Papers put Met chief under fire

The future of Met commissioner Sir Ian Blair is speculated on in the press after leaked papers about the shooting of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes.

The Daily Telegraph asks 10 questions about Mr de Menezes' killing and says it puts Sir Ian's job is on the line.

If the Met chief allowed officers to mislead the public about the shooting - when the electrician was mistaken for a suicide bomber - he must go, it adds.

The Independent says in his first real test Sir Ian has been found wanting.

'Tragic mistake'

The Daily Star says the buck must stop with Sir Ian Blair after new light was thrown by leaked documents on the Tube shooting of the Brazilian man.

However, the Met chief is not the only one to draw the newspapers' attention.

The Daily Express considers the officers who fired the fatal shots, saying they should never face murder charges for what it calls a "tragic mistake".

But the Daily Mirror says the commander of the operation ordered her officers to take Jean Charles de Menezes alive.

Gaza stand-off

The clearance of Israeli settlers from the Gaza Strip provides powerful images, with the Independent showing a child in front of a burning barricade.

The Guardian pictures Israelis refusing to leave their home, while the Financial Times shows an angry settler being carried away by soldiers.

The Daily Mail tells of scenes of "extraordinary passion", as in the eyes of many, Israel "turned on its own".

The Telegraph tells of Shmuel Cohen, taken from his house by seven soldiers.

Man of peace

Several papers pay tribute to the man the Times calls the Pastor of Peace.

Brother Roger, 90, who founded the ecumenical community at Taize in France, was stabbed to death during a service on Tuesday evening.

The Independent says the Romanian woman who attacked him told police she had wanted to attract his attention.

The Telegraph tells how Brother Roger arrived in Taize by bike from his home in Geneva in 1940. An old woman gave him a meal and asked him to stay.