Maddie returns to the front pages of the tabloids this morning

MCCANNS APPALLED BY NEWSGIRL'S SLUR says the Mirror

MADELEINE McCann's parents were yesterday cruelly forced to deny being involved in her kidnap.
In a shocking slur, German reporter Sabine Mueller asked Kate and Gerry McCann: "How do you feel that more and more people seem to imply you might have something to do with it?"
Appalled Kate, 38, replied: "I don't think that's the case." Angry Gerry, 39, added: "There's no way Kate and I are involved."
The McCanns were in Berlin to publicise the disappearance of Madeleine, four. Defiant Mueller, 35, said: "Either they're very good actors or they're telling the truth."
IT was an outrageous question that Madeleine McCann's parents could never have expected - and it left them visibly stunned.

INSULT TO MADDIE MUM headlines the Sun,

The Express reports on its front page that

WE ARE NOT SUSPECTS


THE parents of Madeleine McCann were publicly forced to deny involvement in their daughter’s abduction yesterday.
Stunned Gerry and Kate McCann faced fresh torment after a German Radio reporter wanted to know their reaction to those “pointing a finger” at them.The confrontation came at a news conference in Berlin where the couple had taken their campaign to raise awareness over missing four-year-old Madeleine. Mrs McCann looked appalled as Sabina Mueller asked her: “How do you feel about the fact that more and more people seem to be pointing the finger at you, saying the way you behave is not the way people would normally behave when their child is abducted?” The reporter went on: “They seem to imply you might have had something to do with it.”

Both the Independent and the Telegraph lead with the latest breakthroughs in genetics

The genetic revolution says the former

A groundbreaking study into the genetic basis of disease has opened the door to new ways of understanding and treating common illnesses affecting millions of people - from manic depression to heart disease.
Scientists have announced the first results of the biggest and most comprehensive investigation into the genes behind seven medical disorders, using a revolutionary approach for analysing vast tracts of the human genome.
The findings have been described as an unprecedented tour de force for British science involving 50 research groups and 200 scientists who pioneered the approach of studying common diseases by analysing the DNA of thousands of people.

Genes behind serious illnesses discovered says the front of the Telegraph

The largest ever study of its kind has found 10 new genes linked to seven of the most common ailments: heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, high blood pressure, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, bipolar disorder and Crohn’s disease.
Some 200 British scientists from 50 research groups collaborated to discover the genes after screening DNA from 17,000 people

The Mail says

Doctors could one day be able to use genetic medicine to predict what illnesses a child will face throughout the rest of their life.

It leads with

First picture of the little girl 'battered to death by her City high-flyer father'

The first pictured of the two-year-old girl alleged to have been beaten into a coma by her millionaire father emerged last night.
It shows little Yanire Izaga held tightly in the arms of her proud mother Ligia.
The picture was taken late last year by Yanire's father Alberto - the City executive who could now face a murder charge over the toddler's death.
She died of her injuries at St Thomas' Hospital in central London on Tuesday.

Tycoon's wife: I lost everything says the Sun

THE mum of two-year-old Yanire Izaga — allegedly battered to death by her millionaire father — has tearfully told her family: “I’ve lost everything!”
Heartbroken Ligia Izaga broke down as she tried to explain her little daughter’s death to relatives.
Her brother Rolando said last night: “She would not talk about what happened in the house.
“She said, ‘I have lost everything! Everything!’ I know that she is OK and she was not hurt — but she is still too upset to talk to anyone about it.”
It is said Yanire was beaten into a coma by her dad Alberto, 36, at their exclusive London home opposite the Houses of Parliament last weekend.

Back to the Mail

The future of house prices: 10 times your income

The next generation of homebuyers could face average house prices that are 10 times their salaries unless the number of homes being built increases, an independent housing body warned today.
Research from the newly-established National Housing and Planning Advice Unit (NHPAU) found that more than a third of non-homeowners think they will never be able to buy.
A further fifth believe it will take them at least five years before they are in a position to take their first steps on the property ladder. Their pessimism comes as the typical price of a home in the UK continues to outstrip salary increases.

The story makes the lead in the Times which says

Campaigners said that the developing crisis would “stop social mobility in its tracks”, and force young people to live in overcrowded conditions and take out ever-riskier mortgages.
New planning rules will force all councils to consider affordability and consult the expert panel when making planning decisions. Stephen Nickell, the Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford, who chairs the NHPAU, said he accepted that he might become the focus of anger from “not in my backyard” home-owners if developments were driven through

Business will turn its back on Russia unless you reform, Blair warns Putin reports the same paper

Tony Blair is preparing to tell Russia that it faces an economic backlash in Europe unless it shows that it shares the West’s democratic values of tolerating dissent and preventing abuses of human rights.
As relations between the two countries sank to their lowest ebb since Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000, the Prime Minister said that there was no point in making hollow threats against him.
But, speaking in the Commons shortly before leaving for the G8 summit, Mr Blair said that unless there were shared values “people in Europe will want to minimise the business they do with Russia”.

Much coverage of G8 including the Independent

Bush dashes Blair hopes of breakthrough on climate change deal

Tony Blair has prepared the ground for a tactical retreat over climate change after George Bush rejected demands by Britain and Germany for him to commit to a specific target for cutting global carbon emissions.
At their last meeting before he stands down on 27 June, Mr Blair will meet the US President at breakfast today in the margins of the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, to press the case for a 50 per cent cut in emissions from 1990 levels by 2050.

Bush under EU pressure to sign up on climate change says the Guardian

George Bush was coming under strong pressure from the European Union and Japan last night to sign up to a G8 target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions after the White House's pledge to work through the United Nations on climate change failed to satisfy its summit partners.
With officials from the G8 meeting late into the night in an attempt to secure a deal to check global warming, Mr Bush made it clear yesterday that the US opposed plans for a specific climate change cut to be agreed in Heiligendamm.

Perhaps the same paper may be a little pleased with its front page lead


BAE accused of secretly paying £1bn to Saudi prince

The arms company BAE secretly paid Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia more than £1bn in connection with Britain's biggest ever weapons contract, it is alleged today.
A series of payments from the British firm was allegedly channelled through a US bank in Washington to an account controlled by one of the most colourful members of the Saudi ruling clan, who spent 20 years as their ambassador in the US.
It is claimed that payments of £30m were paid to Prince Bandar every quarter for at least 10 years.


The Times reports that

Reid proposes register for terror offenders

John Reid will today propose setting up a terrorist offenders register as part of a series of long-term counter-terror measures.
The proposal, based on similar lines to the existing sex offenders register, is one of a series of ideas that the Home Secretary will suggest should be part of the country’s antiterror defences.
One idea being studied by Mr Reid would be to allow the register to operate retrospectively, making an estimated 40 people convicted under terror laws since 2001 liable for immediate listing.
The Home Secretary will say that police should be allowed to continue questioning terror suspects after they have been charged

Reid in final push to extend 28-day limit for holding terror suspects without trial says the Indy

John Reid will tell MPs today that he wants to extend the maximum time that some terrorist suspects can be held without charge beyond 28 days.
In his last major statement before he steps down from the Cabinet, the Home Secretary will begin moves to give police and courts new powers against terrorism. But he will stress that he only wants to push ahead following negotiations with the opposition parties, police, courts and civil liberties groups.
The proposals will form the basis of a counter-terrorism Bill in the autumn, months after Gordon Brown has become prime minister and a new home secretary is in place.

The Telegraph reports meanwhile that

Police move to foil 'tanker bombers'

Police are stopping and checking petrol and chemical tankers travelling into London amid fears that al-Qa'eda could use them to mount terrorist attacks.Police officers are searching some vehicles and questioning drivers in what Scotland Yard sources described as a "preventative measure" to disrupt any terrorist plots to use hijacked lorries as bombs.
Though Scotland Yard and MI5 have no specific intelligence about a tanker bomb threat, they have asked traffic squad officers already engaged in monitoring dangerous or unsafe lorries - particularly those with chemical and hazardous loads - to be aware of potential terrorist action.

According to the Guardian

Olmert calls for peace with Syria as rumours grow of secret talks

Israel's prime minister said yesterday that his country does want peace with Syria but warned President Bashar al-Assad to beware of misreading the strategic picture and launching an attack to regain occupied territory.
In remarks which were sure to be closely scrutinised in Damascus and across the Middle East, Ehud Olmert sought to calm recent fears of a conflict - and fuelled speculation that a new peace initiative might be developing behind the scenes.
"Israel does not want war with Syria and we need to be careful to avoid a scenario of miscalculations that could cause the security situation to worsen," Mr Olmert was quoted as saying after meeting ministers and intelligence chiefs. "I'm willing to negotiate directly with the Syrians, but without preconditions," he said, adding that his message about Israel's peaceful intentions had been conveyed to Syria.

The Mirror reports on

MENTALLY ILL MAN LEAPS AT POPE

A MANIAC hurled himself at the Pope yesterday then was dragged along in front of stunned pilgrims as he clung desperately to the back of the Popemobile.
TV footage showed the "mentally ill" German clambering over other people then diving headfirst towards the Pontiff's open-topped jeep.
The 27-year-old oddball, wearing a pink T-shirt, sunglasses, shorts and baseball cap, was wrestled down by eight Vatican security guards.
Pope Benedict XVI, also German, appeared to be unaware of the security scare and continued to smile and wave at the 35,000 strong crowd in St Peter's Square during his weekly audience.

Deranged tourist leaps on to Popemobile says the Mail


And now to today's big brother roundup

The Sun reports

Laura's lesbian romp with pal

A LESBIAN mum yesterday told how she had a night of lust with BB housemate Laura.
But Janine Shipston, 25, said the BB star with huge HH “wangers” was not much of a kisser and stank of KEBAB.
The two pals romped after Janine announced she was gay last Christmas. Janine — who has a daughter aged four — told her mates she’d left hubby Craig and decided to “come out”.
She claimed Laura welcomed the news by flashing her huge boobs. Janine told The Sun: “It was hard for me to come out because I live in a traditional community and being a lesbian is frowned upon.
“Laura was all over me, telling me how brave she thought I was and how much she admired me.

BIG BROTHER'S SHABNAM IS BANANAS says the Mirror

BIG BROTHER'S celebrity obsessed Shabnam Paryani was sacked as a TV runner for sneaking into Robbie Williams' dressing room.
Guards at London Studios, where Rob was appearing on an Ant and Dec show, threw her out as she tried to give him flowers and chocs.
There is now a picture of her at reception to ensure she is not allowed in again

C4 BRACED FOR DIANA BACKLASH says the Express


CHANNEL 4 faces an investigation by media regulator Ofcom today after snubbing a plea by Princess Diana’s sons to remove images of her dying moments from a documentary last night.
TV chiefs are braced for an avalanche of protests over the documentary, Diana: The Witnesses In The Tunnel.It used controversial photographs of the Princess receiving treatment as she lay dying in the Alma Tunnel in Paris after a car crash 10 years ago.

Finally the Guardian reports

Iceman bled to death, scientists say

Archaeologists think they have solved the longstanding mystery of how Otzi, the world's most famous iceman, met his end: an arrow wound to his shoulder caused him to bleed to death.
Otzi, a 5,000-year-old mummy, was found by German hikers on a glacier in the Italian alps close to the border with Austria in 1991. The body, preserved by ice, was carrying a bow, a quiver of arrows and a copper axe. Despite several scientific tests since he was found, archaeologists have been unable to agree whether he died from an arrow wound, a sudden fall or freezing while climbing the high mountains.
Frank Ruehli, of the University of Zurich, worked with scientists from Bolzano, Italy, where the iceman's body is preserved, to construct a three-dimensional image of Otzi using high-resolution computer tomography - a diagnostic technique normally used in hospitals to avoid potentially damaging invasive procedures. "Five years ago this would definitely have been more difficult," he told Associated Press.
Dr Ruehli found that an arrow had torn a hole in an artery beneath Otzi's left collarbone, leading to massive loss of blood and shock and causing him to suffer a heart attack. His analysis is published online in the Journal of Archaeological Science.