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A new FBI probe into Hillary Clinton's use of a private server for sending emails dealing with official matters has put the US presidential candidate under pressure shortly before the election campaign ends. Some commentators accuse the FBI chief of acting without due authority and out of vanity. Others criticise the parties' behaviour towards the country's justice system.

Central Italy was once again rocked by a severe earthquake on Sunday, the worst in Italy in 36 years and the fifth destructive tremor in the region since August. The press draws attention to the tens of thousands of people left homeless and stresses that Italy cannot shoulder the costs of emergency aid and reconstruction on its own.

After its surprise victory in Lithuania's parliamentary elections, the Peasant and Greens Union has presented its first plans for government. These include a state alcohol monopoly meant to curb alcoholism in the country. Lithuanian commentators show little enthusiasm for the proposal.

A trial against Geert Wilders, the leader of the xenophobic Dutch Freedom Party (PVV), began on Monday in Amsterdam. He is accused of inciting hatred because of a speech in which he made derogative remarks about Moroccans. The Dutch press comments on the trial and asks how the Netherlands should deal with Wilders.

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