Destruction and deception dominate this week’s news. The world grieves the loss of 32 lives in the Virginia Tech massacre and watches in horror as flames engulf the iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral. Meanwhile, political leaders are forced to face reckonings of their own. From the Soviet Union finally admitting to the Katyn massacre of nearly 15,000 Poles after half a century of denial, to Boris Johnson becoming the first sitting prime minister fined for breaking the law, history unfolds across the front pages of The Independent.
