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The new parliamentary group Identity and Democracy (ID) was founded in the European Parliament last week. Under the leadership of the Italian Lega politician Marco Zanni the group occupies 73 of the parliament's 751 seats. But commentators say that the new alliance has little in common with the big alliance of anti-European parties Lega boss Matteo Salvini had envisaged in the election campaign.

Hundreds of thousands of people once again demonstrated in Hong Kong on the weekend. Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Saturday suspended the planned extradition law and apologised to the people. But the demonstrators are still calling for her to step down and for the controversial bill, which would allow alleged criminals to be extradited to mainland China, to be scrapped.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) wants to abolish the TV licence fees exemption of over-75s to compensate for financial losses. It says the only alternative would be cutbacks in its programme. Should public broadcasters receive support to help them hold their own against pay TV broadcasters, or are they just a relic of the past?

The remains of Imre Nagy, former head of government and Hungarian national hero since his execution in 1956, were reburied 30 years ago. At the public ceremony marking Nagy's rehabilitation on June 16, 1989, Viktor Orbán, the incumbent prime minister, called for Soviet troops to withdraw from Hungary. Commentators take stock 30 years on.

Explosives caused fires to break out on two tankers anchored in the Gulf of Oman. The Norwegian Maritime Authority has confirmed that one of the ships was attacked. The incident occurred in one of the world's most important waterways, which connects the oil-rich Gulf region with the open sea. For weeks now tensions have been growing in the region between the US and Iran. Who was behind the attack and what does this portend?