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The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted 36 years ago today, on 20 November 1989. On this World Children's Rights Day the media discuss why birth rates continue to decline and Europe's societies face ageing demographics.

The Social Democratic Party led by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen suffered heavy defeats in Tuesday's municipal and regional elections. Although it retained its position as the strongest party nationwide, securing around 23 percent of the vote, it lost more than five percentage points compared to 2021 and also the mayoral seat in Copenhagen for the first time in decades. Commentators conclude that voters wanted to punish the government.

The UN Security Council has endorsed US President Trump's Gaza peace plan with a resolution that provides for the deployment of an international force to stabilise the ceasefire and evokes a 'pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood'. Commentators examine whether the resolution could bring peace to the region.

The US House of Representatives and Senate have approved the release of confidential files from the investigations into the Epstein scandal. Now the law still needs to be signed by US President Trump, who has long resisted the release of the documents even though he promised to go along with it during his election campaign. Could the files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein pose a threat to the president?