Meanwhile, Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli operations in Lebanon will intensify despite the supposed truce, with more than 120 airstrikes launched in a single day and Beirut hit again for the first time in weeks. The UN has described the scale of destruction as horrific.
It’s also been another high-profile week for Xi Jinping, as Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić received China’s Friendship Medal alongside fresh Chinese investment worth a billion euros. But while there were celebrations in Beijing, there were mass anti-government protests in Belgrade, with demonstrators blaming corruption and opaque Chinese-backed infrastructure deals after the deadly collapse of a train station canopy that killed sixteen people.
And it’s been a sweltering week across Western Europe as a record-breaking May heatwave sent Parisians diving into the Seine and Canal Saint-Martin for social media clicks — despite police handing out fines to anyone caught jumping into the water.
Meanwhile in Scotland, Peter Murrell, the former chief executive of the SNP and ex-husband of Nicola Sturgeon, pleaded guilty to embezzling party funds on what police described as a lavish lifestyle he couldn’t afford.
Produced by Gavin Lee, Théophille Vareille, Emmanuel Miculita, Guillaume Gougeon, Alessandro Xenos and Laura Burloux
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