The Telegraph, BBC, and The Times, report on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratfcliffe’s temporary release from prison. The Telegraph said that yesterday, Iranian authorities gave Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe three days of freedom to spend with her daughter. The prospect of the temporary release, described as a furlough, was first raised by the Iranian authorities a fortnight ago but Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe kept it quiet from her daughter. The BBC reports that Zaghari-Ratcliffe said she was “overwhelmed” and it would be “awesome” for her four-year-old daughter to “have a mummy again”. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said her imprisonment was a “gross injustice” and the release should be permanent. The Free Nazanin campaign group said a three-day release was “standard practice” ahead of lengthier times out of jail and her lawyer was due to apply for an extension on Saturday. The FT reports that her husband Richard Ratcliffe said her release was initially for three days, but that her lawyer “is hopeful this can be extended”. He called it “a very happy surprise after a number of false dawns recently”. The terms of Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release were not immediately clear. Under Iran’s judicial system, prisoners, unless sentenced to death, can enjoy leave on bail and go back to jail after spending some days with their families. The Times reports that Jeremy Hunt continues to weigh the possibility of giving Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe diplomatic protection, a request made by her husband. This would elevate her plight above a consular matter and make it a dispute between states. Hunt said this week that while she was eligible for diplomatic protection, he had yet to determine whether it would help to bring her home. As a condition of her release Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe is prohibited from giving media interviews or from visiting any foreign diplomatic mission, including the British embassy.

The Daily Mail reports that Corbyn accused Israel of ‘genocide’ during a protest outside the Israeli embassy. Corbyn was recorded at the 2014 protest close to the Israeli embassy in Kensington, West London, saying, ‘This is an occupation, this is a genocidal attack on Palestinian people.’ It also emerged yesterday that Corbyn said in 2013 that British ‘Zionists’ have ‘no sense of English irony despite having lived here all their lives’ and ‘need a lesson’. He made the comments while giving speech alongside Islamic extremists at a conference publicised by Hamas’ military wing.

The Times reports that Corbyn made his comments at Friends House in Euston during an event publicised on the propaganda website of the military wing of Hamas, the Al-Qassam Brigade. Among the speakers was Daud Abdullah, a former deputy general secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain, who has been accused of calling for violence against Israelis and condoning attacks on British troops. Stephen Sizer, a vicar who has suggested that Israel was behind the 9/11 attacks, also spoke. Jewish Labour MP Luciana Berger said his comments were “inexcusable” and made her feel unwelcome in the party. The Express reports that Gideon Falter, chairman of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, said: “Jeremy Corbyn’s xenophobic portrayal of ‘Zionists’ as foreign to Britain and recognisable by their ignorance and humourlessness is utterly shameful, even by his low standards. It is plain that he is an anti-Semite, under whose leadership the once antiracist Labour Party has become institutionally anti-Semitic.”

The BBC, Business Insider and the Evening Standard report the BA and Air France will stop flights to Iran. The BBC reports that BA restarted the service to Tehran two years ago after a four-year gap. The reintroduction of US sanctions has caused a slump in the value of the Iranian currency, the rial, making it harder for Iranians to travel overseas. KLM said last month that it would also suspend flights from Amsterdam to Iran from September. The Evening Standard reports Iran’s ambassador to Britain expressed regret at BA’s decision. “Considering the high demand … the decision by the airline is regrettable,” Hamid Baeidinejad wrote on his official Twitter account.

Yediot Ahronoth reports on an attempted terror attack that was foiled by Palestinian security services who discovered a powerful bomb placed on the road connecting the Palestinian villages of Beit Liqya and Beit Anan, south of Route 433. The bomb was composed of two gas balloons attached to an explosive charge and to a container holding a large quantity of nails. It was placed next to the road, which is located in Area C, under full Israeli control. The size of the bomb indicated an intention to inflict significant harm on an [IDF] force. The road is used regularly by IDF convoys on routine activity and on the way to operations in the Palestinian villages in the area. The investigation of the foiled bombing is still underway, but it is suspected that this is a known modus operandi employed by Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad. In addition to targeting IDF soldiers, the bomb may also have been intended to derail the negotiations between Israel and Hamas. Hamas is expected to sign a truce agreement next week in Cairo.

Kan Radio News reports that there are differences of opinion in Hamas on the arrangement with Israel. Hamas Political Bureau Deputy Director Saleh al-Arouri, who is overseeing the talks in Cairo, supports an arrangement now. Conversely, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, wants to continue to apply pressure to Israel on the ground, so as to improve Hamas’s bargaining power in the talks.

The Israeli media continues to report about the controversy regarding building a pedestrian bridge over the Ayalon highway on Shabbat. This morning, Kan Radio News reported that the director general of the Tel Aviv Municipality, Menahem Leibe, has demanded that the Ayalon Highway Company carry out the Yehudit Bridge construction project according to the planned schedule, over the course of six weekends, if no other solution is found by Sunday.

Maariv reports on a close race between Ofer Berkovitch, Moshe Lion and Zeev Elkin in the Jerusalem mayoral campaign as indicated by a poll conducted by the Smith Consulting polling institute of the Jewish public in the city, without the Haredi sector. In response to the question: For whom would you vote among the eight candidates? 22% replied that they would vote for Berkovitch, 19% prefer Lion and 15% said that they would vote for Elkin.

Yediot Ahronoth reports that the appointment of the new Jordanian ambassador to Israel, Ghassan al-Majali, is running into trouble. Majali is supposed to take over from Walid Obeidat, who ended his term and returned to Jordan. Jordanian MPs say that the embassy in Israel should be closed and are competing over who can be more aggressive in their opposition to sending a new ambassador.

Israel Hayom reports that major airlines such as British Airways will stop flying to Tehran.