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The German Bundestag has passed a resolution recognising the Holodomor in Ukraine, in which several million people starved to death in 1932 and 1933, as genocide. Gabriela Heinrich, an MP for the governing Social Democratic Party, said that the famine was "wanted and planned" by Stalin. Commentators take different views on the resolution.

Britain recorded peak migration levels in the twelve months leading up to June 2022. Around 500,000 more people arrived in the UK than left it - a record that is putting pressure on the Tories, who promised to restrict immigration. But what about the positive effects?

Spain's Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska is under fire over a new investigation into the events at the Moroccan-Spanish border crossing in Melilla on 24 June. At least 23 people died and dozens went missing when migrants attempted to storm the border fence and cross into the Spanish exclave. The Minister of the Interior insisted at the time that the Spanish police had acted according to the law.

At the fifth meeting of the Nato foreign ministers to be held this year, Russia's war against Ukraine is once again the focus of attention. This time the diplomats are focusing on how to supply Ukraine's suffering population with electricity and water this winter. Europe's press voices concern about the unity of the alliance.

According to the government of Qatar, Germany has signed a gas export deal with the state-owned enterprise Qatar Energy. Under the agreement, up to two million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year will be supplied supplied to Germany for 15 years as of 2026. Commentators criticise that the deal runs counter to the current debates about climate protection and holding the World Cup in Qatar.