Spain’s PM visits Ceuta after 34 migrants die breaching border from Morocco
Regional leader says 60,000 crossed into Ceuta by land and sea as EU chief calls situation 'unacceptable'.
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Spain PM to visit Ceuta after 34 migrants die breaching border from Morocco
Regional leader says 60,000 crossed into Ceuta by land and sea as EU chief calls situation 'unacceptable'.
Spain PM to visit Ceuta after 19 migrants die breaching border from Morocco
Tens of thousands reportedly cross from Morocco to Ceuta as France says it will tighten its borders with Spain.
World-renowned climber Nirmal Purja among 10 struck by avalanche on Pakistan mountain
Rescuers say four bodies found in search for team caught in Broad Peak avalanche, after trackers showed rapid descentThe world-renowned Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja – a former British Special Forces member – is among 10 climbers caught in a deadly avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak.Rescuers on Friday said four bodies had been found and efforts were under way to retrieve them despite the harsh w...
New EU team to crack down on AI deepfakes, illicit images and hacking
The European Union rolled out a new team on Friday to rein in AI companies across the world, in one of the most aggressive regulations the hi-tech sector has so far faced as fears rise over the risks the rapidly advancing technology poses to people, politics and prosperity. Brussels aims to track the use of AI models for violations of its new regulations, like the publishing of sexually explicit m...
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What to know about the arrival of 49,000 migrants into Spain's Ceuta
In the span of 24 hours, Spanish authorities estimate that over 49,000 migrants crossed in Spain from Morocco, with at least 18 dying as they tried to reach the enclave of Ceuta. The migrants crossed the border by swimming across, sometimes spending hours in the water. The arrivals are way over half the population of the enclave. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris tells us more from Spain.
UK petrol prices rise to highest this year as US attacks Iran – business live
Live, rolling coverage as the AA and RAC report prices rising to around £1.60 per litre after Donald Trump ordered renewed bombing in the Middle EastThe story piquing the interest of the financial press this morning is that of Leopold Aschenbrenner, the AI Wunderkind (he’s German-born) who has been forced to sell off his fund in a fire sale after the AI boom ran out of steam.The 24-year-old had pe...
Malaysia’s baby bust accelerates shift towards greying society
Malaysia’s shift towards an older society is accelerating, as children make up a shrinking share of the population and older people a growing one, raising difficult questions over who will work, pay taxes and provide care in the decades ahead. Children aged 14 and below made up 21.2 per cent of the population in 2026, down from 21.6 per cent a year earlier, according to official figures released b...
Peru's ex-president has 15-year jail sentence for corruption charges overturned
Ollanta Humala had been convicted of money laundering offences alongside his wife in 2025.
Senior Hong Kong policeman sentenced to 6-month jail term for molesting clerk
A senior Hong Kong police officer has been sentenced to jail for nearly six months for molesting a subordinate on three occasions at the force’s headquarters two years ago. West Kowloon Court on Friday sentenced Senior Superintendent Ian Chow Ngai-kong for flouting the law with his “brazen” and “disrespectful” assaults on the government clerk on June 19 and November 1, 2024. The 51-year-old defend...
Wildfire near Sizewell nuclear plant causes ‘total devastation’ to Suffolk landscape
More than 100 firefighters remain at scene after Dunwich Heath blaze spread across 150 hectares and forced evacuationsA wildfire near Britain’s biggest nuclear power station has caused “total devastation” to one of the UK’s most important landscapes, experts have warned, as fire crews said the situation is “stabilising”.More than 100 firefighters have been battling the blaze in Dunwich Heath, near...
Video AI: MiniMax challenges ByteDance with low price, open weights for new H3 model
Chinese AI firm MiniMax has launched H3, its newest multimodal video generation model, pledging to break closed-source “dominance” through open weights and competitive pricing – as rival ByteDance rolls out its latest Seedance 2.5 model. H3 was currently the world’s most powerful AI model in video editing, according to benchmark platform Artificial Analysis. However, it trailed Google’s Gemini Omn...
Famed climber Nirmal Purja among 10 missing on Pakistani peak; 4 bodies found
Rescuers searching for 10 climbers missing on Pakistan's Broad Peak located four bodies and were looking for the others, officials said. Acclaimed climber Nirmal Purja was among the missing.
Famed climber Nirmal Purja among 10 missing on Pakistan peak; 4 bodies found
Rescuers searching for 10 climbers missing on Pakistan's Broad Peak located four bodies and were looking for the others, officials said. Acclaimed climber Nirmal Purja was among the missing.
あすも熊本県など猛烈な暑さ予想 できるかぎりの熱中症対策を
31日も西日本と東日本を中心に広い範囲で気温が上がり、危険な暑さとなったところがありました。1日も気温が上がり、熊本県の地震の被災地でも猛烈な暑さが予想されていて、熱中症を防ぐためにできるかぎりの対策を行ってください。一方、湿った空気の影響で東北や新潟県では断続的に雨が降っていて、福島県ではレベル4の危険警報が発表されている地域があり、土砂災害に厳重な警戒が必要です。
Trump says ‘complete disarmament’ of Hamas agreed in Gaza but Israel yet to accept
US president hails breakthrough, but Israeli far-right minister says ‘only solution’ is ‘encouraging emigration and destroying Hamas’Middle East crisis – live updatesWhat is Trump’s Board of Peace and who is involved?Donald Trump has declared a breakthrough in negotiations over the disarmament of Hamas in Gaza and the withdrawal of Israeli forces, issues which have so far stalled implementation of...
70-million-year-old mammal fossil discovered in Mongolia rewrites the story of early mammal evolution
A new fossil from Mongolia's Gobi Desert has reshaped mammalian evolutionary understanding. This 70-million-year-old Tamirkhan balcarceli fossil belonged to zhelestids, which were previously misunderstood. The complete skeleton shows zhelestids were not early placental mammals as once thought. Instead, they were part of the extinct zalambdalestoid lineage, which evolved similar teeth independen...
False claims about funding cuts and solar farms spread in Spain during wildfires
A fabricated newspaper front page and misleading posts about solar farms are among the claims circulating during Spain’s devastating wildfire season.
日本製紙 八代工場での9人の死亡を公表
日本製紙は、地震で煙突が倒壊するなどした熊本県八代市にある八代工場での被災状況を公表し、自社の社員6人、協力会社の社員3人の合わせて9人が死亡したことを明らかにしました。
サッカー日本代表 次の監督の大岩剛氏が会見 “名誉と重責”
サッカー日本代表の次の監督に決まった、オリンピック年代の代表を率いる大岩剛監督が7月31日、就任決定後、最初の公の場となった会見で「名誉なことであり、大変な重責だと認識していて、全力で挑んでいく所存だ」と決意を語りました。
Four bodies located after 10 climbers go missing on Pakistani peak
Mountaineer Nirmal Purja among those reported missing after avalanche hit Broad Peak, Pakistan alpine club says.
Why Elon Musk would find it hard to decouple Tesla from China
Elon Musk has dismissed a media report claiming electric vehicle (EV) company Tesla is considering selling its China business, even as the speculation threatens to renew scrutiny over the American carmaker’s dependence on its main manufacturing hub in Shanghai. “This has never even come up in a discussion ever,” Musk, who is CEO of both Tesla and commercial aerospace giant SpaceX, posted on his X ...
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Why Japanese stealth fighters over Australia signal a strategic pivot against China
Japanese F-35A stealth fighters are flying training missions over Australia for the first time in Exercise Pitch Black – part of a broader defence pivot that experts say could bolster US and allied resilience against Beijing in a Taiwan contingency. The multinational exercise, held every two years and featuring around 100 aircraft, runs from July 20 to August 7. It comes just days after Japanese, ...
Chinese PTSD survivor finds healing through volunteering 15 years after devastating train crash
A young survivor of a catastrophic train collision 15 years ago has grown up to become a volunteer who gives hope to many inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients like her. Mengjun, 28, was diagnosed with IBD when she was graduating from senior secondary school. She said she was the “one unlucky person in 30,000” in China. She also has a more breathtaking identity: a survivor of the devastating 2...