Pedro Sánchez's left-wing government has been rocked by a new corruption scandal after a report emerged according to which the secretary general of his ruling PSOE party, Santos Cerdán, received bribes for awarding public work contracts. The government has been plagued by allegations of corruption for some time, with Sánchez's wife and brother having been implicated. However so far the prime minister has rejected calls for a snap election.

A new memorial to the Polish victims of the German occupation during the Second World War, a boulder weighing 30 tonnes, has been unveiled in Berlin's government district. Located on the site of the former Kroll Opera House, where Hitler announced the invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, it is set to be replaced by a permanent institution, a German-Polish House. What do the media in the two countries have to say about the project?

The town of Ballymena in Northern Ireland has seen several nights of rioting with cases of arson and violent clashes with the police. Migrants there and in other locations across the country are living in fear. The riots were triggered by the arrest of two Romanian-speaking teenagers on suspicion of rape. The media take a look at the causes of the unrest.

Israel has expanded the military operation it began against Iran on Friday and attacked nuclear and military facilities, as well as oil and gas fields. Tehran responded with repeated drone and missile attacks on Israeli cities including Haifa, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. There have been numerous casualties on both sides. The European press voices concern.

Numerous representatives of the Iranian leadership have been killed in Israel's airstrikes. In a video message subtitled in Persian, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the Iranian people to rise up against the mullahs' "evil and murderous regime". The last mass protests in Iran took place in 2022. The media discuss whether the war with Israel could lead to a change of regime in Tehran.

Millions of people took to the streets in more than 2,000 cities across the US on Sunday to mark 'No Kings Day'. The protests were primarily directed at the authoritarian behaviour of US President Donald Trump, who is accused of overstepping his legal powers and ruling like a monarch. They also targeted Trump's rigorous immigration policy. European commentators take different views of the rallies.