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The Guardian says Temperatures in parts of southern Spain are forecast to exceed 42C on Saturday as a heatwave of “extraordinary intensity” brings dusty skies, a heightened risk of forest fires and blistering conditions more usually seen in high summer than mid-May.

Several southern French towns sizzled in record high temperatures for May on Wednesday, while the month as a whole is on track to be the…

Alarming concerns over Russian abuses against Mariupol defenders. Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters had held out for months under relentless bombardment. The US has gathered intelligence…

Daily Express says SIX Russian tanks have been pictured submerged in muddy water after a “failed river crossing” in eastern Ukraine.

Euronews says the first war crimes trial since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, against a Russian soldier accused of killing an unarmed civilian, gets underway in Kyiv on Wednesday.

The Sun says A BRITISH couple have been left stranded in Spain after cops claimed their UK driver’s licence wasn’t valid and clamped their campervan on the side of the road.

The Independent says Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has poured cold water on Sweden and Finland’s “historic” announcements that they will to apply to join Nato.

Euronews says Centrist politician Elisabeth Borne was appointed France’s new prime minister on Monday to become the second woman to hold the post in the country.

France24 says Morocco and Spain have reopened the land borders, two years after they were shut due to Covid restrictions and a major diplomatic row.

Arab News says Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday it was working to evacuate all remaining troops from their last stronghold in the besieged port of Mariupol.

The Ukrainian military’s general staff has said that fighters evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol defenders are heroes of our time. In a…

Daily Express says VLADIMIR PUTIN has been left red-faced again as a rocket launch that blasted a satellite into orbit has reportedly failed, with the probe tipped to fall back down to Earth.

Daily Express says RUSSIAN frontline soldiers were left stunned after their commander sent them six litres of vodka instead of the reinforcements they had requested.

The Independent says Sweden is set to follow Finland in applying to join Nato after the country’s ruling Social Democrats party announced on Sunday it was dropping its long-standing opposition to membership of the bloc.

Finland on high alert after Putin issues threat Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned his Finnish counterpart that joining Nato and abandoning Finland’s neutral status…

The Metro says Russia’s ambassador to the EU has said there will be a ‘military and technical’ response to Finland joining NATO.

The Metro says Vladimir Putin has suspended his top commander as he looks for people to blame for Russia’s failure in Ukraine, it is believed.

Euronews says Spain could become the first Western country to allow women to take several days of “menstrual leave” from the workplace each month under new proposed legislation to be outlined next week.

The Independent says activist and member of the Russian band Pussy Riot has fled the country disguised as a food courier after criticising Vladimir Putin’s regime.

The Guardian says Finland is expected to announce its intention to join Nato on Thursday with Sweden likely to follow soon after, diplomats and officials have said.

France24 says as global warming accelerates, the spectre of drought haunts France’s once verdant farmland.

Euronews says British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to defend Finland and Sweden if either country comes under attack.

From next week facemasks will no longer be mandatory in airports and on flights in Europe.

BBC News says Boris Johnson will visit Sweden and Finland to discuss the war in Ukraine, amid debate within both nations about whether to join the Nato alliance.

Euronews says at least one person has died and several others have been injured after two train carriages derailed and overturned near Vienna.