The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says that migrants saved near Lampedusa have been brought to Malta. It also reports that the MUT suspended a work to rule directive after yesterday's teachers' strike.
The Malta Independent also leads with those two stories, adding that Parliament yesterday voted on amendments to the General Elections Act to permit early voting for those who will be away on polling day.
In-Nazzjon gives prominence to the approval of the Electoral Law amendments by Parliament. It also reports that today marks the fifth anniversary of Malta joining the EU.
l-orizzont highlights a Workers' Day message by GWU President Victory Carachi, who called for improvements to the Employment and Industrial Relations Act. The newspaper also reports that schools were empty yesterday as a result of a teachers' strike.
The Press in Britain
The Daily Telegraph leads with claims that Gordon Brown is heading for an election defeat as heavy as that suffered by John Major in 1997.
According to The Guardian, Gordon Brown has been warned of a 'catastrophic meltdown of trust'.
The Daily Mirror thanks the 100,000 British troops who served in Iraq, as the military marked its withdrawal from the country.
The Daily Star also leads on the troops' final parade in Basra.
The Financial Times reports UK shares have posted their biggest monthly gains in six years, on fresh hopes that the worst of the global recession is over.
The Times leads on policing tactics, claiming black people are eight times as likely to be stopped and searched than white people.
The Independent reports the UK's demand for palm oil is destroying rainforests and killing orang-utans.
The Daily Express claims the UK should expect a hot summer this year.
Metro reports police have been accused of misusing their powers after the number of people stopped and searched under anti-terror laws trebled in a year.
And elsewhere...
The International Herald Tribune announces the Netherlands and Switzerland have confirmed their first cases of swine flu, bringing the total number of countries affected around the world to 11. In addition to these cases, there have been another 93 confirmed cases in the US, 19 in Canada, 13 in New Zealand, five in Britain, four in Germany, 10 in Spain, two in Israel, and one in Austria. The Irish Republic is dealing with its first probable case of the virus.
El Universal reports that in Mexico there have been eight confirmed deaths from the virus, with another 160 suspected swine flu fatalities.
De Standaard says Europe's health ministers have ruled out a travel ban to Mexico as part of the EU response to the new flu outbreak. A French plan to prevent EU citizens flying to the country where the swine flu pandemic began was flatly rejected at emergency talks in Luxembourg.
The Washington Times quotes President Barack Obama saying health officials were not recommending closing the American border with Mexico because of the outbreak. He said Americans must maintain great vigilance and respond appropriately to swine flu cases cropping up in the United States.
De Telegraaf reports that five people were killed and 12 others injured when a Dutch driver ploughed through police barriers into a crowd of well-wishers cheering their queen. The speeding car, already dented apparently from catapulting bystanders into the air, passed within a few metres of the open-topped bus carrying Queen Beatrix and other members of the royal family on a parade route, then smashed into a stone monument.
Ayna says 12 people were killed and 13 others injured when a gunman opened fire at Azerbaijan's prestigious oil industry academy in Baku. The suspect climbed five floors of the building, shooting everyone he met along the way.
Le Soir quotes an EU body which monitors employment markets saying the number of job losses in the 27 member states in the first quarter was just under 220,000. The highest number - 63,314 was in the UK, followed by Poland (38,975), Germany (17,461) and France (11,779). For the third quarter in a row, car production was the sector with the greatest reported job loss at 23,584 jobs.
The Irish Times says more than one person was raped every day in Ireland this year.
Al Jazeera says an eight-year old Saudi girl, forced by her father to marry a 50-year-old man, has won a divorce.
Brisbane Times says an official is being held after a pack of mice mauled a bedridden 89-year-old man at an Australian nursing home, shredding parts of his ears. The health department blamed the incident on the mouse plague spreading across the region, saying the rodents were infiltrating buildings as they sought refuge from the chill of Australia's autumn weather.