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Friday’s front pages continue their political coverage – an ongoing theme in recent weeks, with a couple of papers looking across the pond to the news of Donald Trump being found guilty in his hush-money trial. 

Elsewhere, the latest from the UK political landscape is also featured heavily on the front pages as the general election looms. 

The back pages bring you the latest from the Premier League as complaints over the jam-packed football schedule continue to dominate the sports world. Elsewhere, the back pages also look ahead to Saturday’s Champions League final at Wembley where Borussia Dortmund will face Real Madrid. Londoner Jadon Sancho will face fellow Englishman Jude Bellingham.

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Slovak PM moved to home care after shooting Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has been transferred from a hospital in Banska Bystrica to his home in Bratislava, two weeks after being critically wounded in a shooting incident. The hospital announced that Fico is now under “home nursing care” as he continues his recovery. The 59-year-old PM was airlifted to Bratislava for further treatment and rehabilitation. He was shot four times at close range on May…

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Spain passes amnesty law for Catalan nationalists Spain’s Congress has approved the government’s contentious Catalan amnesty law, which now faces implementation after overcoming its final parliamentary hurdle. The law seeks to withdraw pending legal actions against Catalan nationalists involved in separatist activities, including the 2017 referendum and failed independence bid. The law passed with a narrow majority: 177 lawmakers voted in favour, while 172 voted against. Introduced by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Party (PSOE),…

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South Africa’s ANC on course to lose majority South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), is poised to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time in 30 years, according to partial results from Wednesday’s parliamentary election. With over 50% of voting districts counted, the ANC leads with 42% of the vote, followed by the Democratic Alliance (DA) with 23%, the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party of former President Jacob Zuma with nearly 11%,…

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India MP arrested in sex abuse case on return to country Indian police have arrested Prajwal Revanna, a lawmaker accused of sexually abusing multiple women. Revanna, who fled India on April 27, was detained upon his arrival from Germany in Bengaluru on Friday. He denies all allegations. Revanna, 33, is a member of the Janata Dal (Secular) party, an ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. He is seeking re-election from the Hassan…

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Thousands rally in NZ in support of Māori rights Thousands of people participated in protests across New Zealand on Thursday, expressing anger over what they say is a government erosion of Māori rights. The demonstrations coincided with the centre-right coalition government’s announcement of its first budget, which included tax cuts and outlined savings in sectors such as housing and conservation. The finance minister rejected claims that funding cuts targeted programs benefiting Māori, asserting that the…

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Hong Kong convicts 14 activists of subversion in biggest security case Hong Kong has found 14 pro-democracy activists guilty of subversion, marking the largest application of the China-imposed National Security Law to date. The convicted individuals include former lawmakers Leung Kwok-hung and Helena Wong, journalist-turned-campaigner Gwyneth Ho, and ordinary citizens like nurse Winnie Yu who participated in the 2019 mass protests. These activists were among 47 charged with attempting to “overthrow” the government by organising…

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Deadly end to Mexico campaign as local candidate shot The leading candidates in Mexico’s presidential election have concluded their final campaign rallies ahead of Sunday’s vote. The campaign has been marked by violence, including the recent assassination of a mayoral candidate in Guerrero state. Nationally, either Claudia Sheinbaum, an ally of the left-wing incumbent President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, or Xóchitl Gálvez, a former senator from the main centre-right party, is poised to become Mexico’s…

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Israel extends control of Gaza’s entire land border The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have announced that they have taken control of the Philadelphi Corridor, a strategically important buffer zone along the Gaza-Egypt border. This move means Israel now controls Gaza’s entire land border. An IDF spokesman claims that about 20 tunnels used by Hamas for weapon smuggling have been discovered within the zone. However, Egyptian sources have denied this claim, suggesting Israel is attempting to…

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