Press Review

Apr 16 2025 22 ep. 6 mins 909

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An overview of the stories making the French and international newspaper headlines. From Monday to Friday live at 7:20am and 9:20am Paris time.

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'Mysterious' and 'violent' prison attacks captivate French papers

Apr 16 2025 6 mins

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, April 16: Attacks on nine prisons in France receive wide coverage in the French papers. Next, four Russian journalists have been arrested on charges of extremism over their work with Alexei Navalny. Also, Canada braces for elections, although hockey takes precedence over television debates. In sports news, Paris Saint-Germain are through to the semi-fina

'Sow fear and divide society': Papers react to Hungary's anti-LGBTQ amendment

Apr 15 2025 6 mins

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, April 15: The press are marking the two-year anniversary of the deadly civil war in Sudan. Also, papers in Hungary react to an amendment limiting the rights of LGBTQ people and dual nationals. Next, two teenagers are arrested in Kenya for attempting to smuggle 5,000 ants out of the country. Finally, Catalan architect Gaudi gets holy recognition on his path

Steel steals the limelight as UK government comes to rescue of British Steel

Apr 14 2025 6 mins

PRESS REVIEW – Monday, April 14: As the UK government swoops to the rescue of British Steel, papers ask whether its Chinese owners Jingwe may have sabotaged the plant, and whether nationalisation could come back into fashion. In other news, newly elected president Brice Nguema Oligui is lauded by the Gabonese press, while French papers point to his similarities with the regime he

'Paul Simon, the painter of Buchenwald': Papers commemorate camp's liberation

Apr 11 2025 6 mins

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, April 11: Papers react to the news that Chinese nationals are being recruited by Russia on social media to fight in Ukraine. In Israel, hundreds of reservists who denounced the war in Gaza have been fired. Next, the world commemorates the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp by US forces. Le Monde tells the incredible story of the "watercolour pa

'Mistake upon a mistake': Chinese papers react to Trump's tariffs

Apr 10 2025 6 mins

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, April 10: Trump's tariffs continue to make front pages around the world and in particular in China. In Germany, a coalition between the Conservatives and the Social Democrats has been reached, five months after the collapse of Olaf Scholz's government. Meanwhile, data centres are running out of space, and might be sent to the Moon. Next, Paris Saint-Germa

'Tariff tsunami' and 'Chinese waves': Papers react to trade war

Apr 09 2025 6 mins

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, April 9: Papers around the world react to US President Donald Trump's tariffs and discuss the impact they could have on the economy. Also, fighting continues to wreak havoc in Myanmar as locals set up fundraisers. Meanwhile, locals of Rabat and San Sebastian are not happy with the 2030 FIFA World Cup. Finally, a German farmer finds his wedding ring in hi

Chinese press: 'Arrogant' Trump's threats will not intimidate China

Apr 08 2025 7 mins

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, April 8: There's defiance, anger and determination from the Chinese press, which react to Donald Trump's threats to impose up to 104 percent tariffs on Chinese goods. Opinions say China has the upper hand in this war of words. Also: Trump's Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr is forced to endorse the measles vaccine after the death of a second child in T

Marine Le Pen: France's Martin Luther King? Papers react to far-right rally

Apr 07 2025 5 mins

PRESS REVIEW – Monday, April 7: French and European papers react to Marine Le Pen's rally in Paris following her sentence which bans her from public office. Next, Donald Trump's tariffs continue to send shockwaves around the world. Also, Australia's upcoming elections are seen under a climate change lense in the papers. Finally, very old tortoises become first-time parents in Phi

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is ousted. What comes next?

Apr 04 2025 6 mins

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, April 4: We bring you reactions from South Korea after the constitutional court upholds parliament's impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. What comes next for the disgraced leader? Also, we look at reactions from Hungary after Prime Minister Viktor Orban withdraws his country from the ICC. Plus: a US tourist is arrested after leaving a can of Diet Coke fo

'Looney tariffs', 'Trump's dumb war': How the press reacted to 'Liberation Day'

Apr 03 2025 6 mins

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, April 3: There's disbelief, anger and scepticism in the international press after US President Donald Trump announces tariffs hikes on the US's international trade partners. Also: fury continues after the deaths of 15 aid workers in Gaza last month, which the UN now blames on Israeli forces. Plus: Paris's Fondation Louis Vuitton will honour British artist