Many of the front pages carry pictures of the troops in Afghnaistan mourning the latest casualties

Dawn tribute to the three fallen paras says the Telegraph adding that

Friends, family and colleagues have paid tribute to the three British soldiers killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan as they were officially named by the Ministry of Defence.

They joined together as boys they died together as men says the Mail

Nathan Cuthbertson and David Murray went on to join the Parachute Regiment together, proudly wearing the coveted wings.
And on Sunday the two friends died together, at just 19, when a Taliban suicide bomber attacked their patrol in southern Afghanistan.

The Sun calls them the Babes of war reporting

GRIEVING families of soldiers killed in Afghanistan called for the fight to go on yesterday — as the British death toll hit 100 with the loss of three young Paras.
They said the tragedies must not be in vain and urged the public to continue supporting the war, with the message: "This is a fight we MUST win."

The Mirror declares we will honour the brave.

Troops killed in action WILL be honoured with a new heroes' award.
In a historic victory for the Mirror's Honour the Brave campaign, relatives will receive an emblem - possibly a silver cross - and a scroll.

The Independent has a twist to the tale,its front page reporting on The 14-year-old Afghan suicide bomber

As three soldiers are blown up, teenager caught on a lethal mission reveals how he was groomed to kill British troops.Shakirullah Yasin Ali; a small, frail boy, just 14 years old, arrested as he prepared to carry out a suicide bombing against British and American targets. "If I had succeeded, I would be dead now, I realise that," he said in a soft, nervous voice.

Recession takes many of the headlines this morning,the Guardian leads with

Recession fears grow as house buyers vanish

Britain's estate agents warn today that a collapse in activity in the housing market could spread to the rest of the UK economy amid signs that rising inflationary pressure will force the Bank of England to increase the cost of borrowing this year.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) says the downturn in the property market - nine out of 10 estate agents are reporting falling prices - was likely to spill over into weaker high street spending and job losses for construction workers.

The Telegraph leads with the same story

The average number of houses that estate agents sold in the past three months was 17.4 - almost a third lower than a year ago, says the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Its report also says that gazundering, the controversial practice of buyers dropping their offer price after they have agreed to purchase a property, has returned

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Life on Mars: Back to the 70s says the Mail

Families face the biggest squeeze on the standard of living since the 1970s, economists said yesterday.
The combination of soaring food, fuel and household energy prices is outpacing increases in salaries, and pushing many family budgets into the red.
The warning came as a 'truly shocking' increase in the price of raw materials was revealed, threatening misery for consumers and disaster for the economy.

The Times reports meanwhile that Browm slides to a record poll low

Gordon Brown’s leadership standing has now fallen below that of Iain Duncan Smith during his short-lived and unhappy period as the Conservative Party leader, according to the latest Populus poll in The Times today.
The poll underlines the seriousness of Mr Brown’s position as he faces a knife-edge vote in the House of Commons tomorrow evening on extending pre-charge detention for terrorist suspects from 28 to 42 days.

The Guardian reports that

Rights body threatens to bring legal challenge on 42-day detention

The government's human rights watchdog last night served notice that it will immediately launch a legal challenge to the government's plan to extend the pre-charge detention limit to 42 days if it reaches the statute book. The Equality and Human Rights Commission, chaired by Trevor Phillips, backed its claim by publishing legal advice from Matrix Chambers that the extended limit would violate the European convention on human rights.

Many of the papers report on the opening of the Jill Dando retrial,the Independent says

The man accused of killing Jill Dando was an obsessive fantasist who kept photos of other television presenters including Anthea Turner and Emma Freud in his flat, a court heard.
As Barry George stood trial for the second time for the murder of the Crimewatch presenter, the Old Bailey was told he had kept 4,000 undeveloped pictures of women at his Fulham home, among them images of the presenters Emma Freud, Caron Keating and Fiona Foster. Mr George denies murder.

The Express says

George, who took 4,000 photographs of women living in his neighbourhood, had a fascination with female broadcasters including Anthea Turner and the late Blue Peter star Caron Keating, it was alleged.
He was obsessed with guns and the Army, the court heard. He claimed to be an SAS hero who was at the Iranian Embassy siege. In the years leading up to Miss Dando’s killing, he had posed as the cousin of Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the rock band Queen.

The Sun reports on the Pc killed by rubber bullets

A COP was accidentally shot dead on a training exercise yesterday — by a colleague.
PC Ian Terry, a 32-year-old father of two, was hit in the chest with a rubber bullet at a disused factory.
He was taking part in a routine exercise about disabling getaway cars. Rubber bullets known as "blobs" were being fired from a shotgun.PC Terry was rushed to hospital from the old Sharp electronics plant in Newton Heath, Manchester, but died shortly after. Hospital sources said his colleagues broke down in tears.

The Telegraph reports that Fuel strike threat forces emergency tactics

The Government has discreetly invoked emergency powers to minimise the impact of strikes by fuel tanker drivers which would "inevitably" see filling stations run dry.The powers, which were activated quietly last Friday to avoid the risk of panic buying, will safeguard fuel for the emergency services and allow fuel to be moved to the greatest areas of need.

Meanwhile the Guardian reports that

Concerns were growing last night over a summer of coordinated European fuel protests after tens of thousands of Spanish truckers blocked roads and the French border, sparking similar action in Portugal and France, while unions across Europe prepared fresh action over the rising price of petrol and diesel

Onto the American election trail and the Independent says that McCain wastes no time in turning negative

John McCain, launched the first television attack ad of the presidential election.
Despite promises to stay on the higher ground, Mr McCain's commercial uses imagery to suggest that Mr Obama is a friend of America's enemies. It shows an apparently badly shaven Mr Obama looking across at the bearded face of the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Barack Obama evokes Bill Clinton says the Telegragh

The spirit of Bill Clinton's 1992 slogan of "it's the economy, stupid" has been resurrected by Barack Obama, who launched his general election campaign on with a focus on the financial plight of ordinary Americans.
At the start of a two-week tour through battleground states, the presumptive Democratic nominee painted a picture of economic gloom and presented himself as the person to fix it. "The percentage of homes in foreclosure and late mortgage payments is the highest since the Great Depression," he said on Monday

Many of the papers report that the price of an I-Phone is coming down,the Guardian reporting that

Speaking on stage at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, the company's chief executive, Steve Jobs, unveiled the iPhone 3G - a cheaper, more powerful replacement intended to boost sales. The gadget, which already combines an iPod, mobile phone and touch-sensitive internet browser, will now also sport a high-speed 3G internet connection and GPS satellite positioning. And, crucially, it will cost far less than it does at the moment. The handset will be available from next month at $199 (£100).

Tragedy of dolphins stranded in a Cornish river says the Mail

All along the shoreline they lay gasping for life. Their bodies glistened grotesquely in the blistering sun and their cries of distress echoed far out to sea.
One was almost submerged in the estuary silt. Another struggled pathetically in just a few inches of water.
By the time emergency teams could reach them, the majority of these once graceful creatures were already beyond help.

The Express has found the miracle ingredient of Chinese food

A MIRACLE cure for cancer and heart disease has been discovered in Chinese food, scientists revealed last night.
An extract of red yeast rice, which gives Peking duck its distinctive colour, may cut cancer deaths by two-thirds and heart disease by a third.

Britain has become a hotbed of radical anti-Israeli feeling reports the Telegraph according to the country's envoy to London.

Ron Prosor claims that while the UK was once admired for its liberal fairness and decency, in recent years extremists have "hijacked" its debate over Israel.
He says his country has been turned into a "pantomime villain" by Britons who deny it has any right to exist, while terror attacks on Israeli citizens are ignored by both the media and public opinion

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Ban Zimbabwe tour to England, says Tutu reports the Guardian

Speaking exclusively to the Guardian, Archbishop Tutu, who will deliver the prestigious MCC Spirit of Cricket lecture this evening, said banning Zimbabwe's scheduled tour next summer would send a powerful message that the world considered Mugabe a "pariah".

The Times claims that Mugabe's thugs turn to burning people alive

For a wad of worthless Zimbabwean banknotes President Mugabe’s militias burnt six-year-old Nyasha Mashoko to death.
The target of the Zanu (PF) thugs had been the boy’s father, Brian Mamhova. They came for him on Friday night — three truckloads of them, plus a Mercedes Benz from which alighted three armed men in suits, Mr Mamhova said. The militiamen had been promised Z$25 trillion (£12,500) to kill him, which seems a high price on the head of a district councillor but which is no problem for a Government that sees printing money as the best way out of a crisis.

The Mirror reports that

Footballer Luke McCormick was weaving across the road and more than twice the legal alcohol limit when he was involved in the horror smash that killed two young boys, a court heard yesterday.

How half a million lonely old men are paying the price of the divorce boom reports the Mail

Half a million elderly men lead lonely lives with no friends and no contact from their families, a report warned yesterday.
It found that one person in five with an elderly father is no longer in touch with him. One in four claims to be too busy to maintain contact.
Divorce and family break-up has left millions of men without ties to their children and with few or no family links, said the charity Help the Aged