Malta and international press digest

The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:

The Times says the MLP has sidelined the parliamentary pairing issue and wants talks on stronger democracy first. It also reports the head-on crash which injured two yesterday, and the woman who died while swimming in Armier.

The Malta Independent reports on the activities of the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations, Kenneth Wain, and efforts for all such organizations to have legal recognition. It also reports Joseph Muscat saying the government does not know how to act European and should have been more vocal in its criticism of the ECB interest rate increase.

l-orizzont leads with yesterday’s crash at Mosta and says the road where the crash took place had been closed for traffic. It also gives prominence to a call by Joseph Muscat for the government to publish a report on the social and economic impact of the surcharge.

In-Nazzjon says irregular migrants are seeking new safer routes to Europe because of the risks of arrest in Libya and the danger of crossing between Libya, Malta and Sicily.

The Press in Britain

Most British newspapers feature Rafael Nadal's epic Wimbledon win over Roger Federer.

The Financial Times previews the three-day G8 summit in Japan, which will focus on global warming and a stagnating global economy that is being further weakened by turbulent financial markets and fast rising commodity prices.

The Daily Mail leads with Gordon Brown’s call to Britons to stop wasting food as he arrived in Japan for a G8 summit dominated by rising prices and the world economy.

The Independent discloses supermarkets will be told to stop bulk-buying offers after a report showed four million tonnes of food are wasted each year.

The Times also leads with Mr Brown's call to save food and says an inquiry found the average British family wastes £420 a year on uneaten food.

The Guardian says Britons will be encouraged to make saving food as important as saving energy.

The Daily Telegraph has a picture of the triumphant Nadal, and leads with the news that Labour MPs have warned Gordon Brown his future is at stake when the party fights a Glasgow by-election this month.

The Mirror reports that a 10-year-old boy is accused of threatening a girl of nine with a blade as he robbed her.

Metro carries the news that teachers, health workers and frightened members of the public are buying body armour to protect themselves against knife crime.

The Sun celebrates Lewis Hamilton's victory at the British Grand Prix which sent 90,000 fans at Silverstone into a frenzy. The McLaren star, who had failed to score a point in his last two races, had supporters singing in the rain at the end of a chaos-strewn event.

And elsewhere…

European Commission President Barroso has praised the value of nuclear energy in an interview with the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag. He said nuclear power could provide at least a temporary solution to stop climate change and to reduce dependency on oil and gas.

El Espectador leads with the promise by Colombian politician and former hostage Ingrid Betancourt that she would continue to work for the release of some 700 hostages still in the hands of FARC rebels.

Pakistan Times leads with the death in Islamabad of at least 15 people, many of them police officers. A suicide bomber targeted the security officers near a police station shortly after thousands of Islamists concluded a rally marking the first anniversary of a deadly military crackdown on the radical Red Mosque.

South Africa’s Mail and Guardian reports British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has warned that the crisis in Zimbabwe risks "infecting" the whole of southern Africa.

Pajhwok Afghan News says a coalition missile strike has killed at least 23 civilians, mostly women and children, going to a wedding ceremony in Afghanistan.

Somali Press reports gunmen have opened fire on people leaving a mosque in the capital, Mogadishu, killing one of the country's senior UN officials.

The International Herald Tribune says that thousands have taken part in gay pride marches across Europe. Skinheads and right-wing groups disrupted marches in Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, which held its first ever gay pride march.

Le Parisien quotes a study by Paris researchers suggesting fatherhood may already be moving out of reach for men in their mid-30s. Infertility doctors found that miscarriage rates increased significantly when the prospective father was older than 35. Pregnancy rates dropped after the age of 40. It is the first time paternal age has been seen to have such a strong effect on reproductive success.