A 'high-risk gamble': French papers react to PM Bayrou's 'self-dissolution'

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, August 26: The French papers discuss Prime Minister François Bayrou's announcement of a confidence vote on September 8, which all the opposition parties say they will not support. Also, there is widespread condemnation of a double strike in Gaza which killed 20 people, including five journalists. Next, the American press analyses US President Donald Trump's bid to fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve board. Finally, some Nazi-looted art is discovered in an unusual way.