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The town of Torre-Pacheco in southern Spain has been the scene of rioting and racist violence over the last few days. The unrest erupted after a pensioner was reportedly attacked by young people with a migrant background and right-wing extremists launched a "hunt for migrants" in the town where many agricultural workers from Morocco live. The police sent in reinforcements and ten people were arrested.

Many observers are concerned about the harmful effects of artificial intelligence on humanity. A new study by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is now fuelling fears that AI is slowing down human development progress. Commentators make suggestions as to how governments and leaders can steer the influence of AI in the right direction.

People around the world marked the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre on Friday. In July 1995, during the Bosnian war, Bosnian-Serb forces invaded a protection zone set up by the United Nations and killed over 8,000 Bosniaks. The crime is now internationally recognised as genocide. A look at Europe's press shows why remembrance is still so important.

A new round in the tariff dispute: US President Trump has announced 30-percent tariffs on goods from the EU and Mexico as of 1 August. The EU Commission is pinning its hopes on the ongoing negotiations - the introduction of counter-tariffs on US goods, which was originally scheduled for today, has been postponed until the end of the month. Commentators take a closer look at Trump's strategy and Europe's resilience.

Thirty members of the Kurdish PKK burnt their weapons in northern Iraq on Friday in a symbolic step towards ending their insurgency against the Turkish state, which began in 1984. One of the group's leaders said that they would now try to achieve their goals by political means. The press examines the prospects for the peace process.