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Moving to our press review now and it’s 50 years as we’ve been reporting since the end of Franco’s dictatorship in Spain and the press there are looking at the legacy since then. Dipikica Lauron is here to take us through it. Dipy. Well Caris as you said Spain marking 50 uh years since the death of Francisco Franco who ruled Spain with an iron fist using um repression and totalitarianism for about four decades. his death exactly 50 years ago today also paved the way for democracy in Spain. Now before we look at the papers today, let’s show you how some of the papers reported his death on that day in 1975. This is from ABC, a conservative paper here. You say rather soberly announcing the death of Franco with the hour there on its front page 420 in the morning. While uh this paper a regional paper from Bil Bao uh going with Franco is dead. Long live the king. It says on its uh front page. So this is from 1975. Let’s show you the papers from today. This is El Perico. This is a Catalan paper here. 50 years without Franco. The paper says on its front page. Uh and in its edition today, El Perico looks at the legacy of the end of Franco’s dictatorship, noting that a growing trend of younger generations of Spanish voters increasingly drawn to the right, especially when it comes to im to topics like immigration. In particular, the paper is also looking at the growing popularity of the farright party in Spain, Vox, and its leader, Santiago Abascal. Currently, the party is a leading force in direct voting intentions among Spaniards between the age of 25 and 34. uh uh El Pis for its part, another Spanish daily here in this article here looks at another study uh a recent survey by a Spanish national polling institute which found that 25 nearly 25% of young Spaniards think that the dictatorship uh Franco’s dictatorship was good or very good. Meanwhile, the very conservative Larasan has published an interview with Francisco Franco Martinez Bourjio, Franco’s grandson. Tell us about that. It’s quite an extraordinary interview, Caris. It’s here in Larasan the And in this interview, Martinez Bodio talks rather fondly of his grandfather. He says, I quote, “History will judge my grandfather and history alone, no matter how much the current government practices damnation of memory.” He also accuses the Spanish leader Pedro Sanchez of trying to erase Franco’s legacy and of quote playing the Franco card in a bid to garner votes several times in the past. Uh and uh this uh this is indeed in this article here as I said a rather long interview with the grandson of Franco. Moving on now to the story here in France that’s garnered a lot of headlines. The murder of the brother of a prominent anti-drug activist Amin Casassi. Yeah, that’s right. Amin Kasi’s younger brother was murdered in a kapak uh in Marseilles last week in what was seen largely as a warning on Amin Kasi’s uh uh anti-drug uh activism. This is the front page of Lupon France, a regional paper here uh based in Paris. This headlining on uh what they say investigators have identified uh a possible suspect or the person reportedly uh responsible for that killing. So they uh they’re talking about the investigation. Uh another paper, this is from Marseilles. This is a local paper in Mar La Proas. Uh they’re talking uh well they’ve actually published this interview here with Amin Kasi who talks about what his uh life has been like since his brother’s killing a week ago. He tells uh the paper that he refuses to be silenced, that in the name of his brother, he has to continue speaking out against drug violence and drug trafficking in Ma. He also reveals that he’s currently living under police protection. He also uh says that he wished he had been in the car park instead of his brother. Uh but nonetheless, he doubles down on his vehement criticism of drug violence. He says that he never named drug criminals, but rather attacks the system that he says allows young people to be drawn into drugs. Uh, for instance, a lack of professional opportunities and public services, particularly in impoverished neighborhoods, he says. All right. Now, Cristiano Ronaldo has snapped a selfie at the White House during a meeting between Donald Trump and Saudi prince Muhammad bin Salman. Well, he was there to promote Bin Salman’s agenda which was aiming to show off Saudi’s prowess uh in other avenues apart from oil, notably through sports. Now, Ronaldo is of course uh considered the world’s first billionaire footballer. He plays for the Saudi club Al-Naser. Uh and uh he’s uh in the past has spoken rather fondly of Trump. Now, this website here reminds us that Ronaldo hadn’t been seen publicly in the US since uh he was accused of rape in 2017. Well, he was uh indeed present at this White House meeting and uh took a selfie that went viral as you see here. Uh this picture uh pro you could say safely say it was literally worth million worth multi- billions of dollars. Um, this one, uh, he’s alongside Elon Musk, billionaire David Sax, and Open AI’s Greg Brockman. Uh, as I said, a photo literally worth billions of dollars. Let’s end on another picture, though. This one is from Leke magazine, the French sports paper. Also looking at another anniversary. This is 60 years since this iconic history-making sports photo. It’s Muhammad Ali knocking down Sunny Listen on May 25th, 1965. uh in just 1 minute 44 seconds. It was taken by Neil Lifer in Lewon, Maine, and it’s widely considered the best sports photo ever taken. It looks like Muhammad Ali is taunting his uh uh his opponent there who’s lying on the ground. Indeed, did you? That’s why it’s on the cover of a of a magazine. Welld deserved. Thank you very much. Thanks for look at that.

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, November 20, 2025: Today marks 50 years since the death of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. We take a look at front pages from past and present and evaluate the impact of Franco on the rise of the right today. In France, the death of the brother of anti-drug activist Amine Kessaci continues to dominate front pages. And: Cristiano Ronaldo snaps a multi-billion-dollar selfie at the White House, which promptly goes viral!
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8 comments

  4. Sans nier le côté dictatorial de Franco, l'Espagne s'est développée trop vite après sa mort, la côte est devenue aussi hideuse que Copacabana à Rio.

  6. When the world is gaining popularity on the fascist right the world's filthy rich billionaires are thriving and the regular people are struggling.

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