Le Monde

• Former student opens fire in Turkish school, wounding 16

  The assailant committed suicide after he was cornered by police in his old school on Tuesday morning.

• Middle East war weakens luxury industry

  In March, LVMH's sales plunged by 50% in Gulf countries, according to figures released by the world's leading luxury group on Monday.

• Italy announces suspension of defense agreement with Israel

  'In view of the current situation, the government has decided to suspend the automatic renewal of the defense agreement with Israel,' Giorgia Meloni said in Verona on Tuesday.

• France and UK to co-host Strait of Hormuz talks Friday

  President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will co-chair the meeting to discuss a plan to 'restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz when security conditions allow.'

• Italian PM Meloni blasts 'unacceptable' Trump criticism of pope

  Giorgia Meloni defended Pope Leo XIV's recent comments, saying in a statement on Monday that 'the Pope is the head of the Catholic Church, and it is right and normal for him to call for peace and to condemn all forms of war.'