The following are the top stories in the Maltese and international press:
The Times reports that the police have arrested four people over the discovery of fireworks in a Naxxar band club's basement on Saturday.
The Malta Independent carries a picture of yesterday's large scouts and guides parade in Valletta. In its main story it discusses reasons why a social pact was not agreed, with a former GWU official blaming differences between the unions.
In-Nazzjon says the police are investigating the Labour Mayor of San Gwann over an anonymous letter sent to the council making allegations against the council's contracts manager. It also reports that the Gozo 1234 festival was a success, with 12,285 people having crossed from Malta for the purpose.
l-orizzont refers to an interview given by the Prime Minister to The Sunday Times and says the Prime Minister is playing with words on the Mistra case and his defence of Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando after having first given the impression that he was misled by the Nationalist MP.
The Press in Britain...
The Guardian reports that in the wake of Labour's drubbing in the elections, the Prime Minister is planning to help hard-pressed families with a package including the expansion of shared equity schemes to boost the housing market. He also intends putting more pressure on supermarkets to contain food prices.
The Daily Mail continues that Mr Brown will also ditch plans to tax families on their rubbish. At the same time, the paper announces that driving tests are to become more expensive and harder in a bid to cut the carnage caused by young drivers.
The Sun says that ditching the "pay-as-you-throw bin tax" shows Brown's "desperate bid to restore Labour popularity".
The Independent says the government looks certain to scrap the 2p increase in fuel duty set for September.
But, according to The Daily Telegraph, Mr Brown is facing a fight for his political future after Labour MPs lined up to attack his Government's policies and the style of his leadership.
The Times adds that senior ministers think the PM has just a year to show he can turn around Labour's fortunes.
The Daily Mirror focuses on Josef Fritzl, the 73-year-old Austrian who kept his daughter as a sex slave for 24 years and reports that he had forced his daughter to help create the dungeon.
The Daily Express says Fritzl kept his daughter on a leash but leads with the news that British scientists have unveiled a major new weapon in the battle against obesity after pinpointing a "fat gene" which makes people pile on weight.
And elsewhere...
Teheran Times quotes Iran's top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saying his country will not give in to international pressure and surrender its nuclear programme. He said Iran will continue its nuclear programme despite Western efforts to thwart it with sanctions
Mynmar Times says over 350 people are now known to have died from Cyclone Nargis which hit the country on Saturday with winds of up to 190 km per hour. It left the streets of Burma's commercial capital, Rangoon, littered with debris from fallen trees and battered buildings. United Nations disaster experts said it would be days before the full extent of the damage was known.
Al Ahali quotes the Iraqi president's office saying the wife of President Jalal Talabani has narrowly escaped death in a roadside bomb explosion near her convoy in central Baghdad. Four bodyguards were wounded in the attack.
Ramallah's Fasl al-Maqal says US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has held talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank, calling on Israel to do more to ease restrictions on Palestinian movement. She also called on the Palestinians to take further action to curb attacks by militants on Israel.
The People's Daily reports that Chinese officials and envoys of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, have agreed to hold further talks following one day of meetings in the southern city of Shenzhen. The talks in Shenzhen came after international leaders pressed China to reopen dialogue following deadly unrest in Tibet that began in March.
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism publishes the findings of research which shows that the female biological clock is embedded in just one hormone, the anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH). The medical journal quotes Frank Broekmans of Utrecht University's Medical Center saying this makes it easier to know when menopause would begin and helps women programme when best to have children.