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The Hezbollah militia says it has fired more than 320 rockets at Israel in the 'first phase' of the announced response to the killing of Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr just under a month ago. Immediately before the attack, the Israeli military launched pre-emptive strikes against dozens of militia positions in Lebanon. Europe's press weighs up the risk of further escalation.

Three people were killed and several more injured at a festival celebrating diversity and the 650th anniversary of the city of Solingen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany on Friday. The suspected perpetrator, a Syrian national thought to be a supporter of the Islamic State, is said to have deliberately stabbed the victims' necks and upper bodies. A heated debate about the causes and consequences has ensued.

Pavel Durov, the Russian billionaire and founder and CEO of messaging service Telegram who also holds French citizenship, has been arrested on entering France. He is accused of doing too little to combat the use of Telegram for criminal activities such as drug trafficking, fraud and sexualised violence against children and of not cooperating with the investigating authorities.

Warum weiss die Öffentlichkeit immer noch nicht, welche Poststellen dem Abbau zum Opfer fallen? Blick geht der Frage nach und erklärt, warum erst wenige Orte über eine mögliche Schliessung Bescheid wissen. Und wann Bürgerinnen und Bürger wieder von der Post hören.

Nach dem Dolder Grand wird heuer das Mandarin Oriental Savoy von GaultMillau zum «Hotel des Jahres» gekürt. Das Fünf-Sterne-Haus am Paradeplatz kam jüngst in die Schlagzeilen, als Taylor Swift während ihren Zürich-Auftritten das Hotel für die ganze Entourage buchte.