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President Andrzej Duda has nominated the current Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of the conservative PiS to form a government, despite the opposition camp having jointly won more seats in the parliamentary elections. Duda, who was a leading member of the PiS before becoming president, said he was continuing the good tradition according to which it is the leading parliamentary group that gets the first chance to form a government. Commentators find his stance unconstructive.

British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has caused a stir with her plan to impose severe fines on charities that distribute free tents to the homeless. Braverman explained that the legislation would target people who sleep rough as a "lifestyle choice". The response in the press is divided.

General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian armed forces, says his country's war with Russia has reached a stalemate on the battlefield. In an article in The Economist, he blamed this on the lack of combat aircraft and soldiers. Former Zelensky adviser Oleksiy Arestovych says the Ukrainian president is unable to acknowledge the reality of the situation. Europe's media discuss what to make of the criticism.

At an international summit in the UK, 28 countries from five continents, including China, have agreed to work together to regulate artificial intelligence. In a declaration they emphasised their intention to better understand and collectively manage the risks of AI. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke of a "milestone". Commentators discuss where to go from here.

Before the brutal 7 October attack on Israel by radical-Islamic Hamas there were mass demonstrations against Benjamin Netanyahu and his ultranationalist religious goverment. These have now disappeared in the face of the threat to the country, but criticism is still being voiced, such as when Netanyahu blamed the intelligence network for not warning about the terror attacks. In the eyes of media commentators, Netanyahu is simply incompetent.