israel claims to have launched 100 "brutal" attacks in 10 minutes at Hezbollah targets in Beirut, writing of the conflict: "And still it goes on."The Daily Mail characterises the two-week ceasefire as "a bizarre kind of victory", fo...