Doctors hunted down, bodies piled up: Iran in 'state of shock' after protests

France's 2025 immigration statistics have been published by the interior ministry. Les Echos sums up the report quite concisely, highlighting that France saw an 11 percent increase in residence permits, a decrease in the number of undocumented migrants obtaining legal status and a 15 per cent increase in deportations. Libération outlines "Why France needs immigration" on its front page. On the right, meanwhile, Le Figaro talks about record numbers, which it calls a "migration tsunami". 

Meanwhile, the Spanish government has announced it will give legal status to half a million undocumented migrants. El Pais says the move goes against the European tide. Left-wing website El Salto calls it a "historic" green light. El Mundo, though, says that although migration is needed for growth, this strategy is not realistic in the long run. 

Le Monde has an interesting long read on Iran which describes a "collective state of shock" in the country after the regime's brutal crackdown on protests. The article also says that the regime is actively hunting down doctors and nurses who helped wounded protesters.

The New York Times reports that the United States has officially left the Paris Agreement, making it the only country to have pulled out of the historic international agreement to fight climate change twice. The Guardian calls it an abdication on climate. Earth.org, a climate news site, calls it a race to the bottom. The Washington Post says the world is closer than ever to doomsday. 

Finally, sales of the steamy gay hockey love story "Heated Rivalry" have increased by 529 percent after New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged people to protect themselves from the cold storms sweeping the country by staying home and reading the chart-topping book. 

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