It was widely predicted Marine Le Pen would profit from the Toulouse shootings to rise in the polls. That didn't happen and her poll numbers are falling - but among 18 to 24-year-olds, she's the most popular candidate.
Eva Joly is back on all France's front pages today - as the Green presidential candidate continues to make life difficult for Socialist François Hollande. The papers also ask why France doesn't care more about its unemployed youth, and look at tomorrow's elections in Morocco.
This special edition of the programme is brought to you from Tunis, nine months after Tunisia’s revolution. With almost 11,000 candidates and over 100 political parties, it is time for Tunisians to go to the polls. Citizens are set to elect the men and women who will re-write the country’s constitution and herald in a new democracy.
More and more, the opposition inside Syria is fighting back. Faced with a crackdown now into its seventh month, opponents of the Assad regime argue over whether outside intervention is now needed to tip the scales.
More and more, the opposition inside Syria is fighting back. Faced with a crackdown now into its seventh month, opponents of the Assad regime argue over whether outside intervention is now needed to tip the scales.
Update your reading list this week with our pick of two of the best sophisticated teenage novels. These complex books play with the conventions of the genre to express the violent experience of coming of age. Eleanor Catton's "The Rehearsal" is a clever read centred around theatre and high school drama, while "The Raising" by Laura Kasischke unravels the truth behind a tragic college car crash.
They call themselves the Bana Danger, Momi Fiuu or Tokyo Girls. On the estates in Paris or Nice where they live, they rule the roost, using the internet and mobile phones to brag about their violent, provocative behaviour. In recent months, these French girl gangs have grown and attacks are becoming increasingly violent. We take you inside a girl gang to meet these girls whose lives revolve around the gang.
London is experiencing its worst social unrest in almost two decades. Burning cars, widespread looting, and stand-offs between the crowd and the police: it's hard to believe these are scenes taking place in the capital city of one of the world's richest countries. There are also reports of troubles in other cities, including Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool. Laura Baines and her panel discuss what could be the cause of the riots.
London is experiencing its worst social unrest in almost two decades. Burning cars, widespread looting, and stand-offs between the crowd and the police: it's hard to believe these are scenes taking place in the capital city of one of the world's richest countries. There are also reports of troubles in other cities, including Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool. Laura Baines and her panel discuss what could be the cause of the riots.
Thousands of demonstrators returned to the Spanish capital's Puerta del Sol on Sunday to vent their frustration at the country's political establishment and soaring unemployment rates.
