As the talks between Iran and the P5+1 are due to end this evening, many newspapers discuss the last day’s push towards a deal.

The Telegraph reports that “hopes fade” for a deal and that US Secretary of State John Kerry was struggling to salvage the talks. The report quotes a diplomat as saying that “the significant gaps [between the two sides] are still significant gaps” and suggests that the US and Iran are now seeking a framework deal only that would postpone the vital technical agreements to future rounds of negotiation. A Telegraph Q&A also discusses some of the details of the negotiations, such as reducing the number of centrifuges which Iran can use to enrich uranium. The Telegraph’s leader notes that the US has made a major concession in allowing Iran to retain any enrichment capacity, and says that it’s now Iran’s turn to make concessions and accept the US terms for a deal.

The Guardian’s coverage of the Iran talks is more upbeat in tone, reporting that “hopes grow” for a framework agreement of the type discussed above. The Guardian quotes Iranian officials as saying that a “political agreement” would be reached today.

The leader in the Times says that no deal with Iran is better than a bad deal, and that the West must be willing to walk away. The leader worries that US President Barack Obama wants an agreement to cement a foreign-policy success and might be tempted to accept a weaker deal if it means he can vindicate his strategy. It accuses Western diplomats of giving away their negotiating advantage just as Iran is getting weaker.

The looming Iran talks deadline is also reported in the BBC, FT, Independent i and Daily Mail. In the Independent, Robert Fisk claims that an Iran deal could be the gateway to Iran becoming the “policeman” of the Gulf and the lynchpin of Sunni-Shia-Western harmony and prosperity. An analysis in the FT claims that the new Congress might stall or reject an Iran deal.

The FT, Telegraph, Guardian, Times, Independent and Independent i report on the Nationality Bill, nicknamed the “Jewish State” bill, which Israel’s Cabinet approved yesterday. The Guardian reports that the bill passed the Cabinet only after a heated argument in which Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Finance Minister Yair Lapid argued strongly against it. The Times notes that there are several versions of the bill circulating, and that the versions approved yesterday has not become law. The Independent and Independent i explain that the approved versions will now be withdrawn and a new, more moderate draft will be produced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Guardian reports that one version of the bill would establish Hebrew as Israel’s national language to the detriment of Arabic. The Times quotes Prime Minister Netanyahu as saying that the law will protect the equal individual rights of all Israeli citizens. The Times also notes that the law does not oppose a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza

An analysis piece in the Times claims that Mr Netanyahu is pursuing the Nationality Bill to burnish his security credentials in the run-up to a possible general election.  An analysis in the FT claims that the recent violence and murders in Jerusalem are a result of Netanyahu’s policy of building new predominantly-Jewish neighbourhoods beyond the Green Line in Jerusalem.

The Guardian reports on the archbishop of Westminster’s visit to Gaza. Also in the Guardian, Paul Mason reflects on his time in Gaza and other conflicts to attack the idea that war is ever positive or glorious.

The Independent and Independent i cover a Freedom of Information requests by the campaign group Campaign Against the Arms Trade, which reportedly show that the UK exported military equipment to Israel prior to the summer conflict.

The Guardian, Metro and ITV report on the death of a Gazan man who approached the border-fence between Gaza and Israel and was shot by Israeli guards in the first such incident since the summer conflict.

Israeli media focuses on the Nationality Bill and the political argument over it which is destabilising the coalition government. The Netanyahu-supporting Israel Hayom suggests that unless all members of the coalition support the bill, elections will be inevitable. Writing in Yediot Ahronot, columnist Ben-Dror Yemini claims that the Nationality Bill is unnecessary. In Maariv, Ben Caspit claims that the crisis over the Nationality Bill has been engineered to trigger elections, with Netanyahu only forcing a symbolic vote on a dead draft of a bill for political reasons.

Yediot Ahronot and Haaretz report that an East Jerusalem resident convicted of terrorism offences has been stripped of his residency by Interior Minister Gilad Erdan.

Haaretz reports that a new accredited college will be opened in the mainly-Arab town of Nazareth.