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In Sweden, members of the metalworking union IF Metall have been on strike at the workshops of US carmaker Tesla since last week in protest at its refusal to sign a Swedish industry agreement. "It is extremely unusual that we are forced to resort to striking," explained IF Metall contract secretary Veli-Pekka Säikkälä. Sweden's press is siding firmly with the union.

After having presented himself as a potential mediator between Israel and Hamas, Turkey's President Erdoğan has now declared Israel a "war criminal" and Hamas a "group of liberators". Commentators are not surprised by this change of tack but disagree over how Nato partners should react.

The Israeli military has stepped up its ground operations in the Gaza Strip. Army spokesman Daniel Hagari reported on Tuesday that it had engaged in fierce battles with members of the radical Islamic Hamas in the north of the Gaza Strip. And at least 50 people were killed in an attack on the Jabalia refugee camp in the same region. Commentators stress the complexity of the situation.