THE REVIEW 📰

Here is what Europe’s papers are talking about today.

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🇪🇸 Massive Corruption Scandal Shakes Spain’s PSOE

The resignation of PSOE’s Santos Cerdán over illegal commissions and rigged primaries has plunged Spain’s ruling party into disarray. A firestorm of leaked audios and secret deals has eroded Sánchez’s credibility, but the Prime Minister refuses to call elections.

• El País — “Corruption topples Cerdán and Sánchez apologises”
• La Razón — “PSOE’s financial secrets explode into the spotlight”
• ABC — “Corruption and vote-rigging: Cerdán falls, Sánchez clings on”
• El Mundo — “Cerdán report reveals criminal plot across Sánchez’s 11 years”

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🇮🇳 Air India Jet Crashes – Single British Survivor Amid 290 Dead

A catastrophic Air India crash in Ahmedabad left only one man alive — British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, seated in 11A. His escape — walking bloodied from the wreck — is front-page news across the UK and Ireland. Several European papers also lead with horror at the tragedy.

• Financial Times — “More than 240 die as Air India flight crashes in Gujarat”
• The Times — “Crash leaves sole survivor”
• Daily Mirror — “Miracle in Seat 11A”
• Metro — “Brit is only survivor of Flight 171”
• Irish Daily Mirror — “Miracle in Seat 11A”

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🇳🇱 Netherlands Accelerates Housing Push

The Dutch government is fast-tracking development at 24 sites to address dire housing shortages.

• De Telegraaf — “Rush behind housing construction”

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🇵🇹 Portugal’s Emergency Services on the Brink

Overwhelmed health services are granted permission to exceed legal work hour limits amid mounting pressure.

• Jornal de Notícias — “Overtime at INEM to avoid ‘critical situation’”

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🇳🇴 Dagbladet Warns: ‘Ukraine Will Fall’

The paper blasts Kremlin demands as masked surrender terms, predicting collapse without more Western resolve.

• Dagbladet — “Ukraine will fall — military experts warn against Putin’s peace conditions”

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🇩🇰 Gaza War Causes Rifts in Danish Society

New trust data shows Israel–Gaza tensions have polarised Danes more than the war in Ukraine.

• Politiken — “War in Gaza creates conflict in Denmark”

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🇲🇹 Malta Narrowly Avoids Fatal Collapse

While no one was hurt, locals are outraged — fearing another avoidable disaster like the 2023 Jean Paul Sofia tragedy.

• Malta Independent — “Building collapses in Paceville; 32 evacuated just in time”

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🇨🇭 Swiss Debate Pensions, Media Cuts, and Tourism Rescue

Rural regions fear post-landslide economic collapse without summer visitors. Meanwhile, Switzerland faces harsh reforms in pensions and broadcasting.

• NZZ — “Council votes to raise pension levies sharply”
• Tages Anzeiger — “When companies pay for babies: fertility benefits stir ethics debate”
• Blick — “Tourists, come to Lötschental!”

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🇬🇧 UK Front Pages Drenched in Grief

Nearly every major and regional UK paper covers the Air India crash, many focusing on the survivor or the toll on British families.

• Daily Mail — “I don’t know how I’m alive”
• Daily Express — “Miracle of man in seat 11A who walked away”
• The Guardian — “At least 260 die as plane crashes in India”
• The i — “British man walks away from crash that kills hundreds”
• Manchester Evening News — “We stand in solidarity with victims of this terrible tragedy”

Today in the UK 🇬🇧