The Telegraph describes it as Obama's final push as it reports that British and American troops in Afghanistan are to launch a major new onslaught against the Taliban within weeks.
The move is part of President Barack Obama's plans to increase US troop numbers by 30,000 announced in a speech to the nation. He will send 9,000 US marines to fight with British forces in an offensive early in the New Year as the advanced guard of a major surge.
Crucially, he offered no date for its completion, though White House officials optimistically expressed hope that the bulk of the troops could be out before the end of 2012 when the president faces re-election.says the Guardian
The Independent says
The speech, delivered to cadets at the West Point Military Academy in New York and televised live to the nation, marked an end to months of anguished debate inside the White House against a background of dwindling support for the war throughout the US and Europe.
The Times, on its front page,reports that Alistair Darling has delivered a blunt warning to the EU’s new French finance chief against meddling with the City of London.
As Nicolas Sarkozy gloated over impending curbs on the City, the Chancellor said that such moves would drive financial services out of Europe
David Cameron is facing a growing challenge to his authority from senior members of his own party who say they have doubts about the Conservatives' stance on global warming.says the Independent adding that
Leading figures including Peter Lilley, the former cabinet minister, Andrew Tyrie and Ann Widdecombe are openly questioning the political consensus on climate change.
Meanwhile the Express leads with the story that
adding that
THE scientific consensus that mankind has caused climate change was rocked yesterday as a leading academic called it a “load of hot air underpinned by fraud”.
Professor Ian Plimer condemned the climate change lobby as “climate comrades” keeping the “gravy train” going.
The head of the climate research unit that had its emails hacked and posted online will step down from his post while an inquiry into the affair is carried out.reports the Guardian
Messages between scientists at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) were posted on the web last week, and climate-change deniers seized on them as alleged evidence that scientists have been hiding and manipulating data to support the idea that the world is warming up.
Lord Stern labelled the views of those who are sceptical about the existence of man-made global warming as ''muddled and unscientific''. says the Telegraph
A doubling of spending on schools under Labour has led to negligible improvements as billions have been swallowed up in bureaucracy.reports the Mail
Record investment in schools and colleges has produced an average increase of just one extra GCSE per pupil every five years, devastating official figures showed yesterday.
Plans to transform the status of demoralised and overstretched social workers in the wake of the Baby P tragedy will fail without extra funding, ministers were warned yesterday.reports the Independent
Finally the latest Tiger Woods revelations as the Sun reports
A cocktail waitress has sensationally claimed she's been having an affair with Tiger Woods for 31 months.Jaimee Grubbs, 24, says she has had around 20 sexual encounters with the world's top golfer, 33.
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