Papers warn of rising Kashmir tension

Alarm bells are sounded by foreign correspondents and leader writers in the broadsheets about the renewed border tensions between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.

The latest flare-up, in the Independent's view, has brought the two nuclear-armed neighbours closer to full-scale war than at any time in three decades.

A conflict between Delhi and Islamabad, the Guardian warns, would be the most dangerous of all.

The current brinkmanship, it goes on, is foolish, potentially disastrous and unnecessary. The two sides need to talk, not fight.

But, as the Financial Times says, India looks as if it's preparing for war.

The Telegraph goes further, reporting that India is planning to go to war in September, after the searing summer temperatures and the monsoon rains which follow.

War on terrorism

Meanwhile according to the Times, President Bush is to use his forthcoming trip to Europe to try to gain the continent's support for expelling President Saddam Hussein from power.

He will apparently renew his call to extend the war on terrorism against Iraq in a keynote speech to the German parliament.

Speed

The main story for the Daily Mail is that hundreds of hidden speed cameras are to be removed under new government guidelines.

In future, the paper reports, they must be installed only at accident blackspots, not where they can trap the most drivers.

The Sun, which also has the story, adds that signs warning about cameras which do not even exist will be outlawed.

The paper says ministers are introducing the changes because they believe relations between motorists and the police are being damaged.

Dying

A stark picture of a malnourished child dominates the front page of the Daily Mirror which reports on a famine in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

"Africa's dying again," is the headline.

The paper says that as many as 20m people are suffering huger and malnutrition - in one part of Malawi, it adds, villagers are eating grass to stay alive.

Chelsea at Chelsea

Coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show brings an explosion of colour to many papers.

The Telegraph has a special supplement, and on its front page, carries a picture of Chelsea Clinton - the daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton - posing against a sea of tulips.

On the inside pages, the Prince of Wales is shown escorting the Queen round his Healing Garden.

Frankenchicken

There is also some healing news for wine drinkers - scientists have discovered that white wine has medical properties that help to keep the lungs healthy.

According to the Mail, a study of more than 1,500 New Yorkers found that wine drinkers - particularly those who preferred white wine - had healthier lungs than people who drank beer or spirits, or no alcohol at all.

And as the boundaries of science are pushed back further than ever, many of the papers cover the work of an Israeli geneticist - the world's first genetically modified chicken that is bred without feathers.

The bright pink cockerel is named the frankenchicken in the Mail, which says the bird looks more like a victim of shocking animal cruelty.

In the Telegraph's words, the creature looked faintly ridiculous at its first official outing on Monday but it is being heralded as the high-speed future of chicken farming.