The BBC, one of the worlds most trusted news brands, has devoted wall-to-wall coverage this week to a top presenter accused in the sexual exploitation of a child. But it's messy. There are no names. The evidence is conflicting. And reputations hang in the balance as the broadcaster faces intense scrutiny for its handling of the situation.

France is facing some of its worst violence in decades in the aftermath of the police shooting of a 17-year-old at a police traffic stop. Many blame the government's culture of letting police solve their problems, along with a new law that empowered officers to fire their weapons more easily.

A hawkish Russian analyst with President Vladimir Putins ear ignites a debate over whether it's time for the Kremlin to use a nuclear weapon to end the war in Ukraine. The escalation of nuclear threats some coming from Russia's top political thinkers coincides with Ukraine's counteroffensive.