Live from the newsroom, Elena Casas Montanez provides an overview of the world's newspaper headlines, from Monday to Friday at 9.10 am (and at 6.20 am and 7.10 am for France's newspapers).
IN THE PAPERS (INTERNATIONAL), 5.10.2010: Italy's papers are still agog about the latest sex scandals to hit Silvio Berlusconi. The Italian premier has hinted the mob might be behind the allegations. Australia's papers meanwhile all lead on the engine failure on a Qantas flight from Singapore to Sydney. Finally, can your maths ability improve if your brain is zapped with an electrical current?!
Violence against African migrants this week in Tel Aviv has sparked angry debate in Israel. Haaretz is accusing members of Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party of "incitement". That - and the latest on the Facebook IPO fiasco - is the focus for this look at the world's papers this Friday 25th May, 2012.
The French press looks at the latest bad news for the economy. Air France is restructuring and layoffs are certain. Libération asks: what can the new left-wing government do? This as Le Parisien-Aujourd'hui-en-France reports on union anger that a former Air France CEO could, despite the economic crisis, get a "jackpot" bonus. That's the focus for this Friday, 25th May 2012.
Today we focus on the Egyptian elections - will the military be the real winners? We're also looking at Quebec's student protests, and the race to save this year's Parmesan.
Has Obama's policy in Afghanistan been a disaster, why is Syria's conflict tipping over into Lebanon, and who's going to win the Egyptian election? It's all in the international press review.