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By Jesús Maturana & Euronews Published on 30/07/2026 – 19:24 GMT+2 Spain and Morocco have reached an agreement for the urgent return of migrants who crossed the border into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Thursday. Thousands of migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco on Thursday, swimming or using inflatable devices to reach Tarajal beach and overwhelming Civil Guard officers. Left behind on the sand are the remains of the crossing: flippers, flotation devices and wetsuits. Most of those arriving are young men, although women and children have also been among those to have made the crossing in recent days. Ceuta’s president, Juan Jesús…
The Argentinian government has amended the country’s Migration Law by decree, allowing authorities to expel foreign nationals who promote messages of hatred against Argentina or its national symbols, whether spoken or written. The reform also allows authorities to refuse entry to foreign citizens who have engaged in similar conduct. According to a statement released on Thursday by the office of Argentine President Javier Milei, the new rules will not affect political, ideological or academic criticism, as these areas are considered to be protected under the right to freedom of expression. The government said the changes were a response to what…
By Euronews Roma Published on 30/07/2026 – 18:50 GMT+2•Updated 18:53 In the archives of the historic San Marco Pharmacy, in Florence, a mid-19th-century slip of paper has been found containing the recipe for an “Elixir vinoso ricostituente”, described as a drink capable of easing physical and mental fatigue and weakness caused by age or exertion. The person who found the recipe was Father Manuel Russo, rector of the San Marco convent. “I stumbled across the old advert for this elixir while I was consulting our archive. I began delving deeper into the documentation kept in the convent and discovered that it…
Sánchez took to X on Thursday to announce he was working with Moroccan authorities to restore normality as soon as possible and promised an immediate response. The chaos at the border comes just weeks after a Spanish Supreme Court decision preventing arrivals by sea from being directly deported. Sánchez’s political opponents took to social media to attack him, including far-right Vox party leader Santiago Abascal, who called the situation an “invasion,” and center-right People’s Party leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo. The news also provoked a response from anti-immigration voices across Europe, including co-chair of the far-right Alternative for Germany party Alice…
“We as Europeans, we as Italians, we want to be strong partners of the United States in this race,” astronaut Luca Parmitano told Euronews, talking about the current frontier in space exploration: returning to the Moon. Parmitano, an Italian astronaut from the European Space Agency (ESA), was selected by NASA to take part in the Artemis III mission, designed to be a test mission for NASA’s Moon landing programme. Set to launch in 2027, Artemis III will send three NASA astronauts and Parmitano to low-Earth orbit on the Orion spacecraft to dock with two lunar landers produced respectively by Elon…
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Published on 30/07/2026 – 17:24 GMT+2 If you thought a few keystrokes would turn you into Agatha Christie, Stephen King or Ernest Hemingway, ChatGPT has some bad news. OpenAI has quietly reprogrammed the chatbot to reject direct requests to replicate or mimic a named author’s voice, whether they are still alive to object or have been dead for decades. Ars Technica was first to spot the change, running its own prompts through ChatGPT to confirm the pattern. Engadget followed up with its own tests and got the same result, noting that a study by publication No Latency had found ChatGPT…
Europe’s vast rail network not only gives travellers access to major cities and their headline attractions, but also smaller towns with hyperlocal crafts and traditions to discover. From clay-sculpting to glasswork, here are the ancient skills you can learn about and how to reach where they are still practised by train, according to booking platform Rail Europe. Faenza: The Italian city that gave its name to European ceramics In the heart of Emilia-Romagna, Faenza has been associated with ceramics for centuries. Its name even gave rise to the word “faience”, used internationally to describe a type of glazed earthenware. Today,…
LONDON — Andy Burnham said Thursday he “can’t ignore” Britain’s North Sea oil and gas resources — a point he stressed to Donald Trump last week. Britain’s new prime minister said he talked up a “pragmatic approach” to the energy sector in his first conversation with the U.S. president. “I indicated in the phone call that we had a week last Monday that I would take a pragmatic approach when it comes to the North Sea, and that is my intention as we go forward from here,” Burnham said of the exchange. “There is a resource there — when people are…
By Giovanni Kessler Chairman of the Scientific Committee of Hermes – Center for European Studies Published on 30/07/2026 – 16:43 GMT+2 On 9 July, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) announced that two international organizations based in Spain had been dismantled over the manufacture, distribution and trafficking of counterfeit tobacco. Authorities seized more than 20 million cigarettes, nearly 40 tonnes of tobacco, manufacturing equipment, cash, firearms and 18 vehicles. Fifty people were arrested following searches across six Spanish provinces. The operation deserves recognition. Having served as OLAF’s Director-General from 2011 to 2017, I know the importance of timely intelligence, close co-operation between…