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The diplomatic crisis between Saudi Arabia and Canada seems likely to escalate. Riyadh has instructed all Saudi students and patients to leave Canada. The crisis was triggered by a tweet by Canadian foreign minister Chrystia Freeland in which she called for civil rights activist Samar Badawi to be freed. Commentators criticise Europe for not supporting Ottawa in the row.

In Slovenia Marjan Šarec is to lead a minority government consisting of five parties and supported by the eco-socialist Left Party. His newly founded LMS came second in the election at the start of June. The conservative winner, Janez Janša, was unable to form a majority. Journalists doubt that Šarec, a former comedian, will be able to successfully manage the centre-left government.

After the cabin crew strikes Ryanair pilots in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium and Ireland now plan to strike on Friday. The budget airline has announced that the flights of 55,000 customers across Europe will be cancelled. Journalists back the employees and praise the collective struggle for better conditions of employment.

Italy's government has passed a series of laws that partially repeal the previous government's labour market reform. For example, measures easing protection against dismissal have been rescinded and the relocation of production abroad is subject to fines. Italy's press lambastes this first major legislative package put forward by the Lega Nord-Cinque Stella coalition.

Tesla boss Elon Musk announced in a tweet that he was considering taking his company off the stock market. As a result Tesla's share price rose rapidly and the US Security and Exchange Commission began making inquiries about whether the message was based on fact and why it was made via Twitter. Europe's commentary columns are also puzzling over the tweet.

A Spanish Nato fighter jet has accidentally fired a missile over Estonia. The Estonian armed forces reported that the Eurofighter unintentionally fired the projectile containing up to ten kilogrammes of explosives near the city of Otepää in southern Estonia. It is currently being searched for. Estonia's media find the incident unnerving.