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PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, June 12: France's Les Républicains party leader Eric Ciotti has backed an alliance with the far-right National Rally. The move is causing outrage within his party, with many calling for his resignation. Also, the UK's Conservative Party has launched its manifesto ahead of the general election. In other news, we look at a harrowing investigation into the use of children in the European drug trade. Finally, a controversial livestock tax has been scrapped in New Zealand.

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, June 11: We take a look through the French and foreign papers as the French left unites to block the far right in the upcoming snap parliamentary elections. How will French citizens vote? Also: we look at the media coverage of Caitlin Clark, a star US women's basketball player, who has been omitted from the Olympic team. Finally, a British candidate for MP unveils the world's first AI bot that will campaign on his behalf!

PRESS REVIEW – Monday, June 10: French President Emmanuel Macron stuns the country by announcing the dissolution of parliament, after his party is trounced by the far-right National Rally in the European elections. The papers in France are calling it an extraordinary gamble. The news also makes a splash internationally, with one German paper calling for Chancellor Olaf Scholz to follow in Macron's footsteps. 

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, June 7: We begin by looking at how Lebanon could get caught up in Israel's war against Hamas. The Italian dailies hail a golden era for Italian tennis, with players reaching the women's final (Jasmine Paolini) and men's doubles final (Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori), as well as Jannik Sinner becoming world number one. Plus: a fascinating article about Greek researchers who recreated 15th-century battle conditions to test the durability of the Dendra panoply. Finally, the winners of the Comedy Pet Photo awards are announced!

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, June 6: World leaders gather in Normandy to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings. The geopolitical context today is very different: Russia's Vladimir Putin was not invited to the commemorations, despite the significant role Russia played in World War II. We look at front pages and take a deep dive into how the papers covered D-Day in 1944. Also: a 100-year-old D-Day veteran plans to get married right near the beaches where so many of his friends died.

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, June 5: A dried-up salt lake in Uzbekistan is unable to support local farmers. Also, US President Joe Biden's executive order to cut migration on the Mexican border leads to backlash on the left and fails to impress on the right. In other news, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak seemed in fighting form for the first time in his election campaign at the leaders' debate on Tuesday. Finally, UK far-right leader Nigel Farage takes a milkshake to the face, and not for the first time.