The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says the Prime Minister has indicated there could be an increase in the water and electricity tariffs as international oil prices rise. The newspaper also carries comments by Joe Farrugia, director-general of the Malta Employers' Association, who said that a cost of living increase of €6.06 would put jobs at risk.
The Malta Independent quotes Joseph Muscat saying a private trip by Finance Minister Tonio Fenech with top entrepreneurs showed poor judgment.
In-Nazzjon quotes the Prime Minister saying there are positive signs in job creation. The newspaper also features a traffic accident on the Marsascala Road where a driver was lucky to escape without serious injury. It also says that two men are facing a jury for a murder which took place 20 years ago.
l-orizzont features an appeal by Joseph Muscat for the Prime Minister to seek the common good. He said the PL 18 months ago offered to help the government resolve various issues such s the situation at ST Microelectronics, but its offer had not been taken up.
The Press in Britain...
Most British newspapers feature pictures of Jenson Button, who won the Formula One World Champion after finishing fifth in the Brazilian Grand Prix. The 29-year-old is the 10th British driver to claim the prize, inheriting the crown from last year's winner, Briton Lewis Hamilton. Button's Brawn GP team also won the constuctors' championship.
The Daily Mirror says he has dedicated his championship to his girlfriend Jessica Michibata.
The Daily Telegraph reports that the head of the British Army wants politicians to do more to gain the public's support for the country's military mission in Afghanistan.
The Daily Mail reports that scientists have developed a technique which could make it more likely for women to give birth using IVF treatment.
The story of an Iraqi man sent back to Baghdad after being refused asylum in the UK takes the whole front page of The Independent.
According to The Guardian, government officials want to tax electricity consumers to subsidise the construction of the UK's new nuclear reactors.
The Financial Times carries a warning from the chairman of Barclays that Britain's banks will be damaged unless all nations are equally rigorous in implementing the G20's recommendations on bonuses and capital requirements.
The Daily Express quotes an expert its reporters have spoken to saying vitamin pills don't prevent illness and could even cause cancer.
Metro says the world's biggest carbon polluters have begun two days of informal talks in London to map out common ground 50 days before a key UN climate conference in Copenhagen.
And elsewhere...
Abrar reports that five senior commanders of the elite Revolutionary Guard were among some 30 people killed when a suicide bomber exploded himself in an area of south-eastern Iran that has been at the centre of a simmering Sunni insurgency. President Ahmadinejad is eported to have vowed to strike back at those behind the attack.
Dawn says Taliban militants fired on helicopter gunships and attacked Pakistani troops advancing into their main sanctuary near the Afghan border as the army pressed ahead with its most critical offensive yet against al-Qaida and the Taliban.
Baltic Times says the EU's Javier Solana has welcomed the decision by Macedonia and Kosovo to settle a long-running border dispute, paving the way for the two Balkan countries to establish full diplomatic ties
O Globo quotes Brazilian officials insisting security won't be a problem for the 2016 Olympics despite drug-gang violence that plunged Rio de Janeiro into a day of chaos.
The Environmentalist quotes scientists surveying American Samoa's coral reefs saying last month's tsunami obliterated some corals and damaged others to the point that they may not recover.
The Egyptian Gazette says the police have arrested a woman who claimed she was kidnapped together with her young female cousin in the hope of gaining £33,000 in ransom money from relatives. She wanted the money to help out her father and pay for her wedding plans.
Jordan Times reports a man has been charged with premeditated murder after allegedly stabbing to death his 22-year-old daughter because she became pregnant outside wedlock. His brother was also charged with murder, while the victim's boyfriend is being held in custody for his own protection.
Colorado Globe says criminal charges are set to be filed against the parents of Falcon Heene, the boy at the centre of Colorado's runaway balloon drama. The flight that captivated the world has been confirmed as a hoax. The boy was found alive hiding in his family's garage.
USA Today says actress Mia Farrow has spoken out for the children of Gaza after hearing their stories of loss and fear. The 64-year-old actress, who wrapped up a week-long visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories as goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, also recounted visiting a Gaza hospital where "doctors had to make the agonising decision to release babies of only one kilo because there weren't enough viable incubators and they can't get spare parts in".
Australia's The Daily Telegraph reports that a wet T-shirt controversy has broken out among female firefighters who have complained their new rural fire service shirts become see-through when wet.