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The world has lost one of its great singers of rock and soul music. Tina Turner died on Wednesday at the age of 83 after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht, Switzerland. Commentators mourn the loss of a strong woman.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis entered the race to become the Republican candidate for the presidency on Wednesday. The official announcement was made on Twitter together with the platform's CEO, Elon Musk, but was marred by technical glitches. Who is Trump's challenger and what are his chances?

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) is celebrating the 160th anniversary of the founding, making it the oldest party in Germany. At the ceremony marking the occasion SPD Chancellor Olaf Scholz championed the fight for a 'society of respect' and described the climate-friendly restructuring of the economy as a historic challenge. Commentators examine why the SPD, dubbed the country's "old aunt", is on a downwards slide in the polls.

In Bulgaria, the two biggest parties have agreed on a coalition government. A key element of the deal is that the post of prime minister will rotate after nine months. Nikolay Denkov of the liberal-conservative PP-DB bloc will take the post for the first nine months, followed by former EU Commissioner Marija Gabriel of the centre-right alliance Gerb-SDS for the next.