PRESS REVIEW – Friday, November 14: Le Parisien interviews Jesse Hughes, the lead singer of Eagles of Death Metal, who performed at the Bataclan on the night of the Paris attacks. He talks about how that night changed his life forever. Also: Le Temps headlines on Italy's investigation into chilling claims European tourists paid to kill Sarajevo residents in "human safaris" during the Bosnian war. Plus: Japan's Shohei Ohtani wins MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the National League for the second time.

The international papers are looking back at Thursday's commemorations marking 10 years since the Paris terror attacks. That night, 130 people died in coordinated attacks on bars, restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall. For The Guardian, "the pain remains" a decade later. El Pais, the Spanish daily, goes with a photo of President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo attending those commemoration ceremonies in the French capital. French paper Le Parisien, meanwhile, interviews Jesse Hughes, the lead singer of Eagles of Death Metal, who were performing at the Bataclan at the time of the attacks. The 53-year-old rocker was invited to take part in the commemorations. In 2016, Hughes caused controversy by suggesting a conspiracy theory around the attacks, but he later retracted his comments and says the French public forgave him. He also reveals he hasn’t released an album in the last decade, shows off his "fluctuat nec mergitur" tattoo and hopes to seek French nationality, saying he's irrevocably tied to France.

We move on to a story that sparked horror in the press this week: the chilling so-called human safari during the Bosnian war. The Siege of Sarajevo remains the longest in Europe. It lasted some three years as Sarajevo residents were trapped in their own city, flanked in the mountains by Serb forces. Thanks to a 2022 documentary and a campaign by an Italian writer, Italy has opened an investigation into chilling allegations that wealthy Italian tourists paid to go on human safaris during the war. Swiss paper Le Temps explains: the Italian tourists allegedly left on Fridays for the border with Slovenia. From there they reached the mountains surrounding Sarajevo where they would spend the weekend human hunting Sarajevo residents, paying more to kill a child. Five men are accused, with more people from other European nations – Germany, France and Britain – possibly implicated. Smajo Bešo, a Bosnian public speaker and Order of the British Empire recipient, grew up in Sarajevo, before his family found refuge in the UK. In Metro, he confirms the allegations of human safaris, saying he saw it firsthand. He says learning that people travelled to Bosnia simply to kill for pleasure adds another layer of "personal trauma and dehumanisation" to a conflict that is fading from European memory.

In sports, Japanese baseballer Shohei Ohtani has been named MVP of the National League. The baseball superstar won the accolade for the second year in a row. Ohtani, who plays for the LA Dodgers, helped his team win the coveted World Series this year. He also won the MVP award in the American league in 2021 and 2023, winning the four awards by a unanimous vote, something no other player has done. As the Japan Times notes, Ohtani's 2024 season saw him become baseball’s first 50-50 player – with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases. He also made his pitching debut for the Dodgers.

Finally, we leave you with a new word: "chat fished". It’s the new red flag when it comes to dating, the Independent tells us. An online dating company found that more than half of Gen Z Americans use AI platforms like Chat GPT to send messages to date. Men are more likely to use it than women. People use AI to conduct conversations, attract new matches on dating profiles and even help script breakups. It seems harmless – until you get chat fished – when people use Chat GPT to pretend to be someone else or a different version of themselves.

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