The BBC reports the rising in death toll from Saturday’s missile attack on a military training camp in Yemen. Up to 111 people have died after a missile hit a mosque at the al-Estiqbal camp in Marib where soldiers had gathered for evening prayers. The government blamed the rebel Houthi movement, but did not immediately confirm it had launched the missile. It was one of the bloodiest single attacks since the conflict in Yemen escalated five years ago.

Reuters reports that Iran has asked US and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on the downed Ukrainian airliner, a request the report says will that will add to international frustration at Tehran’s failure to send the recorders abroad for analysis.

The Financial Times says that Turkey is anxious that the EU will no longer support Syrian refugees in the country once its $6bn programme ends. European officials must finish allocating the second of two €3bn tranches of funding by the end of 2020. EU officials say there is no immediate crisis, with some programmes funded by the deal due to run until 2025. But Turkey is unsure that Brussels will extend its support as the situation is complicated by strained diplomatic relations.

The Guardian reports that three Katyusha rockets were launched from the Zafaraniyah district just outside the city and landed inside Baghdad’s Green Zone on Tuesday morning, close to the US embassy.

The Telegraph and the Times lead with the death of two Iraqi police officers in renewed violence between protestors and security forces in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities on Monday. The protestors say that Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has not fulfilled promises including naming a new government acceptable to Iraqis.

Raf Sanchez in the Telegraph writes that General Khalifa Haftar, who is trying to overtake the UN-backed government in Libya, is choking off the country’s oil exports in defiance of a shaky international ceasefire deal endorsed by international powers over the weekend. The National Oil Corporation estimates that output will plummet from 1.2 million barrels per day to just 72,000 barrels per day in a few days’ time if Haftar does not release his grip on the ports and pipeline.

The Independent reports that Iran has threatened to leave the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if the European signatories to the JCPOA nuclear deal refer Iran’s violations of the deal to the UN. The report also notes that Iranian lawmakers have passed a resolution calling on the government to downgrade relations with Britain from the level of ambassador to charge d’affaires. This follows the detention of the UK ambassador to Iran, Robert Macaire, over his alleged presence at a Tehran gathering for victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane shot down by Iranian earlier this month.

The Financial Times analyses Saudi Arabia’s new embrace of women’s right as single female graduates are living and working away from their families for the first time. The report says the kingdom has stripped power from the religious police who used to harass women over how they dress and act in public, lifted a ban on female drivers and allowed women to travel abroad without the permission of their male guardians. As a result, female participation in the workforce has increased from 19.4 per cent in 2017 to 23.2 per cent at the end of the second half of 2019.

All the Israeli media report on the impending arrival in Jerusalem of nearly 50 heads of state and other senior world leaders for the Fifth World Holocaust Forum which this year marks the 75^th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Prince Charles, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron, US Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi are all due to arrive shortly. In addition to the major event on Thursday at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Centre, a number of high level meetings will take place. Putin is expected to issue a statement regarding jailed Israeli woman Naama Issachar; the Israeli media speculate that Putin will signal his intention to pardon her in return for Israel allowing a greater Russian Orthodox Church presence in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also said he will be rallying support from world leaders against Iran and the International Criminal Court. A number of leaders, including Prince Charles and President Putin will also travel to the West Bank to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz will also meet with President Macron and Nancy Pelosi.

Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reports that the right wing ultra-Orthodox ‘bloc’ of parties, led by Likud, intends to boycott a key Knesset vote next week after Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein convenes the Knesset plenum next Tuesday for a vote on forming the Knesset House Committee – the body that will grant or reject Benjamin Netanyahu’s request for  immunity from prosecution for bribery, fraud and breach of trust. According to the report, a right wing boycott of the vote will attempt to portray the formation of the committee, supported by the Blue and White party, as partisan and one-sided.

The Jerusalem Post reports on BICOM’s study of Britain-Israel relations published today. “Israel and the UK are building a ‘new strategic relationship’ driven by soaring bilateral trade and deepening ties in various sectors,” the article says, adding that: “The Brexit referendum and ensuing uncertainty has seemingly not dampened the trading spirit, with Israel becoming the first country to sign a post-Brexit continuity trade agreement with the UK.”