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EU experts on the ground in Ceuta amid fears of fresh migrant influx
A team of EU migration experts is in Ceuta for a “first-hand assessment” of the situation, as reports warn of a potential new migrant influx on 15 August. Brussels, however, says its focus remains on protecting the EU’s external border at all times, rather than on any “specific date”.
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Aerial footage captures total solar eclipse over Spain
Spain witnessed a rare total solar eclipse on Wednesday, the first visible from the country in more than a century. In Getxo, in the Basque Country, the eclipse was seen near the Port of Bilbao as the moon passed directly between the Earth and the sun.
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Euroviews. FIFA: What the Infantino case tells us about football governance
Former FIFA and UEFA adviser, finance and football expert Ebru Koksal shines a light on lack of governance, transparency and representation in football governance. Against the backdrop of the Infantino case, she identifies in an OpEd insights that can be applied to the corporate sector as a whole.
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Two killed in Kherson as Ukraine hits Russia's Black Sea naval base
Zelenskyy said the overnight operation hit air defence positions, piers and port infrastructure at a key Black Sea facility of the Russian Navy, as Russian missiles and drones killed two people in Kherson and disrupted port operations in Odesa.
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Total Solar Eclipse: what will happen in the year's stellar spectacle?
Maximum totality will occur off Iceland’s west coast. By the time it reaches a small patch of Portugal and then Spain with its massive crowds, totality will have dwindled to a minute or so. The spectacle will end in the Mediterranean.
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Euroviews. Fewer rules: Europe was built on coal and steel, not paperwork
The EU keeps churning out new rules, writes Gitta Connemann, head of Germany's CDU's influential business association, MIT. Small and medium-sized businesses bear the brunt of EU bureaucracy, she argues, calling for a halt to new regulation and for rules that add no value to be scrapped.
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EU's Taliban tension laid bare five years after Afghanistan takeover
Exclusive: Five years after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, former women’s affairs minister Sima Samar tells Euronews she is disappointed by the EU’s engagement with a regime overseeing a "human rights disaster."
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One of Kyiv's deadliest single attacks kills 13 in central Russia
Kyiv has delivered one of its deadliest attacks since the beginning of the war, killing 13 people and wounding 75 in a strike in Tatarstan, deep inside Russia. Near the front line in the Kharkiv region, Russian strikes killed five in Ukraine.
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How can the EU tackle water scarcity? Ask the Euronews AI chatbot
Record temperatures are draining Europe’s water supply. With rivers at historic lows, drier soils, and severe water restrictions, concerns over the bloc’s water scarcity are growing. But what is the EU’s plan? Ask the Euronews AI chatbot.
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New temperature record in July hit 900 million people
Last month saw the highest average temperature ever recorded and alarming soil humidity figures across Western Europe, Copernicus said.
Regions home to 900 million people underwent their hottest July on record, including the Sahel, Central America, France, and Spain.
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Hundreds evacuate due to fires in Huelva and Castellón
Over 150 firefighters worked overnight to stabilise the Niebla blaze, west of Sevilla. The fire has burned 4,000 hectares and displaced nearly 400 people. Air crews reinforced the Tírig fire in Castellón, east coast of Spain, at daybreak.
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Ukraine denies targeting Bulgaria as drone explodes near pipeline
An unidentified drone of a type used by Kyiv's army exploded near a pipeline bordering Bulgaria and Romania. The drone entered Bulgarian airspace from Romania before exploding 1,000 metres from the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline.
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Exclusive: Euronews ‘extremist’ label is Lukashenka’s revenge, Tsikhanouskaya said
Exclusive: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said Belarus’ “extremist” label for Euronews shows the Lukashenka regime is afraid of independent information, and warned that it could put journalists, sources and audiences at risk for seeking or sharing the channel's news.
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EU sanctions five people linked to Russia’s military industry after Ukraine strikes
The EU sanctioned five individuals tied to Russia’s military-industrial complex after recent Russian air strikes on Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said, accusing Moscow of escalating attacks on civilians as its forces stalled.
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Fish over Trump: Economy will determine Iceland's vote on the EU
While Arctic security and US claims over Greenland dominate international headlines, Icelanders are set to decide their European future on far more familiar grounds such as fish and farming. The 29 August referendum is less about geopolitics than sovereignty and identity.
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Metsola's re-election drive puts Socialists under pressure
The European People’s Party is set to bank on a third mandate for the Maltese leader, who is popular among MEPs. This is a concern for the S&D group, which claims to be entitled to the presidency according to an informal agreement among centrist political forces.
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Spain concerned over possible Ceuta migrant crossing on 15 August
A report by Spain's Civil Guard said that an active online campaign exists with the potential to mobilise people, but whether it will actually result in a mass crossing, how many people would be involved, and who is behind it all remain unknown.
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Belarus designates Euronews’ website as 'extremist' media
Euronews condemns Belarus’ obscure and unilateral decision to designate Euronews’ digital news coverage as “extremist,” a measure which exposes Euronews’ huge audience in Belarus to legal penalties for “storing or distributing” Euronews’ pan-European content.
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How Ceuta revived the EU's debate over anti-smuggling law
European Commissioner for Migration Magnus Brunner has urged the European Parliament to adopt an anti-people smuggling law in response to the recent migration incident in Ceuta. Critics warn that the proposed legislation could criminalise humanitarian aid.
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EU eyes extra funds for Spain after record Ceuta migrant surge
The European Commission is discussing with Spanish officials fresh financial support to potentially bolster border force and humanitarian assistance as the city of Ceuta grapples with the aftermath of an unprecedented surge of migrant arrivals.
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Explosive drone: Why Leipzig/Halle airport keeps becoming a target
Leipzig/Halle is one of Europe’s most important cargo airports and a key hub for military transport. After the latest incident, the question arises again: why does this site repeatedly become a focus of suspected sabotage?
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Portugal seizes five tonnes of cocaine in Atlantic bust
Portuguese authorities intercepted a cargo ship in the Atlantic and seized around five tonnes of cocaine in a multinational operation. Three foreign nationals were arrested as officials said Portugal has already confiscated more cocaine in 2026 than in all of last year.
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Call to arms: How neutrality works in a time of mass militarisation
Europe is rearming, Russia is threatening, and faith in the defensive protection given by the United States is wavering. Even as the bloc prepares for a more dangerous future, four EU countries are holding firm to neutrality.
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'Red Orbán' or visionary? Ceuta crisis puts Sánchez under spotlight
The Ceuta crisis exposed Spain’s growing marginalisation within Europe. Analysts say Sánchez’s disputes with EU partners over security, migration, China and defence are reinforcing perceptions of an increasingly isolated Madrid.
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Hungry for cash: where will the EU find the money?
The EU's next long-term budget needs to be organised ahead of critical elections in several member states next year – and at the centre of the debate is the question of where the bloc should get fresh money. Euronews provides an overview of which proposals might fly.
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EU to release €1.4bn from Russian asset profits to Ukraine
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that €1.4 billion in profits from immobilised Russian assets will be allocated after Russia’s deadly strikes on Kyiv. Most of the funds will be used to repay G7 and EU loans while €70 million will be directed toward military assistance.
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Spain denies confirming reports of jihadists among Ceuta arrivals
Spain's Interior Ministry has told Euronews it has not confirmed media reports claiming suspected jihadists were identified among migrants who arrived in Ceuta last week, while insisting the mass arrivals on 30 July "do not pose a threat to public security."
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EU ministers back Spain, seeking to calm tensions after Morocco crisis
Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner said an emergency meeting of EU interior ministers today was aimed at easing tensions with Spain amid a Europe-wide backlash against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s migration policies.
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Euroviews. Why Israel should stay in the EU's research programme beyond 2027
Israel must remain fully integrated into the European Research Area from 2028 to 2034, Carsten Ovens argues in a Euronews op-ed, calling it vital to Europe's interests and an investment in the continent's future.
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Kubkowski completes historic swim across the Baltic in fifth attempt
On Sunday evening, Bartłomiej Kubkowski walked onto the shore in Dziwnów after swimming 160 kilometres uninterrupted from Sweden to Poland, setting a world record, and raising close to €200,000 for the fight against cancer.
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Social media rumours spark biggest migration crisis between Morocco and Spain in years
Viral posts about opening the Spanish border pushed thousands of Moroccans towards Ceuta, exposing serious control failures. Several migrants say they were told they could cross and insist it was not traffickers who led them there.
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How the EU's maritime services ban ended in limbo
Earlier this year, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed a full ban on maritime services for Russian oil tankers. But an extraordinary combination of factors has plunged the sanction into political limbo. Here's how the plan went awry.
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Extreme heat continues to grip Southern Europe
A Spanish industrial fire prompted toxic alerts, while France shut nuclear reactors to protect river levels. In Greece, severe wildfires have claimed five lives, marking one of its worst environmental crises in a decade as extreme heat continues across the region.
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Ceuta explained: How Spain's biggest migration crisis unfolded
The mass arrival of over 70,000 people from Morocco in the Spanish enclave within hours raises questions about the real causes of the border collapse, the diplomatic tensions with Rabat and Washington, and the strategic role of the Strait of Gibraltar.
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Hungary's nuclear crisis tests new PM Magyar's leadership
Record-low Danube water levels have forced Hungary's Paks nuclear plant into partial shutdown, cutting output as demand surges. Former governing party Fidesz is seizing on the outage to question the still-new government's competence.
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Why is Ukraine targeting Wildberries, Russia's e-commerce giant?
Ukraine has struck dozens of Wildberries logistics sites across Russia since mid-July, stating that the e‑commerce giant is being used to help supply Moscow’s military. Wildberries is a critical piece of Russia’s wartime economy, giving Kyiv a new pressure point on Moscow.
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Euroviews. Digital economy: How Europe can avoid a digital train crash
Europe benefited enormously from open markets and global trade. But the geopolitical environment has changed. Europe should remain open to investment and global cooperation, but only with trusted partners.
Writes Andrea Giuricin an Expert in Transport Economics and Logistic in an Oped for Euronews.
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Italian Navy boards tanker from Russian shadow fleet
The Italian navy has boarded a Russian tanker in international waters off Pantelleria, an island located between Sicily and Tunisia. The operation was carried out as part of an arms and oil trafficking monitoring mission with the support of a Greek vessel and a Polish maritime patrol aircraft.
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Spain received intelligence warnings about Ceuta according a report
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has described the mass crossing of migrants as a "violation of Spain's territorial integrity". Internal sources of the spanish media 'The Objective' confirms that intel reports existed before the crisis. The Spanish government denied it.
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Two firefighting helicopters collide while battling wildfire in Greece
After weeks of fighting wildfires, France has managed to stop the spread of the blazes. Spain's situation is improving but flames are still spreading while Greece struggles with multiple fires and high winds in different parts of the country.
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Euroviews. Sinti and Roma: The genocide Europe struggles to remember
Every year on 2nd August, Genocide of the Roma Memorial Day, Europe remembers the hundreds of thousands of Roma and Sinti people persecuted and murdered during the Nazi era. The real question is what happens on 3rd August – and every day thereafter asks Michaela Küchler in an OpEd für Euronews.
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Ceuta returns to normality 'with caution'
Ceuta's annual festivities in honour of its patron saint, the Virgin of Africa, were cancelled on Saturday as the city grappled with the aftermath of the migration crisis. After more than 24 hours of lockdown, shops and restaurants have cautiously reopened.
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Mountaineer Nirmal Purja killed with all members of expedition in Pakistan avalanche
Renowned mountaineer Nirmal Purja died with other team members in a powerful avalanche in Pakistan, his climbing company confirmed on Saturday, after rescuers recovered the remains of three climbers from the 10-strong expedition during a high-altitude search.
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Vast majority of illegal entries in Ceuta returned to Morocco, EU says
After around 60,000 irregular migrants entered the Ceuta Spanish enclave in North Africa, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said this Saturday that "the vast majority of those who arrived illegally have returned to Morocco."
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Lithuania tightens curbs on pro-Kremlin Russians and Belarusians
Lithuania plans tougher restrictions on pro-Kremlin Russian and Belarusian nationals, including bans on public activities and tighter limits on buying property near sensitive sites, citing national security and anti-propaganda concerns.
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Ceuta migrant crisis sparks strong reactions from all over Europe
"We will not yield an inch", "a failure of EU's migration policies", "demagoguery": the migrant crisis in Ceuta has sparked strong reactions from EU countries and political figures. Some are calling for Spain's suspension from the Schengen zone, others call these "instrumental attacks".
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