The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
Times of Malta reports how two men were charged yesterday over €2m cigarette duty fraud. It also says that the Security Committee will discuss the granting of visas to Libyans.
The Malta Independent says David Cameron has been urged to learn lessons from a Church of Scotland project in Malta to help migrants
In-Nazzjon leads with yesterday's comments by Simon Busuttil.
l-orizzont quotes the Prime Minister saying the Opposition leader has 'lost his tongue' over the university project.
The overseas press
Tunisian state television Wataniya 1 reports a border guard has been killed and three others were wounded in a shootout with jihadists in Bouchebka, on the border with Algeria. Ridha Ennasri, the border guards’ union president, confirmed what he called “a terrorist attack” to AFP.
According to NBC News, a gunman shot eight people and killed one early yesterday morning after a sprawling music festival in California. The shooting occurred outside a warehouse a few miles from the festival, in an industrial section of Modesto. It was unclear why the man opened fire.
ABC News has learnt police in Greece have arrested 78 anti-mining protesters, mostly foreigners, involved in clashes outside a Greek gold mine. Some 1,000 protesters marched toward the mining operation in the northern region of Halkidiki and many started pelting the police force with rocks and bolts and threw firebombs. Those arrested include German, British, Italian and Bulgarian nationals.
Reuters reports more than 5,000 migrants crossed into Serbia yesterday, resuming a journey to western Europe after an overwhelmed Macedonia gave up its attempts to stem the flow of mainly Syrian refugees by force.
Deutsche-Welle says German politicians from across the political spectrum have condemned violence against refugees after a second night of far-right riots outside an asylum-seeker home in the town of Heidenau in the eastern German state of Saxony. Despite the protests, more than 200 refugees have already moved into the shelter. Authorities plan to accommodate up to 600. The police union has warned of growing right-wing terrorism in the country.
Chosun Ilboall reports marathon negotiations by senior officials from the Koreas stretched into a third day today after nearly 26 hours of talks. South Korea’s military, meanwhile, said that unusual North Korean troop and submarine movement indicated continued battle preparation.
The Guardian says police in Britain have warned more victims may emerge from the Shoreham airshow crash, as it was revealed that at least 11 people were feared to have died in the worst British airshow disaster in living memory. Police are continuing the task of sifting through the wreckage left after a Hawker Hunter fighter jet crashed into a busy dual carriageway in West Sussex on Saturday.
Al Thawra reports Islamic State militants have blown up the temple of Baal Shamin in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. The head of antiquities at the Roman-era site was beheaded by Islamists just a week ago.
Times of Israel says former Defence Minister Ehud Barak’s comments that Israel nearly attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities but the plan was scuttled by military men and cowardly politicians, could shake up Israeli politics. In his interview, leaked Friday to Israeli Channel 2 TV, Barak also described Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as indecisive and obsessively pessimistic.
Accordintg to An-Nahar, protests against the Lebanese government turned violent for a second day yesterday, and Prime Minister Tammam Salam threatened to resign as public discontent brought thousands into the streets. Anger at the Salam-led unity cabinet grouping Lebanon’s fractious politicians has come to a head over its failure to resolve a crisis over garbage disposal that reflects the wider failings of the weak state.
Scientists and volunteers who have spent the past month gathering data on how much plastic garbage is floating in the Pacific Ocean say most of the trash is medium to large pieces, as opposed to tiny ones. San Francisco Chronicle says volunteer crews on 30 boats have been measuring the size and mapping the location of tonnes of plastic in what is known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch or the “Pacific trash vortex”.The ultimate goal is construction of a 96-kilometre barrier in the middle of the Pacific.