Author: staff

“We must cooperate with our neighbors, of course. But as long as control depends on the goodwill of one neighboring state, we remain … vulnerable,” he added. Brunner described last week’s events in Ceuta, when around 72,000 migrants forced their way into the Spanish exclave, as “solid proof that we need a strong and effective tool — and different tools — to combat smuggling.” Ceuta Mayor-President Juan Jesús Vivas, who also attended the meeting, said that around 100 people died during the mass border crossing, and that between 3,000 and 5,000 remained in the exclave. Brunner said the EU should use…

Published on 06/08/2026 – 18:17 GMT+2•Updated 19:18 The Ministry of Information of Belarus has designated Euronews’ website as “extremist” media, adding it to its “Republican List of Extremist Materials” following a national court order, according to Belarus-based media outlets. The Euronews website will now be restricted in Belarus, and readers could face administrative penalties for “storing or distributing” its content, after many years in which Euronews has been the main European source of information in the country, according to Euronews’ audience data in Belarus. The state decision was taken by the Horki District Court in the Mogilev Region on 4…

Published on 06/08/2026 – 18:07 GMT+2 European football governing body UEFA has threatened to go ahead with a boycott of FIFA events despite FIFA offering an apology over its handling of a proposed private investment plan. In a statement on Thursday, UEFA said: “UEFA’s associations were very clear about the conditions attached to the non-participation in FIFA competitions.” “First, the proposals to sell off the major competitions had to be withdrawn and secondly, assurances have to be made that such attempts to disfigure the game in this way will never be made again,” it continued, adding: “These conditions have not…

Images and videos of mass migration into Ceuta, which borders Morocco, quickly spread across social media after tens of thousands of migrants rushed into the Spanish territory last week. Mixed in with genuine reports about the crisis, which saw roughly 72,000 people from Morocco cross into Ceuta, was a wave of misleading visuals, including AI-generated images presented as authentic news photographs and recycled videos falsely linked to the crossings. One example is this dramatic image purportedly showing a “soldier” raising a large rock above a migrant climbing an embankment, which was shared on YouTube, X and Reddit. The photograph was…

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond in this Euronews news bulletin. In just a few minutes, our newsroom brings you the latest news and breaking news across world affairs, business, politics, culture, entertainment and travel, with the context you need to make sense of a fast-moving day. Reported with the independence and the European perspective that define Euronews, this regular round-up gives you a clear and reliable overview of the stories shaping our world right now, wherever you are watching from.

On 12 August the Moon will once again cover the Sun over much of Spain, and for a few minutes there will be a total solar eclipse visible that day. It will be nowhere near the first time an eclipse has left humanity speechless. Nor will it be the first time someone has tried to capture it with a paintbrush. For centuries painters, illuminators and engravers have tried to fix on canvas, fresco or copper plate something that in reality lasts only a few minutes. When the sky darkened and the world trembled Before astronomy existed in the way we…

Less than 24 hours later, Vox filed a nearly identical motion questioning the wisdom of hosting the World Cup alongside a country that “is not a loyal partner, neither for organizing a sporting event of this magnitude nor for any neighborly matter.” “The very serious events that took place in Ceuta on July 30 and 31 have completely shattered the foundations of trust and cooperation on which a shared candidacy necessarily rests,” asserted Vox’s proposal, stating that co-hosting with Morocco would constitute “a deliberate humiliation that Spain must vehemently oppose.” Both proposals are non-binding and do not oblige Madrid to take…

Published on 06/08/2026 – 16:52 GMT+2 Ceuta Mayor Juan Jesús Vivas has described the breach of the Spanish enclave’s border with Morocco as an “invasion” and demanded the immediate return of migrants still there after last week’s border incident. Vivas made the remarks in his testimony before the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on Thursday. The hearing was convened after roughly 80,000 migrants entered Ceuta by sea in what has been described as one of the largest migration crises in the EU’s history. The Spanish government declined its invitation to attend the session; the European…

Published on 06/08/2026 – 15:00 GMT+2•Updated 15:00 Meta launched its first coding agent, Muse Code, on Wednesday, as the company continues to invest heavily in AI services and models in order to better compete with rivals OpenAI and Anthropic. Muse Code will be accessible to developers via a pay-as-you-go option that will be priced similarly to the Muse Spark 1.1 release, which currently charges $4.25 per million tokens of output and $1.25 per million tokens in input. This will make it much easier for developers to build apps within a single user interface, even while simultaneously dealing with several AI-powered…

Published on 06/08/2026 – 16:08 GMT+2•Updated 16:08 British travellers are deciding against a foreign holiday this summer, with millions choosing a staycation instead, new research has revealed. According to data from consumer bank Chase, this year is all about the Great British “staycation summer”, as 22.5 million UK adults are set to holiday on home soil during the warmer months – a 40% increase from 2025. General travel search interest shows a similar pattern, with nationwide searches for “UK holiday ideas” up 50% year-on-year and “UK holiday rental” up 56%. Aside from airport stress, travel disruption and rising airfares, one…