Newspaper headlines: Israel 'vows revenge' as it 'weighs up response'

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Financial Times headline reads: "Israel weighs options after Iran attack".
Daily Express headline reads: "World holds its breath as Israel vows to 'extract price'"
The Daily Express is one of several front pages to showcase a picture of Israeli air defence working to intercept missiles or drones in the night sky. Its lead story focuses on Israel's vow to "extract a price" for attacks from Iranian soil, reporting that 330 drones and missiles were fired. [BBC]
The i headline reads: "Iran risks an 'uncontrollable' wider war with Israel attacks, G7 nations warn"
The UK, US and other allied countries are "engaged in frantic diplomacy to avert a wider war", according to the i's reporting. The paper says Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called for "calm heads to prevail" at a meeting of G7 nations, while Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron has warned Iran to "stop these reckless attacks". [BBC]
Daily Mirror headline reads: "Step back from the brink"
Guardian headline reads: "US warning as Israel weighs up response to Iran's attack"
Daily Mail headline: "'It's time the world face the evil empire in Tehran'"
The Daily Mail reports Israel was "pulled back from the brink of immediate retaliation" by an intervention from US President Joe Biden. But Israeli politicians have suggested they are "biding their time" and will respond once a "consensus among western and Middle Eastern allies" is formed, the paper reports. [BBC]
The Times headline reads: "Israel vows revenge as the world calls for calm"
Sun headlines reads RAF top guns foil Iran blitz"
The Sun chooses to focus on the use of British fighter jets to down some of the Iranian projectiles, reporting that at least four RAF Typhoons were scrambled from the UK's airbase in Cyprus. These "RAF Top Guns" flew what the paper says was the "biggest air-to-air battle" the UK has taken part in since the Falklands war in 1982. [BBC]
Daily Star headline reads: "We'll add a few more lifeboats on new Titanic"
The Daily Star leads with a story that a "mega millionaire who plans to rebuild the Titanic" has developed a cunning plan - to add more lifeboats. "Give that man a medal", the paper jokes. [BBC]
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