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Sa nomination par le roi fait d'elle la deuxième femme seulement à diriger un gouvernement dans le monde arabe.

La foule a acclamé Ben Dancer lorsqu'il a relevé son défi, et il s'est maintenant rendu à l'hôpital pour un contrôle.

Les proches des victimes ont confié à la BBC être soulagés d'avoir enfin un verdict, douze ans après l'accident.

In Metz, on the last stop of his France tour, Pope Leo XIV stressed the importance of Europe and its fundamental values for "maintaining peaceful relations". He called for dialogue, courage in negotiations and multilateralism and also paid tribute to Robert Schuman, one of the founding fathers of the EU who worked in Metz for many years. Commentators examine the background to this encouraging speech.

Israel will elect a new parliament on 27 October. The vote will determine the future of the right-wing conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has led the country on and off in multiple tenures since 1996. Netanyahu's Likud party has been governing in a coalition with ultra-Orthodox partners since 2022. The media take a look at the heated election campaign.

The Swedish Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson has announced that her party's exploratory talks with the Left Party have failed. Although the centre-left bloc secured a narrow majority in the recent parliamentary election the attempts to form a government failed after the Left Party voted for Andreas Norlén of the Moderates, the long-serving Speaker of the Riksdag. The Swedish press takes stock.