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After Iran announced a partial withdrawal from the nuclear deal, the EU is looking for ways to save the agreement. A year after the US pulled out of the deal Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has also threatened to withdraw if Europe fails to maintain trade relations with Tehran. Commentators are worried at the prospect of a war between the US and Iran.

The Irish will vote on 24 May on whether the country's divorce laws should be liberalised. The constitution currently stipulates that married couples must live apart for at least four years before they can file for divorce. Commentators are at odds over the consequences a liberalisation of the current laws would have.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and President Putin in Sochi today Tuesday. Observers think he will propose a meeting between Trump and Putin at the G-20 at the end of June. Trump cancelled the last meeting after the incident in the Kerch Strait. Russian commentators ask whether relations between the two superpowers are on the mend.

The trade war between the US and China is coming to a head. Settlement talks ended last week without results. Shortly beforehand Trump had raised import duties on Chinese goods to 25 percent. Beijing announced countermeasures, threatening Washington with further tariffs. What's behind this conflict and what damage is it doing?

Facebook has set up a new "Election Operation Center" in Dublin to counter vote manipulation ahead of the EU elections. After being tipped off by the NGO Avaaz the company blocked 23 Italian user accounts with almost 2.5 million followers that were spreading false information about migrants online. Is this enough?

A Polish documentary shows victims of sexual abuse by members of the clergy confronting their abusers with their crimes. The two-hour video with the title "Don't tell anyone" was financed by crowd funding and was viewed millions of times within just two days. Europe's commentators discuss the consequences of the film.