The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press today:

The Times leads with Joseph Muscat’s call for a single, unifying National Day. It also reports on the unfolding tragedy off Libya where, by yesterday evening, one migrant’s boat had been reported sunk.

The Malta Independent says Joseph Muscat yesterday called on the government to shed its inferiority complex in its dealings with other countries. It also follows up the international computer spy network and says five Maltese government computers may have been affected

In-Nazzjon says the Cabinet is considering 106 proposals for changes in local government, including local law enforcement and the term of office of local councils.

l-orizzont says thousands attended the Labour Party’s Freedom Day celebration yesterday.

The Press in Britain

The Sun continues with the ongoing saga of Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's expenses and says that she has been given a "porn ultimatum". The Financial Times also focuses on the pressure piling on Mrs Smith to take an honourable way out of the mess and resign.

The Guardian reports the Prime Minister wants to stop cash for MPs' second homes as the row over expenses continues.

MPs' expenses are the subject of the Daily Express' front page which, it says, have rocketed to more than £208,000.

The Daily Mail asks on which planet the British MPs are on as they get “an inflation busting pay rise and their annual expenses soar to £93 million.

The Daily Mirror says MPs are each claiming an average of £144,176 a year in expenses.

The Daily Telegraph says the public is angry over the MPs’ perks but leads on a five-in-one pill, which it says could halve the rates of heart disease and strokes.

The Independent carries a picture of the so-called “wonder pill” which, it says, costs pennies, is nothing but a “simple cocktail of medicines” and reportedly “halves the number of strokes and prevents heart disease”.

The Times claims President Sarkozy has threatened to wreck the G20 summit if France’s demands for tougher financial regulations are not met.

The Daily Star quote Jade Goody’s husband Jack telling of a child the Big Brother star had lost.

And elsewhere…

Al Jamahiria says rescue efforts are continuing to find any survivors of almost 600 migrants missing after two boats bound for Italy sank off Libya. At least 21 bodies were found after a boat carrying 253 people went down off the coast of Libyan and the fate of the rest is unknown. Libyan officials said coastguards rescued at least 23 people after a second boat packed with migrants also sank in a separate incident. But another 342 people who were on board are still missing. Libyan authorities said the dead and those rescued in the two incidents were from North and Sub-Saharan African countries.

Al Jazeera reports that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has stormed out of the Arab leaders’ annual summit in Qatar after condemning Saudi Arabian King Abdullah for his ties to the US and Great Britain. Seventeen heads of state from the 22-member Arab League are attending, including Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who is defying an international warrant for his arrest over Darfur.

Chumhuriyet says support for Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's Islamist-rooted AK Party has slipped in local elections across Turkey. The fall to 39 percent support is the first decline in popularity the AK party has seen since the start of its seven-year rule.

The International Herald Tribune quotes US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressing optimism that Iran will pledge help on border security and fighting drugs traffic at a conference on Afghanistan.

Pakistan Times reports security forces have re-taken a police academy in the eastern city of Lahore after heavily-armed gunmen took control for some eight hours.

USA Today reports a US military court has sentenced a 27-yer-old American soldier to 35 years in prison, after he pleaded guilty to charges of premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit premeditated murder for the execution-style murders of four Iraqi detainees in 2007. The court ruled Sgt. Joseph Mayo will be eligible for parole in 10 years.

Die Welt reports that German naval forces have detained seven pirates who attacked a German supply tanker off the coast of Somalia. The pirates opened fire on the civilian-crewed vessel but were driven off by an on board "mobile protection element.” A German and Greek naval unit in the vicinity gave chase and apprehended the pirates. The vessels are part of the EU mission established to counter piracy off the Horn of Africa.

The Wall Street Journal reveals President Barack Obama’s plans to support the ailing American auto industry. The White House has forced General Motors head Rick Wagoner to resign, and has asked GM to further consolidate its brands in exchange for 60 days of working capital.

Le Monde reports that the board of French carmaker Peugeot Citroen has fired Chief Executive Christian Streiff and replaced him with Philippe Varin, who will take up the position on June 1.

Berliner Zeitung says the head of Germany's national rail operator has offered his resignation, following revelations of extensive spying on company staff by management.

Sporting Times says FIFA has called for a full investigation into a stampede at a soccer match in Ivory Coast, that killed 19 people and injured more than 130 others on Sunday.