Soldier deaths dominate headlines

The deaths of five British soldiers shot dead by an Afghan policeman dominate the newspaper front pages.

What kind of war IS this? wonders the Daily Mail , beneath a picture of the discarded, blood-stained flak jacket of one of the victims.

The Daily Express says forces have been told to watch for similar attacks, and the Daily Mirror muses on UK-Afghan trust and the "enemy within" .

It claims UK troops will now be nervously fingering their weapons.

'Hold the line'

The Guardian says the shooting of the soldiers has led to soul-searching in Whitehall .

That's because of the emphasis Gordon Brown has put on the training of a rapidly expanded Afghan security force.

The Daily Star believes it is time to reassess the UK mission but the Sun says it is time to hold the line .

The Independent believes a single attack must be seen in its wider context - but concedes that wider context is looking increasingly bleak.

Tory policy

Meanwhile the Guardian sees David Cameron's re-casting of Tory EU policy as a crisis postponed , not averted.

The Daily Mail is scathing , calling it a sorry day for Britain, democracy and the Tories.

But the Daily Telegraph says his new approach has merit , as he has made it clear he is ready to "point a loaded gun" at the European elite.

The Times says the new policy is a Tory retreat, but the Express asks people to remember Mr Cameron is not to blame.

Penny for guy

The Guardian relishes the eve-of-Bonfire-Night timing of the publication of the Kelly report on MPs' expenses.

The Telegraph's cartoon shows a figure on top of a pile of wood as a policeman tells an MP to "put down the flaming torch and untie Sir Christopher".

Quentin Letts, in the Mail, combines two stories by saying there is a lack of children doing "penny for the guy" .

Perhaps, he muses, it has got something to do with our Parliament's waning powers, thanks to the EU.