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The energy ministry's office has now denied that Austria was considering a resumption of imports from state-controlled Gazprom.

Israel and Iran continue to carry out missile strikes against each other, and US President Donald Trump has called on Tehran's residents to evacuate the city. In the meantime, French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that a proposal for a ceasefire is on the table. European commentators assess the consequences of the conflict for the region and beyond.

Pedro Sánchez's left-wing government has been rocked by a new corruption scandal after a report emerged according to which the secretary general of his ruling PSOE party, Santos Cerdán, received bribes for awarding public work contracts. The government has been plagued by allegations of corruption for some time, with Sánchez's wife and brother having been implicated. However so far the prime minister has rejected calls for a snap election.

A new memorial to the Polish victims of the German occupation during the Second World War, a boulder weighing 30 tonnes, has been unveiled in Berlin's government district. Located on the site of the former Kroll Opera House, where Hitler announced the invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, it is set to be replaced by a permanent institution, a German-Polish House. What do the media in the two countries have to say about the project?

The town of Ballymena in Northern Ireland has seen several nights of rioting with cases of arson and violent clashes with the police. Migrants there and in other locations across the country are living in fear. The riots were triggered by the arrest of two Romanian-speaking teenagers on suspicion of rape. The media take a look at the causes of the unrest.

La France s’est portée candidate mardi 17 juin pour accueillir à Lille la future Autorité douanière de l’Union européenne, avec l’objectif de coordonner la coopération entre les autorités douanières nationales.

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