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Former police officer Wayne Couzens has been convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering 33-year-old Sarah Everard and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The investigation of the crime and its institutional background is far from over, the media admonish.

The majority of Berliners voted on Sunday for the expropriation of housing belonging to private housing companies that own more than 3,000 apartments in the city. However, the vote is not legally binding. Media all over Europe are discussing the referendum. While some dismiss its goals as unrealistic, others see it as a sign of the times - and not just for Berlin.

Putin and Erdoğan have met for talks in Sochi. Ankara insisted on the meeting after Russian warplanes intensified their attacks on pro-Turkish militias in the Syrian province of Idlib in recent weeks - despite the ceasefire that the two parties agreed on in March 2020. Journalists are already analysing the encounter even though no concrete results have been announced so far.

Hardly a day goes by without a controversial debate about Eric Zemmour in the French media. The journalist, who has been convicted several times for spreading racial hatred, is making a name for himself with far-right positions and is flirting with the idea of running for president in the 2022 elections. Commentators examine whether and how Zemmour could change French politics.

A debate has flared up in Spain after the Pope apologised for the "painful errors" committed by the Church in Mexico during the conquest of Latin America in a gesture marking the bicentenary of Mexican independence. The Spanish right, and above all Isabel Díaz Ayuso of the PP, interpreted the apology as an affront to Spain, a former colonial power. Commentaries in Spanish media reveal how much perceptions on this side and the other side of the Atlantic differ to this day.