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This past weekend saw the biggest protest rally in the Czech Republic since the Velvet Revolution 30 years ago. Weeks of mass protests against Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš over a corruption scandal culminated on Sunday in a mass demonstration in Prague. Organisers say 250,000 people took part. Commentators are with them all they way.

A Russian MP who took the seat designated for the President of the General Assembly during the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy has triggered anti-Russian protests and riots in Tbilisi. After the incident Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili called Russia an 'enemy and occupier', to which the Kremlin responded by announcing that it was suspending Russian flights to Georgia as of 8 July.

After the shooting down of a US drone in the Persian Gulf by the Iranian National Guard President Trump deployed fighter jets to attack Iranian missile systems. In the last minute, however, he called off the strikes. Commentators observe the tense situation with concern, analyse Trump's tactics and criticise Europe's lack of any sort of plan.

According to media reports Boris Johnson, who currently stands the best chance of becoming British prime minister, had a heated argument with his girlfriend. Concerned neighbours called the police, who, however, saw no reason to intervene. Commentators disagree as to whether the ex-foreign secretary's private life should be a matter of public debate.

The shooting down of a US drone in the Persian Gulf by the Iranian National Guard has exacerbated tensions between the USA and Iran. Last week already saw attacks on tankers, which Washington blamed on Tehran. Commentators worry that the conflict could end in war.