The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times leads with the prime minister's announcement that a new cancer centre at Mater Dei will cost €40 million. It also highlights a traffic accident at the Mellieha bypass which could have had much more serious consequences.
The Malta Independent also leads with the item on the new €40m oncology centre. In another story, it reports PL leader Joseph Muscat saying Victor Scerri's resignation meant little in the context of the Bahrija permit controversy.
In-Nazzjon too leads with the plans for the cancer centre. It also says a pilot project on immigration will be presented to EU leaders in September.
l-orizzont continues its series of articles on the granting of the power station extension contract, saying the company's local representative was kept fully informed of developments.
The Press in Britain
The Guardian says it has seen papers suggesting British intelligence officers knew at least one man was being tortured whilst being detained in Dubai following the London bombings in 2005.
The Independent reports on fresh pessimism felt by businesses leaders over the state of the UK economy.
The Financial Times warns that lenders in the UK are bracing themselves for a rising number of customers who default on their credit card repayments.
The Daily Mail reports Conservative leader David Cameron is planning to cut tax credits for families earning over £50,000 a year.
The Daily Telegraph says that, if elected to power, the Tories plan to introduce road taxes.
According to The Times, the head of the Government's fertility watchdog has spoken out over the shortage of IVF eggs.
The Daily Mirror leads with an interview with a man who is facing an attempted murder charge after trying to fight off a violent gang in his front garden.
The Daily Express reports some local councils are paying neighbours to spy on each other - in order to cut down on fly-tipping and dog fouling.
Metro publishes the results of a poll which show that half of all Britons would consider helping a loved one die if they became terminally ill.
The Daily Star claims Katie Price - otherwise known as Jordan - has stunned her family by vowing to marry cage fighter Alex Reid.
And elsewhere...
Le Parisien says French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to be released from a military hospital later where after he was rushed to yesterday by helicopter after collapsing while out jogging on the lush grounds of the Chateau of Versailles. Doctors quickly performed a series of tests on the 54-year-old president, the results of which were normal.
The International Herald Tribune reports firefighters have been battling blazes which have since killed eight people, in Italy, Spain, France, Croatia and Greece. Tens of thousands of hectares of countryside have been devastated with damage running into billions of euros.
Corriere della Sera reports that Reforms Minister Umberto Bossi, key member of Premier Silvio Berlusconi's conservative government, has called for Italy's soldiers to be withdrawn from Afghanistan. But the Italian Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa immediately insisted the 2,800 troops would stay until the conclusion of the mission to provide security for Afghanistan as part of wider, international fight against terrorism. Mr Bossi was reacting to the wounding of three Italian soldiers in two separate attacks in Afghanistan yesterday.
The Washington Times says a space station air purifier is working again after it shut down at the worst possible time, when the shuttle Endeavour's crew was still visiting and had swollen the on-board crowd to a record 13. Nasa officials said the repair by flight controllers, albeit temporary, came as a great relief.
Himalayan Times reports that British actress Joanna Lumley, who played a pivotal role in a campaign to allow those who fought for Britain to settle in the UK, has received a hero's welcome from hundreds of Gurkhas and their families as she arrived in Nepal. She was mobbed by well-wishers and the media as she flew in from London.
Pravda says that a suicide bomber has killed five people in the capital of Chechnya. Four policemen died trying to prevent the attacker from entering a concert hall in Grozny minutes before the start of a performance. About 20 others were wounded and almost 800 spectators inside the hall were evacuated.
Stockholm Daily reports that a woman and her five daughters were killed when they tried to escape an apartment fire in a suburb of Stockholm. Three other people were also injured in the blaze. Police said the victims were found in a stairwell. The cause of the fire is not yet known but investigators said they believe it was an accident.
Al Quds Al Arabi says Gaza's top chief justice has ordered female lawyers to wear Muslim headscarves and a long, dark-coloured cloak under their billowing black robes when they appear in court as of September. He said his order was designed to ensure that women dress in accordance with Islamic law.
Der Spiegel reports that police and law officials in Germany, trying to stop the flat-rate fee system, have raided brothels under suspicion of social security fraud and the exploitation of women. The "flat-rate" fee system, offered by at least four brothels, where prostitution in legal, entitles customers to unlimited sexual services all day for a one-off entry fee of €70.