The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Sunday Times reports how three Maltese have been arrested in Sicily for human trafficking. It also reports that Fort St Angelo has been kept closed to the public due to dangerous cracks.
The Malta Independent on Sunday says there have been more resignations from SmartCity as it seeks to replace its architects. It also says the sexual health policy drawn up four years ago is still under lock and key.
MaltaToday also leads with the arrest of the alleged human traffickers by the Sicilian authorities. It says that followed a chase at sea.
Il-Mument reports that major investment is due to be announced shortly. It also says Malta has been placed 11th worldwide in the education sector by the World Economic Forum. In a third story it says Jason Micallef is mounting a campaign to keep his place in the PL.
It-Torca says Malta is losing its Independence. It also says Italy has been blamed for the loss of 14 migrants, including a baby, at sea. It also reports disputes in the appointment of a new CEO at Heritage Malta.
Illum focuses on disagreements between PL leader Joseph Muscat and Jason Micallef.
KullHadd quotes MUMN president Paul Pace complaining about lack of controls and bed shortage problems at Mater Dei Hospital.
Press in Britain...
The Independent has Chancellor Alistair Darling accused of blocking plans to raise billions of pounds for the world's poorest nations.
According to the Mail On Sunday, the UK Border Agency raided the home of the alleged illegal immigrant Attorney General Baroness Scotland employed as a housekeeper.
The News of the World says Gordon Brown is secretly planning a massive 3p income tax hike.
The Sunday Telegraph reports the Tories seized on Treasury documents to claim that Labour was planning a rise in income tax of 3p in the pound if it wins the election. The Observer says the Shadow Chancellor George Osborne's claims, that Gordon Brown is planning a hidden tax bombshell, is beginning to backfire.
The Sunday Times reports that Schools Secretary Ed Balls is planning to axe thousands of school staff to save more than £2 billion of public spending.
The Sunday Express leads with the Madeleine McCann case, with investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre claiming the girl was abducted by at least two kidnappers who must have carried out several dry runs.
The Sunday Mirror devotes its front page to Strictly Come Dancing, saying fans demand new judge Alesha Dixon quit.
The Daily Star Sunday manages to cover both Strictly Come Dancing and The X Factor with ease...
The People says ITV issued the BBC a final ultimatum to end a bitter ratings war.
The Sunday Mail reports the Commonwealth Games athletes' village site has been firebombed.
The Sunday Herald claims thousands of litres of radioactive waste have leaked into the Firth of Clyde from the Hunterston nuclear power station.
Scotland on Sunday says the Scottish government would give 16 and 17-year-olds the vote in the independence referendum.
And elsewhere...
The Washington Times reports President Barack Obama will this week host a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
L'Avvenire reports that Pope Benedict, welcoming the appeal by oriental Patriarchs, has announced a special synod of bishops to the Middle East between October 10 and 21. T
Afghan Times says a woman blew herself up in Kabul killing a 10-year-old boy and a seven-year-old girl and injuring three others. Pieces of a blue cloth that looked like they had been part of a burka, the all-covering article of clothing worn by many Afghan women, had been scattered around the site of the blast.
The Irish Examiner says the EU Commission is proposing to give €15 million in aid to help former computer workers in Ireland find new jobs. Dell Inc announced earlier this year it would cut 2,000 jobs at its plant in Limerick and another 840 jobs were also lost at Dell suppliers as the entire Irish production of laptops and desktop computers moves to a new plant in Poland, where labour costs are lower.
El Universal reports a gunman opened fire inside a Mexico City subway station during yesterday's rush hour, killing at least two people. Luis Felipe Hernandez Castillo, 38, was writing on the station walls with a black marker when a police officer confronted him. He fatally shot the officer and a civilian who tried to stop him and then ran to a subway car where he kept shooting until police subdued and captured him.
The New York Post reveals seven former CIA directors have written to President Barack Obama to quash a criminal investigation of harsh interrogations of terror suspects during the Bush administration. They urged Mr Obama to reverse Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to probe possible incidents of abuse by CIA personnel during interrogations that went beyond guidelines imposed by the Bush administration.
The International Herald Tribune says German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have called for the UN to support a carbon tax on imports from countries who fail to back international efforts to fight global warming, saying it would be unacceptable for the efforts of the most ambitious countries to be undermined by the carbon emissions released by lack of or insufficient action by other countries. In a letter to UN Secretary Ban Ki-Moon, they also stated that efforts for an international agreement to fight global warming have to start at next week's UN conference on climate change in New York.
El Pais says Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, who turns 75 next week, has been released from a hospital in Spain hours after collapsing on stage during a concert.
Abendzeitung reports the official opening of the16-day Oktoberfest beer festival, expected to be visited by six million visitors from around the world. Every year, visitors down more than six million litres of beer and eat around 500,000 chickens and 100 oxen. This year organisers are taking steps to prevent journalists from taking photos of drunken and topless guests.
Anchorage Press announces that a true fan of former US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is paying €70,220 to have dinner with her. Cathy Maples, who owns a defence contracting company, won the dinner in an internet auction, which was a benefit for a charity that helps wounded veterans.