The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
The local media is dominated by the incident late on Wednesday involving a shooting by the driver of Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia.
Times of Malta and In-Nazzjon lead with Simon Busuttil's calls for the Prime Minister to remove Dr Mallia.
l-orizzont and The Malta Independent point out that the minister's driver has been suspended.
The overseas press
CNN announces President Barack Obama has ordered immigration officers to deport “felons not families” as he wielded executive power to shield five million undocumented immigrants in the most sweeping overhaul of the immigration system in decades. In a move guaranteed to infuriate Obama's Republican critics, the changes will offer those who qualify, the chance to stay temporarily in the country for three years.
Pope Francis has urged world leaders to “put people before profit” to solve world hunger. Avvenire reports the Pontiff condemned global inequalities in food distribution and urged delegates not to lose sight of the world’s hungry in the course of their bureaucratic decision-making. He told the UN conference on nutrition in Rome, the hungry “ask for dignity, not for charity”.
Berliner Zeitung says 30 nations meeting in Berlin have pledged €7.4 billion for a fund to help developing countries cut emissions and prepare for global warming. The Green Climate Fund aims to help nations invest in clean energy and build up defences against rising seas and worsening storms, floods and droughts.
La Prensa reports relatives of the 43 missing Mexican students, who the authorities say were murdered by a drugs gang, have led mass protests in the capital. Earlier, riot police blocked hundreds of hooded demonstrators from shutting down the Mexico City international airport. Organizers said students from 114 universities and institutes around the country took part in the day of protest.
According to Algemeen Dagblad, a Dutch teenager who allegedly travelled to Syria to marry an Islamic State fighter, but was later rescued by her mother, will appear in court on terror charges. She was being detained on suspicion of crimes threatening state security.
The death rate in eastern Ukraine has increased in the last month, as the September ceasefire agreement remains shaky. Kyiv Post quotes a new UN report saying almost 1,000 people have been killed in the past eight weeks. Since the conflict began, more than 4,317 people have been killed and 10,000 wounded.
Boko Haram militants have killed about 45 people in an attack on a village. The leader of a vigilante fighter group in Nigeria told AP the heavily armed Boko Haram militants surged through the village in several trucks, destroying houses and carting away food and livestock.
AFP reports Britain has urges Russia to shut down a webcam spying site streaming video live from thousands of private webcams around the world, including images of babies and hospital patients. A quick browse through the website reveals live streams from nearly 4,600 cameras in the US. More than 2,000 cameras have been hacked in France, about 1,500 in the Netherlands, and thousands more in over 100 countries worldwide.
The death has been announced of Mike Nichols, who won an Oscar for directing the 1967 film “The Graduate”. The BBC says the German-born US director, who was 83, was one of only 12 winners of all four major US entertainment awards – an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
Trapped in a bad marriage can literally break your heart. A study published in the Journal Of Health And Social Behaviour shows that decades spent at loggerheads with a partner could lead to increased likelihood of developing heart disease. This was especially true for wives – the theory being women tend to internalise negative feelings more than men.
TVNZ reports a Florida woman has became the fourth in recent weeks to say Bill Cosby gave her pills that made her feel groggy then forced himself on her sexually. Therese Serignese, now 57, said the television icon raped her in 1976 when she was 19 years old following a show in Las Vegas.
The Daily Mail says Sheffield United has retracted its decision to allow convicted rapist Ched Evans to train with the club after a number of high-profile patrons and sponsors cut ties with the club. Evans was released from jail last month after serving half of a five-year conviction for raping a 19-year-old woman.