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Several fires have been raging for days in the Los Angeles area. At least ten people have died, hundreds of thousands have been evacuated and thousands of homes have been destroyed. The LA Fire Department has described it as "one of the most destructive natural disasters" in the history of the Californian metropolis. Commentators see different causes and a number of necessary consequences.

Elon Musk, the richest person in the world and future US presidential adviser, chatted with Alice Weidel, the leader of Germany's AfD, for 75 minutes in a livestream on his platform X. Musk also clearly endorsed the far-right party. Europe's media analyse the conversation – along with Musk's power and motives.

Jean-Marie Le Pen died on Tuesday at the age of 96. Having founded the far-right Front National in 1972 - the predecessor of today's Rassemblement National - he reached the runoff vote in the French presidential election in 2002. In 2011 he handed over the party leadership to his daughter Marine. What is his legacy?

Elon Musk, Big Tech billionaire and future head of the US Department of Government Efficiency, is increasingly interfering in European politics. Only weeks before the German parliamentary elections he has endorsed the AfD and called Chancellor Olaf Scholz an "incompetent fool". He also accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer of failing to properly investigate an abuse scandal when the latter was the UK's Director of Public Prosecutions.