The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
Times of Malta reports that 60% of fitted borehole meters have been found to be faulty.
The Malta Independent says charges related to an assault in a police station have been withdrawn. Four officers had been assaulted in a case last year.
In-Nazzjon leads with the story of a young woman with disabilities who is determined to live an independent life.
l-orizzont says an elderly woman who died after allegedly being abandoned by her family had refused help.
The overseas press
Russia has threatened to cut off Ukraine's gas later today after the two sides failed to strike a deal that would have saved Europe from supply disruptions, stoking the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War. A spokesman for Russian natural gas producer Gazprom told Voice of Russia the two sides failed to resolve a gas pricing dispute at talks for Ukraine to settle $1.95 billion of gas debts.
According to Interfax, the leader of the Lugansk People's Republic has said about 100 people had been killed in clashes between the local militia and government forces near Lugansk during the past 24 hours. Valery Bolotov told a news conference, “After the Ukrainian army took control of the city of Schastye (Happiness), they just started shooting at civilians, mostly at men.”
AFP reports forces loyal to Libyan General Khalifa Haftar have clashed with Islamist militias in Benghazi, killing eight people and wounding 15. The clashes were among the fiercest since Khalifa began his offensive against radical Islamist groups in Benghazi, dubbed “Operation Dignity,” on May 16, when at least 76 people were killed.
Ansa says the survivors of the latest migrant-boat disaster south of Italy were among 767 rescued people aboard a Navy ship that docked in Palermo yesterday. The ship was also carrying 10 corpses, including seven women, recovered after a boat carrying 90 migrants ran into trouble on Saturday.
al bawaba reports the Sunni militant group that has seized territory across northern Iraq has posted photos online that appear to show its fighters carrying out a large-scale massacre Iraqi soldiers.
Caracol TV says Columbian President Juan Manuel Santos has been re-elected, defeating his conservative rival, Oscar Ivan Zuluaga. With almost all the votes counted electronically, Santos won nearly 51 per cent and his rival 45 per cent. Zuluaga has accepted defeat.
Le Monde says EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule is to hold fresh talks in Turkey on its efforts to join the 28-nation bloc. Amid continued concerns over Ankara's rights record, Fule will meet senior officials as well as taking part in a meeting of the working group which covers the judiciary and fundamental rights.
The military in Kenya says suspected members of the Islamist group Al Shabab have attacked several hotels and a police station in the coastal town of Mpketoni. The Standard writes the attackers had stolen weapons and vehicles from the police station, which they later set on fire. Local residents had fled to nearby forests. The paper also quoted a witness as saying he had counted six bodies in the street.
O Globo reports on the fourth day of the football World Cup in Brazil, one of the tournament’s favourites, Argentina, have won 2-1 against Bosnia Herzegovina, who scored their first-ever goal in the tournament. Earlier France became the first team to benefit from goal-live technology at a major international tournament when they beat Honduras 3-0. Switzerland bat Ecuador 2-1.