UK
The sexual harassment scandal engulfing Westminster dominated British front pages Wednesday. The Daily Telegraph, the Times and the Daily Mail focused on rape allegations made by a Labour activist. “Labour official ‘told party activist not to report rape,'” the Telegraph wrote. The i front page: “Ministers panic as Tory ‘sex dossier’ is published.” The Guardian also carried a story on sexual harassment allegations, as well as a front-page feature on a terror attack in New York City in which at least eight people were killed after a car plowed into a cycle lane. The Daily Express tabloid’s front page blasted: “EU costing us £267M a week.”
Spain
Spanish front pages were, once again, all about former Catalan regional President Carles Puigdemont, who surfaced in Brussels on Tuesday at a press conference to say he was not seeking political asylum in Belgium but would stay away from Spain until he was guaranteed fair treatment from Madrid. El Mundo wrote Puigdemont had put on a “show” in Brussels, while El País noted the ex-president was threatening “to prolong his escape in Belgium.” ABC wrote that justice was closing in on Puigdemont. “In a grotesque intervention in Brussels, the separatist leader accepts the election convened by [Prime Minister Mariano] Rajoy,” the paper wrote.
France
Le Figaro’s front page featured a story on U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. “Trump in the trap of his Russian connections,” the paper wrote. It also featured reports on the New York terrorist attack and the “funny games” of Carles Puigdemont in Brussels. Le Monde also prominently featured the Trump-Russia investigation, with the headline: “Trump circled by the Russia investigation.” The paper also focused on a new French anti-terror law that will replace a two-year state of emergency: “719 days of emergency and now?”
Germany
Germany’s newspapers, including Die Welt and Frankfurter Allgemeine, focused on the arrest of a 19-year-old Syrian man on suspicion of terrorism. German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said police prevented “a serious terror attack.” Die Welt’s front page ran a picture of the White House decorated for Halloween, with the U.S. president and his wife Melania Trump welcoming trick-or-treating children.
