Monday's papers

Another iron curtain will split Europe says the Times,this time though dividing the continents rich and poor.

The paper reports that

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Western leaders were told yesterday that five million jobs could be lost in the “new” European Union countries of the East unless radical action were taken to bail them out.

The Telegraph reports that,Ferenc Gyurcsany, the Hungarian prime minister, called for a £169 billion bail-out of Eastern Europe to prevent a major crisis that would reverberate across the continent.

Military matters are on many of the front pages.The Guardian reports the comments of Lieutenant-General John Cooper who says that the army will leave Iraq with al-Qaida largely defeated and the roots of democracy firmly planted.He stands down tomorrow as deputy commanding general in Iraq.

The Independent reports that fellow soldiers decorated for their service in the Iraq war have thrown their weight behind calls by Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry VC for more help for troops suffering from mental trauma.

The Express is also behind the story.It claims that the military top brass have snubbed calls for a hospital dedicated to Britain’s Armed Forces and veterans,

Another blow to fatherhood says the front page of the Mail as it reports that single women undergoing IVF will be able to name anyone they like as their baby's father on the birth certificate from next month.This will mean says the paper that women could nominate another woman to be her child's 'father.

According to the Telegraph ,just two years after they were introduced under a new admissions code, Ed Balls has suggested that school lotteries were being overused by local councils and announced that he had ordered a review of their impact.