oliver farry takes a look. iver: a prize relic that could be more crisis than previously imagined. carbon dating tests have found this fragment of the koran owned by birmingham university dates back to the seventh and possibly six century. it is a finding that has stunned library staff. >> we were expecting it to be early but we did not in our wildest dreams expect that it would roughly correlate to the lifespan of the prophet mohammed which makes it an incredibly early koranic fragment. oliver: this has been dated between the years 568 and 645. the scribe responsible may have been a personal acquaintance of islam's most important p rophet. >> he may well have known the prophet mohammed. he would have seen him, may have heard him preach. that is quite a force to conjure with. oliver: a local muslim leader thinks the discovery could spur unexpected tourism. >> when i saw the pages, i was very much moved. emotions in my eyes. even the people from all over the u.k. will come here to birmingham to just have a glance

with us now in studio is oliver farry. he has been scouring the french and international papers for us. let me guess greece taking up a lot of coverage. oliver: that's pretty much all there is. the french papers were spent on the political orientation whether they way in behind greece for the forces mounted against them -- greece or the forces mounted against them. this front page shows to clenched fists -- c=shows two clenched fists. the headline is "respect the greek people's no vote." it's a democratic lesson. a "brave, lucid and powerful no" from the people standing on their feet. it's a no to negotiations, not to europe. it comes on the days of fear mongering. it is a magnificent lesson in democracy given to europe. anchor: some very happy coverage there. i remember there were also papers not quite so positive. oliver: mostly on the right of the political spectrum. a no means greece takes a big step towards exiting the euro. in the words of the german vice chancellor and economy minister, sigmar gabriel, "greece has bu

oliver farry is with us for a look at the papers today. oliver, obviously greece again is a big story. oliver: and negotiations reached a deal this morning. too late for today's press because they pretty much describe a different world from the one we inhabit now from 8:00 this morning. there is an awful lot of criticism for germany in the press, particularly over -- the prime minister's -- the front cover of "liberation" features angela merkel with a headline "what is germany up to?" rarely in the european meeting has germany been shown on the front line risking a serious crisis in franco-german relations. there's fresh and between berlin and paris but also in the government between schauble, who remains incredibly popular. he is involved -- emboldened by his popularity. that leaves tend to let angela merkel -- that leaves chancellor angela merkel -- one could hardly question our german partners commitment to europe, but they appear to have kissed greece goodbye. that has all changed in the last couple of hours. schauble said that could be