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Record low Danube levels prompt governments to take emergency action
By Nathan Rennolds & AP, AFP Published on 03/08/2026 – 16:36 GMT+2•Updated 19:52 A drought gripping central Europe has seen record-low water levels in the Danube River, forcing governments across the region to take drastic action to prevent a…
Ceuta crisis sparks protests as Spanish government faces criticism
By Marina Neila & Euronews en español Published on 03/08/2026 – 18:42 GMT+2•Updated 19:02 The Ceuta migrant crisis spilled over this weekend into a mass protest in the exclave’s Plaza de los Reyes, with hundreds of residents gathering to demand…
Boat and jet ski crossings reported from Ceuta to mainland Spain
People-smuggling networks are believed to have opened new routes to move migrants from Ceuta, Spain’s North African enclave, to the Spanish mainland. According to Spanish newspaper Europa Sur, the groups are using speedboats and jet skis to ferry migrants…
Thousands of migrants, including more than 860 minors, remain in Ceuta
Authorities in Ceuta are struggling to cope with thousands of people that remain in the autonomous city following the mass arrival of migrants last week. Security forces estimate that around 73,500 people have already left the North African exclave and…
Hungary’s nuclear crisis tests new PM Magyar’s leadership
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar is facing the biggest test of his government yet, as an energy crisis triggered by the partial shutdown of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant threatens to disrupt supply during peak summer demand. All but one reactor has been…
Zelenskyy’s military shake‑up continues – but Fedorov remains out
Published on 03/08/2026 – 17:15 GMT+2 Rustem Umerov, former secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council has been appointed as head of Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service on 3 August. Umerov has also been a key member of Kyiv’s negotiating…
Italy to propose Albania-like migrant centres at the EU level
Italy is aiming to extend at European level the model of migrant centres set up in Albania, proposing the creation of expulsion hubs of foreign nationals arriving on EU turf unlawfully to safe third countries while their asylum and immigration files are…
Russia fires glide bombs at southern Ukraine, killing one person
Russian planes dropped eight powerful glide bombs in the span of 90 minutes on residential districts of the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing one person and wounding dozens of others, regional chief Ivan Fedorov said on Monday. Russia has used…
‘We demand solidarity,’ Spain says ahead of EU talks on migration
The migration crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta will be the focus of an extraordinary meeting of European Union interior ministers on Tuesday, where Spain will call for a common response from the bloc and respond to criticism from several EU partners…
Hard-right Reform UK party vows to use navy to stop small boats
Published on 03/08/2026 – 13:09 GMT+2 The hard-right Reform UK party unveiled plans on Monday if it wins power for “the largest military operation” in the Channel “since World War II” to stop migrants crossing on small boats. The proposal, which experts and…