Anger at US response to suicides

Several of Monday's newspapers have condemned the US response to the suicide of three detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.

The Daily Mail says the US has gone from taking the moral high ground to "the gutter", while The Guardian speaks of "cruelty and illegality".

What angers the Daily Mail most is the comment of a US official who described the deaths as "good PR move".

The US response shows, says the Mail, utter insensitivity to world opinion.

Lack of humanity

"Cold and odious" is the Guardian's response to the Guantanamo suicides - it says a demented logic is hanging over the US military.

It says the comments lacked the humanity present even in President Bush's expression of serious concern.

Guantanamo Bay, it adds, is a disgrace to a country "fighting freedom".

The Times says the response plays once again into the hands of US enemies; Guantanamo Bay's existence outside legal norms damages America's image.

'Increasingly fragile'

The Independent is among the papers that believe support for the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair is fading.

A day after details of a report into the de Menezes shooting last July were leaked, the paper thinks Sir Ian cannot take control of his force.

According to The Times, his position is "increasingly fragile", with political support appearing to ebb away.

As the Daily Mirror puts it: "Sir Ian should start packing his bags now."

Unlikely hit

Two pages of the Daily Mirror feature the antics of the wives and girlfriends of the England World Cup squad as they celebrated victory over Paraguay.

A bar bill shows they got through seven bottles of Moet, 23 lemon vodkas and 12 beers - and two bottles of water.

The Times rings the death knell of the PlayStation generation thanks to a book telling children how to make catapults, build tree houses and juggle.

The Dangerous Book for Boys, it says, has become an unlikely hit.