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Here are the stories making the headlines on Wednesday’s newspaper front pages.

The Irish Times leads with the mounting death toll in Lebanon as Israel pledged to continue air strikes against Hezbollah.

The Irish Examiner reports that there has been a surge in the number of migrant workers being exploited in Ireland.

Construction has not yet started on 50,000 apartments with planning permission in Dublin, according to the Irish Independent.

The Irish Daily Mail claims that Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan is being sidestepped within Government in order for roads funding to be released.

The Tánaiste has urged the US to stop selling weapons to Israel, the Irish Daily Mirror reports.

The Irish Daily Star says the latest photos of the new children’s hospital show the €2 billion facility is “nowhere near ready”.

The Belfast Telegraph reports that a loyalist group urged the North’s Education Minister to intervene over an Irish language nursery school in east Belfast.

Keir Starmer’s speech to the Labour conference dominates the British front pages of Wednesday’s newspapers.

The British prime minister told the country to “turn up our collar and face the storm” and that he would make unpopular decisions, reports The Times, while The Independent takes a similar line as it looks at his message to the party to take pride in victory.

The Guardian repeats Mr Starmer’s line that tough decisions are needed, saying Britain will prosper if people keep the faith and accept a series of difficult “trade-offs”.

“The state will take back control” is the headline in The Daily Telegraph, which says Mr Starmer used a Brexit slogan to spell out his vision for his government.

The Daily Mirror warns of a bumpy road to a brighter future as it says Mr Starmer promised “tough love” for the UK.

The Metro also focuses on the Labour conference with home secretary Yvette Cooper vowing to halve knife crime in a decade on the day a ban on zombie blades was introduced.

Several front pages cover a mass evacuation of up to 10,000 British nationals from Lebanon amid increasing Israeli bombardments, with the Daily Mail saying hundreds of troops have been deployed to the Mediterranean to help out.

The i says the EU is willing to shorten the time it wants for young Europeans to be allowed to stay in the UK under a proposed mobility agreement.

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Britain’s Princess of Wales features on the front of the Daily Express, which says she returned to work after cancer treatment to plan her Christmas carol concert.

The Sun also features a return to work as it reports on Phillip Schofield filming a Channel 5 programme in Madagascar, 16 months after he left This Morning.

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A series of measures introduced in China to stimulate the economy are the focus of The Financial Times.

And the Daily Star says the Loch Ness Monster is playing practical jokes on boaters.

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Iran’s strikes on Thursday targeted Israel, American bases and countries in the region. Israel announced multiple incoming missile attacks as air raid sirens blared in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

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“The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan strongly condemns the attacks carried out by the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran against civilian infrastructure on the territory of Azerbaijan in the absence of any military necessity. The Islamic Republic of Iran bears the entire responsibility for the incident,” the ministry’s statement read.

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Explosions seen and heard in Azerbaijan as Iran launches retaliatory attacks across the Middle East. (East2West)

Iran has not acknowledged targeting Azerbaijan, despite the country’s ministry of defense pointing the finger at Tehran.

Qatar evacuated residents near the U.S. Embassy in Doha on Thursday, with its Ministry of Defense confirming that the country was “subjected to a missile attack” and that its air defense systems were able to intercept it. The ministry urged the public to remain calm and avoid unofficial information.

Abu Dhabi announced that its authorities were responding to an incident involving falling debris in ICAD 2, which is part of the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi. Six people, identified by Abu Dhabi as Pakistani and Nepali nationals, suffered minor to moderate injuries.

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“An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters. Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo — Quiet Death. The first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II. Like in that war, back when we were still the War Department, we are fighting to win,” Hegseth said.

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Iranian leaders condemned the attack, with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accusing the U.S. Navy of committing “an atrocity at sea.” Meanwhile, Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli appeared on state television and called for the shedding of Israeli and “Trump’s blood.”

“Fight the oppressive America, his blood is on my shoulders,” he said in a rare call for violence from an ayatollah, one of the highest ranks within the clergy of Shiite Islam.

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The U.S. and Israel launched the war on Saturday with strikes targeting Iran’s leadership, including the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed. Iran’s missile arsenal and nuclear facilities were also hit.

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