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Brussels demands an "urgent" solution in Ceuta and the "rapid" return to Morocco of all migrants without the right to stay
Commissioner Magnus Brunner calls for more surveillance, better alerts and reinforcements for Frontex, while the EPP holds Rabat responsible "by action or omission" and opens the door to reviewing the political and commercial relationship with Morocco

Rabat tries to influence Brussels with a letter to Spanish MEPs to exculpate itself for Ceuta: "What interest would Morocco have?"
The Moroccan diplomatic mission conveyed its arguments to MEPs from PSOE, PNV, and ERC before the debate, while PP, the far-right Vox, Sumar, Compromís, Podemos, and BNG assure they did not receive the message

Minister Albares explodes against Meloni for prolonging the Schengen standoff: "It's absurd, useless, and a disgrace"
Italy maintains controls on travelers from Spain for another 15 days due to the alleged terrorist risk linked to Ceuta; Madrid responds in reciprocity and extends its own at ports and airports until October 8

Trump proclaims himself the sole control for AI and threatens those who warn of its risks: "Traitors and leakers, beware"
The president calls the safeguards demanded by sector leaders a "sick conspiracy," removes Iran from the oil hike, and announces an energy truce that Zelensky leaves pending guarantees

Every vote counts to stop the far-right: the left-wing opposition wins the elections in Sweden after four years of conservative government
The bloc led by the Social Democrats wins by 176 seats against 173, although at least 200,000 ballots are yet to be incorporated, in elections that punish the far-right Sweden Democrats and strengthen the alternative left

Trump takes advantage of the 25th anniversary of 9/11 to justify his war in Iran: "That's why we fight today"
While families read the names of the deceased at Ground Zero, the president linked from the Pentagon the memory of the attacks with a war started more than six months ago and rejected by a good part of the country

Trump tries to save Republican majority in Congress with a $5,000 electoral bribe per adult
The president calls a $1.2 trillion promise that would need congressional approval and whose funding remains up in the air despite him assuring it would come from tariffs a "Trump dividend"

Morocco breaks its silence on Ceuta: accuses Spain of making it a "scapegoat" and threatens "recurrent tensions"
The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs accuses Spanish parties and media of turning the kingdom into a "pre-electoral political pawn," rejects any responsibility, and demands Spain accelerate returns

The European Parliament will wait almost seven months to send a mission to Ceuta due to a proposal supported by the right and the far-right
The delegation will visit the city from February 22 to 25, 2027, and will then prepare a report, although the trip still needs the formal authorization of the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament

Spain receives 114.7 million euros from Europe for emergency funding in the management of the migratory crisis in Ceuta
The Government of Pedro Sánchez requested aid to cope with the massive entry of people into the territory between July 30 and 31

Trump demands from Putin in a call the end of the war in Ukraine and Moscow warns that it will continue attacking while negotiating
President Trump offers Russia full recovery of economic relations, but the conversation ends without truce or concessions while Putin maintains his military objectives and denies any threat against Europe after the clash with Germany

Albares and Vivas coincide in Brussels to bring the Ceuta crisis before European institutions
The minister will address with Brussels the fit of Ceuta and Melilla in the EU, while Vivas will convey to the community authorities the needs of the city after the migratory crisis

Death threats against Spanish journalist Roberto Macedonio from Venezuela: Diosdado Cabello and the Bolivarian Navy point him out
The 'NTN24' correspondent in Washington has denounced messages calling to "eliminate the media scum" and subsequent threats against him and his family, already reported to United States authorities after his investigations into Chavista power

The ultra-right AfD wins where Nazism rehearsed power and shakes the foundations of German democracy
The territory that in 1932 the first Nazi prime minister president gave to a German state now places a pro-Russian and anti-immigration AfD three deputies away from governing, which raises alarms in Brussels and is celebrated in Spain by the far-right Vox

Brussels accelerates its response in Ceuta after Marlaska's call to Commissioner Brunner: it will send a technical mission after "important progress" with Spain
The delegation will evaluate on the ground the reinforcement of Frontex, Europol and the Asylum Agency, while the Commission examines 32 million euros for 14 actions and Spain opens a broader negotiation on the European fit of the city

Another Moroccan minister claims Ceuta and threatens Spain: "We will not retreat an inch from our territory"
Nizar Baraka defends that Spain is an "essential partner" while reaffirming Rabat's territorial aspirations over the autonomous city

Morocco claims to be investigating the massive crossing to Ceuta while the police report points to its agents
The Moroccan Foreign Minister, Naser Bourita, has communicated the opening of the investigations to Albares, while the National Court examines a police report that describes permissiveness, indications from gendarmes, and an organized mobilization

Trump uses the Ceuta crisis to launch another attack against Spain and return to the clash over NATO: "It will be a ruined country"
The US president blames the Sánchez Government for the migration crisis and again reproaches Madrid for its defense spending, months after ordering the United States to cut all trade with Spain

The deceased in Nepal increase to 1,127 while 4,900 people are now missing
Today marks one week since the serious flood that caused a great catastrophe in Nepal with thousands dead and missing
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