The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says industrial action by nurses at Mt Carmel Hospital has had little effect on nurses, according to the hospital management. The newspaper also carries an account by Frank Zampa, the jeweller who confronted thieves on Saturday morning.
The Malta Independent quotes the prime minister saying he does not need to apologise for the power station tender award. It also quotes Joseph Muscat saying, about immigration, that national interests came first.
In-Nazzjon says the PL is avoiding talk on growth and job creation. It also features the end of the Pope's UK visit.
l-orizzont says the Deputy Mayor of Qala, Raymond Scerri, does not want to explain why he is suddenly no long against the yacht marina project in the locality. It also features comments by Joseph Muscat that Malta should consider the introduction of the ‘living wage'.
The overseas press
Frettabladid reports Sweden's election looks to have produced a hung parliament, with the center-right coalition winning but missing out on a majority. The far-right party Sweden Democrats, who campaigned against immigration won 5.7 percent of the vote which could give them 20 seats in parliament.
The Times says Pope Benedict has thanked the British people for the warmth of their welcome as his historic four-day state visit to the UK came to an end. He said the very diversity of modern Britain was a challenge to its government and people, but it also represented a great opportunity to further intercultural and inter-religious dialogue for the enrichment of the entire community.
Stadkurrier reports that four people have been killed in southern Germany in a shooting incident at a hospital and an explosion. Police say a woman armed with an automatic weapon opened fire in the hospital in the town of Loerrach near the French and Swiss borders. Prosecutors say a domestic dispute may have triggered the shooting.
El Tiempo quotes security forces in Columbia saying they have killed at least 22 Farc rebels in fighting close to the border with Ecuador. Police commandos were dropped by helicopter after Air Force planes bombed a rebel camp in the jungle. President Juan Manuel Santos said it was "the biggest blow in recent times" to the left-wing rebel group.
USA Today reports BP has finally sealed the ruptured well that has spewed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Five months after the explosion that killed 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon rig and let loose millions of barrels of crude oil, the well passed a pressure test that confirmed it was sealed about 5,000 metres below the sea bed.
Afghan Times says vote-counting has began after a parliamentary vote held Saturday after allegations of fraud, voter intimidation and mismanagement had arisen amid a wave of Taliban attacks that left some 20 dead. Preliminary results are expected on Wednesday, with final certified results due on October 31.
The Daily Mail says top-rate earners would be made to pay their ‘fair share' as British Deputy Prime Minister announced plans to put another £7 billion a year in Treasury coffers. He told the BBC's Andrew Marr show the coalition would come down ‘as hard on tax cheats as on benefit cheats' as it sought to tackle the deficit.
Metro says British prison inmates are poised to win the right to vote in general elections. Government aides said the blanket ban on Britain's 88,000 prisoners taking part in elections could not continue. Britain was being forced to act because of a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights and criticism from the Council of Europe.
A leading British professor has claimed women's lifestyles before getting pregnant had an impact on whether a child developed cancer. The Guardian reports Professor Ricardo Uauy, a professor of public health nutrition at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said that whether a mother-to-be smokes, drinks or is overweight all played a key role in her child's risk of getting cancer.