Rhys death implications dominate

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The killing of 11-year-old Rhys Jones and the wider implications for society of his death continue to dominate the papers.

The Sun believes that the fatal shooting of the schoolboy in Liverpool marks a pivotal moment in Britain's attitude to street violence.

The government must take the importance of this tragedy to heart, it says, and bring an end to gang violence.

The paper adds that a tide of public grief and anger will ensure his death is not forgotten.

'Fractured society'

The Independent does not accept Conservative leader David Cameron's belief that Rhys's death is a symptom of a broken society.

It says his death was "quite out of the ordinary" and a punitive mood of crackdowns should not dominate government policy.

The Times also feels Mr Cameron went too far and says it is more a case of fractured societies - not broken ones.

The papers says that, even in the most deprived areas of the UK, society has not disappeared.

Technology plea

"Outcry as 'friendly fire' kills three soldiers," says the Daily Telegraph.

It says the Ministry of Defence has faced heavy criticism for "failing to provide" technology that could help prevent such attacks.

Ministers were warned by MPs this year over a "failure" to invest in a combat identification system, the paper says.

The Guardian says an "urgent investigation" is under way after a US fighter plane "dropped a single 500lb bomb" on British troops in Afghanistan.

Sarkozy anniversary

The Guardian congratulates Nicholas Sarkozy for marking the 100th day of "a hyperactive presidency".

But it says the honeymoon is ending, with a faltering economy in France and tough negotiations with the unions over pensions and health insurance to come.

Elsewhere, the Daily Express says David Cameron's wife Samantha has a secret yearning to look like Gwen Stefani.

In the US edition of Harper's Bazaar, Samantha Cameron describes the blonde US singer as her alter ego.