BBC Europe – Trump readies for ‘robust’ G7 summit in Sicily. US President Donald Trump will attend a G7 summit with leaders of the world’s major economies in Sicily, Italy, on the last leg of his first foreign trip. A tough debate is expected on issues including trade and climate change. Four of the group’s leaders – including Mr Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May – will be sitting around the table for the first time.
FRANCE
Les Echos
Notaires: reform takes tiny steps
Despite the creation of 520 new positions, only 14 notaries have been appointed to date.
GERMANY
German police raid Audi HQ over emissions fraud
For Volkswagen, Audis embattled parent company, the emissions-cheating scandal now reaches a new, dramatic level. Officers and prosecutors have searched offices at Audi headquarters in the Bavarian city of Ingolstadt, as well as offices in other German states.
ITALY
Soldiers and policemen knifed in Milan central station
At 8pm on Thursday evening, a 20-year-old man stabbed a police officer and two soldiers in Milan’s Central Station. The young man, an Italian-Tunisian who had previously been arrested for drug trafficking, turned on the officers during a routine check. He was later charged with attempted murder. According to investigators, the assailant had begun to display fundamentalist leanings.
SPAIN
Spain plans to reinforce security measures at sports events and concerts
After reviewing details of the recent suicide attack at a pop concert in Manchester, Spain’s Interior Ministry has decided to keep the country’s terrorism threat level at 4, the second highest. This level was activated in June 2015 in the wake of attacks in Tunisia, France and Kuwait, and means increased monitoring of critical infrastructure such as airports, nuclear power plant and travel hubs
BELGIUM
Le Soir
Trum shakes his allies
Startling attack on Nato allies over financial contributions.
CYPRUS
Eide calls a halt to shuttle diplomacy, no clear way forward
“Without a prospect for common ground, there is no basis for continuing this shuttle diplomacy,” he said in a short announcement.
Eide said he had on Friday morning the two leaders accordingly, and the ambassadors of the five Permanent Members of the Security Council in a joint meeting. He will now inform the Secretary-General and seek his advice on the way forward, he said.
DENMARK
22-year-old who stopped cyber attacks: We were not ready at all.
Marcus Hutchins was dubbed ‘The Random Hero’ and ‘The Dark Knight’ of the Net, as he prevented the cyber attack with the WannaCry software to become even more disastrous. After two sleepless weeks, he gave his first public speech on Wednesday
GREECE
Bomb blast targets former Greek PM Papademos’ car; one injury reported
An explosion targeting the car of former Greek prime minister and central banker Lucas Papademos was reported on Thursday afternoon, at roughly 6.30 p.m. local time, in central Athens.
One injury was reported, with the first indications pointing to the vehicle’s driver. No word was available on whether Papademos was in the car at the time of the blast.
PORTUGAL
Union says civil service strike is having a walk-out of about 90%
U S A
Trump Calls for Probe After British Complaints of Manchester Investigation Leaks
President Donald Trump, already angry about leaks from U.S. intelligence agencies, has called for an investigation into how sensitive information the British shared with key allies on the Manchester terror bombing ended up in news reports.
