Monday's papers.

North Korea's luanching of a rocket in the early hours of Sunday morning makes the lead in both the Times and the Guardian this morning.

The Times says that

President Obama faced his first big test on security yesterday after North Korea launched a missile designed to carry a warhead as far as Alaska.

The Guardian says that he was struggling to coordinate an international response to North Korea's launch adding that

the US and Japan have so far failed to win support from China and Russia for a statement condemning Pyongyang and tightening existing sanctions.

The Independent leads with Net tightens on insider trading as the paper reports that

A series of insider dealing scams, involving corporate takeover deals worth millions of pounds have been uncovered in the biggest-ever crackdown on market abuse in the City by its regulator.

The Express claims that terror suspects under house arrest are claiming up to £60.50 a week in ­Jobseeker’s Allowance.

The paper adds that

In the latest example of ­soft-touch Britain, 22 out of 23 extremists who applied for the state benefit received it.

The Telegraph says that taxes will have to rise again to plug a multi-billion pound black-hole in the public finances following the economic crisis.

The extra tax rises are expected after the Chancellor admitted that the Treasury had underestimated the seriousness of the recession.

The schoolboy 'torturers' is the headline on the front of the Mail.The paper reports that

A boy of 11 was fighting for his life last night after he was slashed with a knife, burnt with cigarettes and thrown 30ft down an embankment by children his own age.
The boy and a nine-year-old playmate were riding their bikes in the spring sunshine when they were confronted by two other youngsters aged just ten and 11.
They demanded the pair hand over their mobile phones, money and trainers. When they refused they were tortured with burning cigarettes, cut with a knife 'from head to toe' and then beaten with bricks, according to witnesses.

The Mirror also leads with the story reporting that

The horrified mum, 29, said: "I felt sick to the stomach when I saw the state the nine-year-old was in. I couldn't see his face because of all the blood." "His lips were swollen and blue and there was a big gash across his head.

Finally the Sun reports how

worried relatives of Jade Goody last night urged fans to stay away from the reality TV star’s secret burial place — insisting: “We don’t want to turn it into a shrine.”