
The later additions of the papers report the capture of the Serbian war crimes criminal Radovan Karadzic
Europe's most wanted man, arrested for war crimes reports the Guardian
One of the world's most wanted men, the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, was arrested last night in Serbia after 12 years on the run from charges of genocide and war crimes.
The man indicted for the Srebrenica massacre and the Sarajevo siege, among other war crimes, was arrested by Serbian security officers and taken before a war crimes court in Belgrade, according to a statement from the office of the Serbian president, Boris Tadic
The Independent says
Karadzic, wanted by the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for genocide, has eluded the world's best-equipped armies since the end of the Bosnian war in 1995 and topped the list of the UN war crimes court for former Yugoslavia. His co-indictee, the Bosnian Serb military commander General Ratko Mladic, remains at large, however.
The Telegraph says
Karadzic was reportedly arrested just after 11pm, after police swarmed the exclusive central Belgrade neighbourhood of Vracar, one of the city’s oldest areas.
According to officials from the Hague Tribunal, Karadzic has not been living in Serbia, but visited the country often for medical treatment and to visit his grandchildren. He travelled with an extensive security detail.
The other major foreign story from yesterday is also well covered
Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai sign deal to end Zimbabwe’s political crisis says the Times
President Mugabe of Zimbabwe and his bitter foe, the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, yesterday signed a deal outlining a framework for talks on the country’s political crisis.
The two men shook hands for the first time in a decade at a brief, stiff ceremony in the capital, Harare. They put their signatures to the agreement at the Rainbow Towers Hotel, which was surrounded by a menacing military presence.
Zimbabwe's President, Robert Mugabe, and his opposition rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, have given themselves a fortnight to reach a deal to resolve Zimbabwe's political crisis. The pair briefly put aside bitter personal enmities yesterday to sign a memorandum of understanding that launched formal talks with a two-week deadline to achieve some form of power-sharing agreement.says the Independent
The Indy leads with the Picture that shamed Italy
It's another balmy weekend on the beach in Naples. By the rocks, a couple soak up the southern Italian sun. A few metres away, their feet poking from under beach towels that cover their faces and bodies, lie two drowned Roma children.and the paper continues
The girls, Cristina, aged 16, and Violetta, 14, were buried last night as the fallout from the circumstances of their death reverberated throughout Italy.
It is an image that has crystallised the mounting disquiet in the country over the treatment of Roma, coming after camps have been burnt and the government has embarked on a bid to fingerprint every member of the minority. Two young Roma sisters had drowned at Torregaveta beach after taking a dip in treacherous waters. Their corpses were recovered from the sea – then left on the beach for hours while holidaymakers continued to sunbathe and picnic around them.
The ending of the hunt for Maddy is widely covered
The Express says
THE parents of missing Madeleine McCann have today been formally cleared of any involvement in their daughter's disappearance.
The Portuguese attorney-general said that Kate and Gerry McCann had been lifted of their 'arguido' or formal suspect status.
He also confirmed that the police investigation into Madeleine's disappearance has now been shelved but can be re-opened if new evidence comes to light.
Angry Kate McCann poured scorn on Portuguese police yesterday as she and Gerry were cleared as suspects.reports the Mirror
Kate said of the bungled 14-month hunt for five-year-old Madeleine: "It is hard to describe how despairing it was to be named as arguido. It has been devastating to witness the detrimental effect this has had on the search."
The Mail leads with a new cancer treatment,The prostate cancer 'wonder pill'
British researchers have made a dramatic breakthrough against a lethal form of prostate cancer.
Trials of a new pill have shown that it can shrink tumours in up to 80 per cent of cases, and end the need for damaging chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
The Times says
Eight out of ten patients with advanced prostate cancer - which kills 10,000 men a year - may see their tumours shrink and be relieved of pain simply by taking a daily pill even if their disease has spread around the body, the study suggests.
Some men taking abiraterone have survived for more than twice as long as expected when all other treatments failed, suggesting that the most common cancer in men may in future become a manageable chronic disease.
A poll in the Guardian reports that 80% fear we are heading for recession
The scale of public alarm about the economy is revealed today by a Guardian/ICM poll that shows an overwhelming majority of voters think Britain is heading into recession. As a result, 60% are trying to spend less, with clothes and fuel costs heading the list of cutbacks.
Consumer confidence has dropped sharply since the Guardian's April survey, which revealed that 43% of voters were worried about their financial position. Three months later, the figure is 61%.
Good news in the Express though which reports that
A PETROL price war on supermarket forecourts yesterday brought much-needed relief to millions of motorists.
Fuel was cut by up to 5p a litre at four major chains – and rival filling stations are expected to follow.
Morrisons began by slashing both unleaded and diesel by 4p a litre from 6pm last night.
Asda responded by cutting up to 3p a litre off both fuels at all its forecourts from today.
According to the Telegraph
Armed Forces less ready for war than ever,
Less than half of all military units are able to deploy on operations in an emergency, the lowest number ever recorded by the Ministry of Defence.
MPs rounded on the Government accusing it of endangering national security and "devastating" the military by fighting on two fronts.
Figures also show that over the last year the Army has seen a shortfall of three battalions, or 1500 recruits, graduating through training with only 84 per cent of the target of 9,200 trained soldiers being achieved.
The Independent reports on a Boost for Obama over Iraq withdrawal
Senator Obama met Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, in Baghdad yesterday during his visit, which had become overshadowed by a row over the proposed pullout. Mr Obama did not raise his plan for withdrawal of US forces, the government said. But Mr Maliki's spokesman, Ali al-Dabbagh, said his government was "hoping that in 2010 combat troops will withdraw from Iraq". This time frame is similar to Mr Obama's
Seize chance of peace, Brown urges Israel reports the Guardian
Gordon Brown travelled to the heart of Israel's democracy yesterday to issue a powerful plea for the country's leaders to seize the opportunity of a lasting peace by making historic compromises.
In the first speech by a British prime minister to the Israeli parliament, Brown told the country's political elite that the "courageous leadership" running the Palestinian Authority offered Israel its best chance for peace in a generation.
The Sun has an exclusive on its front page,Peaches in Drug overdose
PEACHES Geldof stopped breathing for several minutes and could have died or suffered brain damage after a suspected drug overdose in her flat.
The pretty 19-year-old was given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions by a pal to keep oxygen pumping to her brain
Most of the papers report that Amy Winehouse fails to show up as husband Blake is sentenced
Amy Winehouse didn't turn up to see husband Blake sentenced yesterday but his reported girlfriend was in floods of tears outside the court.says the Mail
Blonde German model Sophie Schandorff, 21, was obviously distraught after the hearing, which saw Fielder-Civil sentenced to 27 months in prison for grievous bodily harm and perverting the course of justice.
Schandorff caused a stir at court in April when she was in Winehouse's usual place to support Fielder-Civil and the couple were seen to mouth 'I love you' to each other.
Another star in trouble is widely reported,Lydon denies racial abuse as singers clash says the Guardian
Kele Okereke, 26, the singer with Bloc Party, claimed yesterday that he was assaulted by Lydon's "entourage" and was subjected to a "racist tirade" on Saturday at Summercase, a music festival in Barcelona
The Mirror reports that British tourist strangles 'secret new baby' after night drinking
A British tourist has been charged with murdering her baby son seconds after giving birth to him in a hotel room.
Mother-of-two Leah Andrews is accused of choking her third child to death while on holiday in Crete.
Police said the 20-year-old had managed to keep her pregnancy secret till she and her newborn son were found covered in blood in her room at the Natalie Hotel in Malia.
According to the Telegraph,More than 800,000 people are admitted to hospital each year with alcohol-related illnesses and injuries
Figures will show that six per cent of all NHS admissions are in some way caused by drink, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. And the rate of visits to hospital over alcohol-related problems is rising by 10 per cent every year.
The figures indicate the true impact alcohol has on the NHS from accidents, violence and disease. They include for the first time estimates of the number of cancers caused by alcohol consumption as well as heart disease and strokes
Finally the back pages are dominated by England's humiliation at Headingley,
Vaughan lays blame for Test humiliation on lack of unity says the Independent
Michael Vaughan last night accepted that a confused selection policy prior to the second Test played a significant role in England's 10-wicket defeat to South Africa at Headingley. Vaughan believes the selection of the Australian-reared Darren Pattinson and the omission of Paul Collingwood, two decisions the England captain had major input in, disrupted the unity of the team.
It's a shambles: England selectors got it all wrong says the Mail
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