US President Donald Trump's remarks at the Nato summit in Turkey lead Metro, with the top headline declaring "Iran war back on after new air strikes". The US president is quoted calling Iran's leaders "scum" as he promised to hit the Iranian "regime hard", the paper reports.

The future Clacton by-election makes the front of many of Thursday's papers. The Daily Star's "fave politician" Count Binface has told the paper he will eat Reform UK leader Nigel Farage "for breakkie". The serial election candidate, who dresses as a bin, has said he will run against Farage in the Clacton by-election after Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats all said they would not field candidates.

Count Binface has emerged as the main challenger to Farage, the Daily Mirror reports, under the headline "Bin him off".

The Daily Express also headlines on the Clacton by-election, quoting Farage who has said "the future of our democracy depends on who wins". The Reform leader described the rival parties as "running scared" from the race because they were worried he would win, the paper reports.

Count Binface joining the Clacton by-election is "deadly serious", the Daily Mail reports, with Farage describing the fight as a "real election".

The Guardian leads on an investigation into more financial transactions concerning Reform UK senior figures, alleging "transactions worth millions" were reported to the National Crime Agency.

The i Paper leads on Scotland Yard investigating an alleged political donation made to Reform UK's Robert Jenrick when he was standing for the Conservative Party leadership. The "investigation centres on a claim that £37,500 came from foreign donor", according to the paper. Jenrick denies any electoral law was broken.

Andy Burnham, who is widely expected to be the next Labour leader later this month, has vowed to rebuild the UK's "hard power" by directing billions of pounds in defence spending into British companies rather than American or European ones, according to the Times.

Tesco could sell its European operations "in a move that would bring down the curtain on a three-decade attempt" to build a global empire for the UK's biggest supermarket, the Financial Times reports. The sale would also spell the end of a dream to establish "a new supermarket chain from scratch in the US", according to the paper.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will change the law so the "Pakistan-born ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang can be deported", the Times reports. Shabir Ahmed was released from prison last week "after serving 14 years of a 22-year sentence for 30 child rape offences", the paper reports. Mahmood is expected to explain on Monday how the government will amend the laws, according to the paper.

A mum's fight for a £12m fortune tops the Sun's front page, after a shopkeeper reportedly binned her winning lottery ticket. Kath Main from Wales is fighting to claim the money, saying that she had felt "sick" when she found out the "winning numbers had matched hers", the Sun reports.

"Binface by-election is deadly serious" is the Daily Mail, external's headline, as it focuses on an interview with the Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage. He has told the paper that he is fighting a "real election" despite only facing novelty candidates like Count Binface - but the Daily Mirror, external suggests voters in Clacton should "bin him off".

The Daily Telegraph, external includes a profile of the man behind Count Binface, Jon Harvey, and warns Farage that he "can't afford" to treat the comedian as a joke. But, if he does make it to the House of Commons, the i Paper reports that Count Binface would have to "bin" his costume due to parliamentary rules. Currently uniforms and what is considered "disrespectful" dress are banned, and MPs are encouraged to wear "business-like attire".

The Guardian , externalreports that transactions involving a number of senior figures within Reform UK, including the Deputy leader Richard Tice, have been reported to the National Crime Agency. The paper says bankers raised concerns about whether the money had come from. Tice has denied any wrongdoing.

The Times, external leads on an interview with Andy Burnham. He says he will target defence spending at British firms if he enters Downing Street. He also plans to "level" with the public about the spending needed on the armed forces.

The UK faces an increasing risk of "proxy attacks" carried out on behalf of hostile states according to warning from the boss of MI5 that reported in the Sun, external. It says Sir Ken McCallum has welcomed a new law that makes it easier for the government to outlaw groups like Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

Do you ever get frustrated with the customer service provided by AI chatbots? Well, research done by the Daily Telegraph, external suggests that the programmes are devising ways to stop customers talking to humans. Instead, the paper says bots used by major firms often leave customers stuck in a "doom loop".

Pictures of Arthur Fery are on most of the back pages. "Call of the Wild" is how the Daily Express celebrates the British wildcard reaching the men's semi-finals at Wimbledon, while the Daily Star, external urges readers to hail "King Arthur".

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