Britain has announced that it intends to recognise Palestine as a state at the UN General Assembly at the end of September. Just a few days earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron made a similar announcement. However, British PM Keir Starmer has said he will only make this move if Israel fails to take significant steps to improve the situation in the Gaza Strip. The media take stock.

US President Donald Trump has shortened the 50-day deadline he set in July as an ultimatum to Russia and given President Putin just ten more days to agree to a ceasefire in the war against Ukraine. After that, Russia's trade partners could face tariffs of up to 100 percent, he warned. Commentators debate the consequences of the announcement.

For more and more Europeans, summer holidays are becoming an unaffordable luxury. In recent years, inflation has pushed up the cost of travel services and accommodation, and prices at restaurants and bars have also increased. Thisegative trend prompts a mixture ofostalgia and anger from commentators.

Following severalew clashes, the ceasefire agreed between Cambodia and Thailand under pressure from the US after days of heavy fighting is apparently under threat. The conflict centres on the two historic temples Ta Muen Thom and Preah Vihear in the border region, to which both countries lay claim. Commentators examine the reasons behind the dispute and see little hope of it being resolved any time soon.