PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, April 30, 2026: First, the Golders Green attack features on all the British front pages. Next, King Charles's speech to the US Congress is hailed as a master class in subtle diplomacy. In Germany, papers discuss the latest feud between the US president and the German chancellor. Finally, a stranded whale gets a new home.

The attack in London's Golders Green neighbourhood, in which two Jewish men were stabbed on Wednesday, is all over the British front pages. The Mirror decries a "sickening" attack. The Daily Express quotes the local MP Sarah Sackman, who slammed "an attack on Britain itself". The Sun's feature asks: How many more? The Daily Telegraph quotes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in its headline. The Guardian features an analysis piece which looks into the claims that an Iran-linked terror group was behind the attack.  

Meanwhile, a number of papers are still focusing on King Charles III's subtle diplomacy. The Conversation says that the king's address to the US Congress on Tuesday was pitched "over the head of Trump". The Guardian looks into how a speech of that kind is written. 

In Germany, papers discuss the latest feud between Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Die Zeit reports that Trump has announced the US is considering reducing the number of US troops in Germany. Der Spiegel asks if this is the end of the good relationship that Merz had established with Trump. An opinion piece in the Frankfurter Allgemeine says that there is no middle ground for the US president. 

Finally, the Associated Press reports that a water-filled barge is ferrying Timmy the stranded humpback whale into deeper waters in the North Sea.  

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