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Former US president George H. W. Bush has died aged 94. As 41st president of the United States he succeeded Ronald Regan in 1989 - the year the Berlin Wall came down - and shaped Western politics in a time of radical change. While some commentators praise the president's handling of events others point to his mistakes.

The conflict over the Sea of Azov shows no sign of abating. At the G20 summit Putin said that there could be no peace with the current Ukrainian government in power. After the declaration of martial law in Ukraine all Russian men between 16 and 60 have been banned from entering the country. Commentators see the situation as extremely complicated.

In Spain a far-right party has won seats in one of the country's regional parliaments for the first time since the end of the Franco era. In Andalusia, the most heavily populated region, 12 of the 109 seats went to the Vox party, giving the conservative parties a majority in the regional parliament. What does this far-right victory mean for Spain?

Celebrations on Saturday marking the 100th anniversary of Romania's union with the former Hungarian Province of Transylvania were marred by protests. With this territorial enlargement after World War I the country increased its size by roughly one third. Commentators take a negative view of the past 100 years.

Officially, a sustainable food future and an inclusive future of work are on the agenda at the G20 summit. But current affairs like the reignited Ukraine conflict, the trade dispute between the US and China, and the Khashoggi case are likely to dominate the agenda in Buenos Aires. Europe's commentators ask what the G20 can do to address all these issues.