The Guardian online covers reports in Israel that US Secretary of State John Kerry could table his own blueprint for a peace plan if little progress is made during peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). The report suggests Kerry’s plan would be based on the Clinton parameters of 2000, which suggested a demilitarized Palestinian state in the West Bank following land swaps, in which major settlement blocs would remain under Israeli control. Few details of the current negotiations have been published since talks resumed in July. Kerry will visit Israel and the Palestinian areas of the West Bank this week.

Kerry’s visit yesterday to Saudi Arabia is covered widely by the Independent i and online editions of the Guardian, Financial Times and Telegraph. All report Kerry and his Saudi counterpart played down recent strains between the two countries. Kerry gave reassurances over the strategic importance of the US-Saudi relationship and pledged the United States would not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons.

Meanwhile, the Times claims that the international community is preparing to make an offer at talks between the P5+1 powers and Iran later this week, in which some frozen Iranian oil revenues would be unlocked if Tehran agrees to halt all nuclear activity and continue negotiations.

The Guardian, Times and online editions of the Telegraph and Independent cover huge anti-American protests which took place in Iran yesterday, in which crowds burnt American and Israeli flags and called for the destruction of both countries. All reports note that they were the largest such demonstrations in years, held annually to mark the storming of the US Embassy in Tehran in 1979. Yesterday’s protests are widely reported as a show of hard-line strength, in the wake of recent diplomatic engagement with the United States and the West.  In another indication of conservative control, the Guardian online notes that a reformist newspaper in Iran has been shut down, having published an article which questioned the validity of a Shia holiday.

The opening day of the trial of ousted Egyptian premier Mohammed Morsi is covered by the Guardian, Times and the online edition of the Financial Times. The case was adjourned until January amid chaotic scenes. Morsi, in his first public comments since his removal from power denied the court’s legitimacy and emphasised that he remained Egypt’s elected leader. Lawyers and journalists then shouted and scuffled before the presiding judge brought proceedings to a close.

The Telegraph online says that a senior commander of the Western-backed Free Syrian Army has resigned following a military setback which he blamed on the international community’s lack of support. Meanwhile, the online editions of the Telegraph and Guardian cover a United Nations report which says 9.3million Syrians now require humanitarian aid, in comparison to 6.8million in June.

In the Israeli media, both Yediot Ahronot and Israel Radio news carry almost identical reports that peace talks between Israeli and PA representatives have included discussions on final status issues such as Jerusalem and borders. Although the reports were dismissed by Israeli officials, they speculate that Israel suggested the separation barrier be the basis of borders for a future Palestinian state, while they also discussed arrangements for an area in Jerusalem which could be accessed openly by both sides. However, Haaretz suggests that John Kerry will table his own parameters for a final status agreement in two months time if the two sides fail to make significant progress in the meantime.

Israel Hayom focuses on the mass protests in Tehran yesterday at which large Iranian crowds called for the destruction of Israel and the United States. Meanwhile, Maariv covers an interview given by US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel in which he said Israeli pressure had helped to bring Iran to the negotiating table over its nuclear programme.