In the press - War in Ukraine: "First accusations of war crimes against mercenaries"

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In the midst of the conflict in Ukraine, mercenaries are, for the first time, accused of war crimes, reports

.

The British newspaper reveals the identity of two alleged fighters of the sulphurous Wagner group who would come from Belarus and Russia.

Some would have fought in Syria.

Men accused by the kyiv prosecutor's office of murdering and torturing civilians in the village of Motyzhyn, near kyiv, where mass graves were found.

The wave of emotion is far from falling in the world and in the small town of Uvalde in Texas after the deadly shooting in a school.

On the front pages of the international press, the same faces of innocence mowed down in a primary school classroom.

"The killing of children", headlines the Italian daily  

, while the Spanish newspaper

evokes a killing which "highlights the political incapacity in the face of the arms lobby"

The prima pagina di oggi #26maggio https://t.co/LZaZp2ocNj 📰 pic.twitter.com/a0KeLw7tB2

— Repubblica (@repubblica) May 26, 2022

A gallery of the nineteen children and two adults killed at close range by an 18-year-old madman who also covers the front page of the

, which looks back on an "immeasurable loss" for this city of Uvalde in Texas, populated of ranchers, a close-knit Mexican-American town where "lives are linked by generations of friendships and marriages."

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denounces the cynicism of the American firearms lobby.

Despite the tragedy, the National Rifle Association (NRA) has decided to hold its annual convention in Texas this Friday.

It will be held just four hours from the scene of the tragedy with Donald Trump among the guest stars but also Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Senator Ted Cruz.

They are drawn by Matt Wuerker in

walking on tiptoe to avoid soiling their shoes with the blood of victims.

News Item: In aftermath of another school shooting Former President Trump and Senator Cruz to visit Texas... to address the NRA pic.twitter.com/QJ2Yt1IcFz

— Matt Wuerker (@wuerker) May 25, 2022

In the United Kingdom, the ones are devoted to the scandal of the "Partygate", the parties of 10 Downing Street.

All the press relays the photos of the damning final report of the administrative investigation into the series of thirteen drunken parties organized at the residence of Prime Minister Boris Johnson in full confinement, in 2020 and 2021. "The party is over", headlines

.

The tabloid challenges the Prime Minister to help readers weather the rising cost of living crisis.

Particularly virulent, paraphrasing an opposition MP, the

accuses: "There is blood on your privileged hands".

A reference to the deaths of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Meanwhile, the report explains that some vomited at one of the parties, spilled red wine on a photocopier...

Tomorrow's @TheNorthernEcho

The North East turns on Boris Johnson

All the fall out, reaction and analysis from #Partygate & #SueGray#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/7nmXCqwaB8

— Nick Gullon (@EchoNickG) May 25, 2022

For the conservative newspaper

, this report “sets out a litany of cynicism and illegality which puts the administration of Boris Johnson to shame”.

If his reputation is significantly damaged, "he is not mortally wounded".

believes that "Boris Johnson has left to stay".

For now, a majority of Tories remain loyal to him.

Many want to "focus on the things that matter" like the cost of living and the war in Ukraine.

The problem is that no natural successor seems to be emerging.

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