The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
The Times of Malta highlights an appeal for space and time for the citizenship talks. The comment was made by John Bannister, who is chairing the talks on the issue.
The Malta Independent says the parliamentary attendance payment proposal still has to be thrashed out.
In-Nazzjon quotes Simon Busuttil saying the PN is seeking the national interest in the talks on citizenship.
l-orizzont says the sale of Victor Scerri's countryside property in Bahrija is being done secretly.
The overseas press
al bawaba reports US Secretary of State John Kerry has assured Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan that “the United Kingdom, the United States and our friends want to help Libya to give her the stability she needs”. Kerry flew into London from Geneva, where he had been attending talks with Iran about their nuclear programme. The State Department said the Kerry-Zeidan talks focused on Libyan security and political reforms. British Foreign Secretary William Hague, who was present for the meeting, underlined the commitment “help the government and the Libyan people”. Zeidan thanked London and Washington for their “continued support”.
The BBC quotes the US Secretary of State saying the deal reached on Sunday over Iran's nuclear programme will make Israel and the Middle East a safer place. He was speaking after Iran agreed to curb some of its nuclear activities in return for about $7 billion (€5.2 billion) in sanctions relief. Tehran has agreed to stop all enrichment above 5 per cent.
Teheran’s Press TV reports Iranian President Hassan Rouhani saying the agreement struck in Geneva on Iran's nuclear programme acknowledged Iran's right to enrich uranium on its own soil (in London,Kerry denied this). Speaking on television, Rouhani pointed out that the deal also delivered a blow to economic sanctions, and that Iran had never tried to build nuclear weapons. In London
The Jerusalem Post says the agreement reached by the P5+1 group in Geneva on the Iranian nuclear programme was called “an historic mistake” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel has harshly criticised the international community’s nuclear deal with Iran, accusing the world of “self-delusion” and saying the first-stage agreement would not halt Tehran’s pursuit of a nuclear weapon.
Fox News says the Israeli reaction led to President Obama spoke phoning Netanyahu to reassure the Israeli prime minister on the desire to coordinate the next steps on the Iranian issue. Obama also confirmed the American commitment to Israel's security.
Tages Anzeiger reports that voters in Switzerland have rejected a move to cap the salary of companies' top executives at 12 times the salary of their lowest earners. All of Switzerland's 26 cantons and a total of 65.3 percent of voters were against the measure, according to final results released by public broadcaster RTS.
Novy Kanal says thousands of pro-Europe protesters in Ukraine attempted to storm the government building in the capital of Kiev on Sunday, clashing with police who fired tear gas to keep them back. Protesters tried to break through police ranks surrounding the building, with some throwing stones and hitting officers with the signs they were carrying, as police fought back with batons.
El Mundo reports thousands of protesters took to the streets in Catalonia and Andalusia against the austerity policy of the conservative government of Mariano Rajoy, after Saturday’s protests in Madrid and other Spanish cities. With the slogan “Stop anti-social budgets” and “Enough Cuts!”, the demonstrators were responding to the call of the Social Summit, an organiation of hundreds of associations and unions.
L’Avvenire says the Vatican has publicly unveiled a handful of bone fragments purportedly belonging to St Peter, reviving the scientific debate and tantalizing mystery over whether the relics found in a shoe box truly belong to the first pope. The nine pieces of bone sat nestled like rings in a jewel box inside a bronze display case on the side of the altar during a Mass commemorating the end of the Vatican's yearlong celebration of the Christian faith. It was the first time they had ever been exhibited in public.
VOA News says a large storm, already blamed for at least eight deaths in the West, slogged through Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and other parts of the Southwest on Sunday, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations as it slowly churned east ahead of Thanksgiving. Meteorologists expect the Arctic mass to head south and east, threatening plans for Tuesday and Wednesday as people hit the roads and airports for some of the busiest travel days of the year.
A Chinese woman has given birth to a baby weighing 6.17kg (13lbs 10oz), crediting a diet of milk, eggs and fruit for her super-sized bundle of joy. Xinhua says the 27-year-old mother and her child, who weighs almost twice the weight of an average Chinese newborn, are said to be in good health. Doctors at the Shanghai hospital where the child was born said the baby could face health problems in the future. The child is not China's biggest ever newborn. That accolade is believed to belong to Chun Chun, from Xinxiang city in Henan Province, who tipped the scales at 7.04kg (15lbs 8oz) in 2012.