The Papers: 'I'm not Epstein's victim' and 'We see you, Vlad'

'I'm not Epstein's victim' and 'We see you, Vlad'9 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleUS First Lady Melania Trump is splashed across several of the papers, after she made a surprise White House address on Thursday evening. According to the Times, she condemned the "lies" linking her to convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, insisting she "was not one of his victims and had no knowledge of his crimes". The paper says she also called on Congress to allow victims of Epstein to testify under oath to help "uncover the truth" about the late disgraced financier and his associates.In addition to Melania Trump, the front page of the Telegraph considers Russian ships in the Channel, indicating that the Royal Navy has been "barred" from seizing sanctioned tankers amid fears it would breach international law. A Russian warship and two sanctioned vessels were "allowed" to pass through the channel despite a pledge from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to "go after" sanctioned ships, the paper initially reported on Thursday. It says that since then, three more Russian ships have passed through the Channel, and Defence Secretary John Healey says Russia ran a "secret submarine operation" in British waters. This is also the focus of the paper's cartoon, which jokes: "There are Russian submarines in UK waters. We had hoped the sewage would keep them away."The i Paper says a "blacklisted" ship carrying fuel, food and spare parts for the Russian military is believed to have travelled through the Channel, suggesting the "distraction" of the war in Iran has emboldened the Kremlin. On the submarine operation reported by the defence secretary, the paper says the submarines were trying to spy on underwater data cables in UK waters. No damage was done, according to Healey, but he warned that Moscow posed a "primary threat...