The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says most of the 262 migrants who arrived yesterday are to be repatriated. It also reports how six people had cash stolen in armed robberies early yesterday.
The Malta Independent also leads with the arrival of the migrants at Marsaxlokk early yesterday.
l-orizzont keeps up the pressure for the resignation of the resources regulator as demanded by 11 trade unions on Saturday over the utility tariffs.
In-Nazzjon leads with the arrival of the migrants. It also highlights the Prime Minister's comments yesterday that job-creation is the government's top priority.
The Press in Britain
The Daily Telegraph says energy supplies could be hit by wildcat strikes over British jobs.
The Financial Times leads on the Chinese prime minister's discussions on the economic downturn during his visit to London.
The Guardian has a full-scale investigation into loopholes being used by big companies to pay less tax.
The Scotsman says a share savings scheme for employees of former bank HBOS is under investigation as thousands of staff lose millions in savings.
The Daily Mail reports that a nurse could be sacked for offering to pray for an elderly patient.
The Daily Mirror says a Big-Brother style Channel Four TV show left child contestants 'sobbing, hungry and scared'.
The Independent's front page is dedicated to a special report on British troop activities in Afghanistan.
The Times says the cost of the Government's largest IT programmes is 'spiralling out of control'.
The Sun says an inmate who has been released from Broadmoor is still a danger to women.
Metro leads with the big freeze gripping the UK, with temperatures registering minus five degrees in some places.
And elsewhere…
Börzen-Zeitung reports that World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab has announced a global redesign initiative in next few weeks, with the support of top political leader, including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. In the closing hours of this year's Davos summit, Schwab said there needed to be a systemic redesign of the global banking system, financial regulation and corporate governance, "not only among government but among all the stakeholders of our society."
The Jerusalem Post says Israeli aircraft have again bombed Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in retaliation to 10 rockets attacks from Hamas in the last 24 hours. The aircraft carried out three strikes on a police station and a number of tunnels used for importing weapons and goods from Egypt, but there were no reports of casualties.
Aftenbladett leads with the new centre-left government in Iceland, which has taken office after weeks of protests. The main challenge facing the incoming coalition of social democrats and greens, which has named Johanna Sigurdardottir as prime minister, is the financial crisis which has hit the country particularly hard.
Moscow Times says the Russian Orthodox Church has enthroned its new head, Patriarch Kirill, in a ceremony at a Moscow cathedral. Kirill was appointed by the Church Council last week to become the 16th leader of the church.
East African Standard reports that rescue workers in Kenya have been combing the site of a tanker crash, which triggered an explosion killing over 100 people.
Colombia’s El Tiempo says that rebel kidnappers have freed four hostages in the first unilateral release for nearly a year.
Gulf News reports that a Dubai hotel is working with local authorities to find how three guests, including cricket statistician Bill Frindall, got Legionnaires' disease.
Rodong Sinmun says North Korea has warned that South Korea's "confrontational" policies may trigger a war on the divided peninsula. The threat came two days after the communist country vowed to abandon all peace agreements with its southern neighbor.
According to Kabul Press, hundreds of Afghans have demonstrated against a US military raid which one villager said killed several civilians. The US has denied the claim.
South China Morning Post says a Thai woman was unconscious in an apartment in Hong Kong and died later – the fourth prostitute murdered in the past two months.
The People’s Daily reports that some 15 people have been killed and 20 injured in a fire in southern China. The blaze started when 10 people at a birthday party set off fireworks at their table. The explosion set the ceiling on fire and soon engulfed the premises. The report says the 15 dead suffocated.
Haaretz reports that Israel has agreed to pay about €1.5 million to the family of British cameraman James Miller killed by Israeli troops in May, 2003. Miller, 34, was in the Gaza-Egypt border town of Rafah shooting footage for a documentary about the impact of violence on children in the region, when he was shot and killed by Israeli gunfire.
USA Today says that the mother of octuplets conceived her 14 children through in-vitro fertilisation, is not married and is obsessed with babies. Her mother, Angela Suleman, said she was not supportive when her daughter Nadya decided to have more embryos implanted last year. She also said she warned her daughter that when she gets home from hospital "I'm going to be gone".