The Papers: 'World holds its breath' and 'No Kan do'

'World holds its breath' and 'No Kan do'5 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleThe papers, which went to press before news of an apparent ceasefire in the Iran war, are dominated by Donald Trump's threats after the US president warned a "whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again" in a post to Truth Social. The headline of the Mirror reads "World holds its breath" over a photograph of the Earth taken from space by the Artemis II crew earlier this week.The juxtaposition of "Humanity's historic new view" from space and the conflict in the Middle East has also been employed by the Metro, which notes that on Day 39 of Operation Epic Fury, "at least 50 air strikes" were recorded on Kharg Island, an Iranian oil hub."Night the world held its breath and prayed" says the Daily Mail, calling it a "moment of reckoning" as peace talks went "down to the wire". The paper carries a photograph of women waving Iranian flags on a bridge in Ahvaz on Tuesday. It reports that after Trump's "unhinged declaration", people in Iran were seen forming "human shields" around bridges and power plants. Trump's declaration that a "whole civilisation" might die is front and centre of the Telegraph, which says world leaders were calling for calm as the president's peace ultimatum drew closer. The US hit Kharg Island in tandem with Israeli strikes on railway bridges, it reports, in an "apparent show of intent". According to the paper, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif made a "late intervention" and was pleading for both sides to stop fighting for two weeks to "allow diplomacy to prevail".Similarly, the Guardian has the headline: "Outrage and fear as Trump warns 'whole civilisation will die' in Iran." The front page includes a photograph of Earth as seen from behind the...