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Scientists in the US have announced a major success in nuclear fusion research. For the first time, more energy was generated than consumed in the process of fusing atomic nuclei, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said with reference to experiments conducted at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. Is this the dawn of a new energy era?

The new government in Copenhagen is composed of parties both left and right of the centre. The cross-party cabinet, a rare constellation for Denmark, will consist of the Social Democrats, the conservative-liberal Venstre party and the liberal Moderates, the current Social Democratic caretaker prime minister Mette Frederiksen announced. The press is cautiously optimistic.

Following Eva Kaili's arrest, today the EU Parliament will discuss the removal from office of the currently suspended Vice President. Kaili is suspected of having accepted large sums of money from Qatar in exchange for influencing EU decisions. Belgian prosecutors have charged Kaili and several other suspects with corruption and forming a criminal organisation. Europe's press debates the consequences.

A second execution has been carried out in Iran in connection with the protests that started almost three months ago against the leadership of the Islamic Republic. Majid Reza Rahnavard, 23, was convicted of killing two security officers with a knife and publicly hanged on Monday, the country's judiciary reported. Several other protesters are on an execution list. What happens now?