The Papers: 'PM refuses to join blockade' and 'Hungary enters new era'

'PM refuses to join blockade' and 'Hungary enters new era'32 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleMany of the papers lead with Donald Trump's move to blockade the Strait of Hormuz following failed US-Iran peace talks in Pakistan. "Sir Keir Starmer has refused to join Donald Trump's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz," reads the top story in the Daily Telegraph, adding "Britain will only supply minesweepers". According to sources speaking to the paper, the UK will not "send warships to enforce the blockade". The i Paper leads with the blockade's possible consequences for the UK, splashing "inflation warning for Britain" as "uncertainty over oil prices deepens". Chancellor Rachel Reeves will fly to Washington "to help re-open channel as Treasury says: 'This is not our war'," the paper writes. After the "highest-level negotiations between Washington and Tehran since the 1979 Islamic revolution", the Financial Times says the US navy will "halt toll-paying ships" passing through the waterway. The paper says "global economy dented" as a result, writing "Oil experts warned the talks breakdown and blockade threat would push up prices further". Donald Trump accuses Tehran of "extortion" over its trade embargo of the Strait of Hormuz, the Times writes. The paper includes Iran's response to Trump's remarks, insisting it still controls the Strait – with the Speaker of Iran's Parliament Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf saying, "If you fight, we'll fight"."Hungary enters new era", the Guardian writes in its front page headline, as prime minister Viktor Orbán's "16-year grip on power" ends. "Hungary's opposition Tisza party, led by Péter Magyar, has won the general election," the paper says, with Orbán conceding defeat within three hours of polls closing.Elsewh...