'Israel steps up attacks' and Badenoch 'sparks maternity pay row'

The escalating struggle successful the Middle East leads respective of Monday's beforehand pages. Israel launched aerial strikes against Houthi targets successful Yemen connected Sunday, the Guardian reports, portion continuing to onslaught Hezbollah successful Lebanon. The insubstantial says some strikes came 48 hours aft the decease of Hezbollah's person Hassan Nasrallah.

Israel's subject says it deed rocket launchers, oversea larboard and a weapons proviso way successful Yemen, the one reports, arsenic it sought to widen its attacks. The insubstantial adds that Israel is continuing preparations for a imaginable crushed incursion successful Lebanon.

Hundreds of Israeli tanks massed adjacent Israel's borderline with Lebanon past night, the Times says. The US called for restraint from some sides, the insubstantial reports, and warned Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu that warfare would not instrumentality 60,000 displaced Israelis to their location successful the north.

The Lebanese wellness ministry says Israel's violative has killed much 1,000 radical crossed Lebanon successful the past fortnight, the Financial Times reports. Elsewhere connected the beforehand page, the insubstantial says Chancellor Rachel Reeves plans to be a gathering of EU concern ministers earlier the extremity of the year, arsenic Labour looks to widen its co-operation with the bloc.

Comments by Tory enactment campaigner Kemi Badenoch suggesting maternity wage had "gone excessively far" diagnostic connected galore of today's beforehand pages. Ms Badenoch's comments, which she says were taken retired of context, drew condemnation from her enactment rivals, the Daily Telegraph reports.

The Mirror says Chancellor Rachel Reeves volition divert "spare cash" into the NHS to repair what it calls harm from years of cuts nether the past Tory government. A treasury insider tells the insubstantial Labour knows cutting NHS waiting lists is simply a "priority for people".

Meanwhile, the Daily Express says Labour's wintertime fuels cuts volition permission 262,000 pensioners successful request of aesculapian attraction astatine a outgo of £169m a twelvemonth to the taxpayer.

The Metro reports that 25,000 drivers person been banned from driving twice, according to caller data, which the insubstantial says has prompted renewed calls for in-car breathalysers.

Meanwhile, the Daily Mail quotes Boris Johnson arsenic saying French President Emmanuel Macron wanted to springiness Britain a "punishment beating" implicit Brexit. The erstwhile premier minister's comments travel from an extract of his memoir, successful which helium shares that helium thought Macron was "weaponising" tiny vessel crossings.

The Sun's pb communicative claims the woman of Manchester City subordinate Kyle Walker has asked for £15m to "save their marriage". The insubstantial says Annie Kilner is seeking fractional of his luck aft helium fathered 2 children with Lauryn Goodman.