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This year, the situation is not looking good at all for gender equality for women and girls worldwide. "Progress in women's rights won over decades is vanishing before our eyes," said UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the occasion of International Women's Day. Crises, war and extremism are the main reasons why true equality is still 300 years away, he said. Europe's press examines different levels of the problem.

An unverified video has been circulating on the internet which shows a Ukrainian prisoner of war being shot by presumably Russian soldiers. According to the Ukrainian army, the man was a Ukrainian soldier who had last fought near Bakhmut and had been missing since 3 February.

In France, the string of nationwide strikes and demonstrations against the government's pension reform plans continued on Tuesday. According to the authorities, 1.3 million people took to the streets across the country. Long-distance and local trains were cancelled, teachers staged walkouts and refineries were blocked. Where is this all going?

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has adopted an unusually sharp tone against the West. Led by the US, the Western countries have contained, encircled and suppressed China, he said on the sidelines of the National People's Congress in Beijing, according to state news agency Xinhua. Commentators discuss what the remarks portend.