West Midlands Police invites non-Muslim officers to fast for Ramadan
Documents released under freedom of information laws show the force being held up as a model of inclusivity for other public bodies.
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Brunner says the EU has passed the Ceuta test as Brussels presses for faster returns
European Commissioner Magnus Brunner stated that the EU has navigated the Ceuta border crisis successfully, urging member states to expedite the implementation of…
EU interior ministers back tighter borders and faster returns after Ceuta
Ministers agreed to develop early-warning tools including social media monitoring to detect coordinated surges before they reach the frontier.
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Morawiecki sets October date for launch of new Polish opposition party
PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński demanded its dissolution and ordered members to sign a loyalty pledge disavowing "external" groupings.
Airport signs mark Italy’s unilateral Schengen suspension on Spanish arrivals
The physical divide is the first tangible result of the Meloni government's decision to suspend Schengen free movement with Spain for the month of August.
Brussels calls Spanish migrant regularisation a bad signal for Europe
Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner sees no direct link with the Ceuta crossings though says the decree sends the wrong message across the EU.
Austrian taxpayers fund nearly €400,000 study on ‘right-wing extremism in fashion’
The team conducts fieldwork, archive research and online analysis, and collaborates with the Polarization and Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) at American…
Spanish police identify expelled jihadists among Ceuta arrivals
Counter-terrorism officers believe at least 10 men convicted of terrorism offences and deported to Morocco crossed back during the mass entry.
Conservative GB News marks full year as Britain’s number one news channel
The channel first overtook both the BBC News Channel and Sky News for a full calendar month in July 2025.
Vannacci: ‘Sánchez is right. On immigration, Meloni is a fiasco’
The ex-military said that Italy is being "Governed by a watered-down, fearful right, without the courage to make decisive decisions".
EPP leader Weber urges ‘isolated Sánchez government’ to reverse course on migration
He argued that the broad support for protests against Spanish PM and his unilateral approach showed that “the left-wing Sánchez government is isolated”.
Summer wildfires already cost Europe more than €3 billion
In Spain, industry representatives estimate that annual prevention spending runs at roughly €800 million, while one euro spent on prevention can save around €100…
Scottish woman who helped refugees found dead in suitcase in Athens; Afghan man arrested
Forensic examination indicated she had died several days earlier, with initial indications pointing to asphyxiation, though toxicology results were still being processed.
Majority of Germans no longer consider their country safe after Berlin attack
Support for the view that Germany is stable and safe has fallen to 37 per cent in a survey taken a week after the Islamist attack on Berlin's Pride parade.
Von der Leyen offers Morocco more EU support days after Ceuta border breach
The Commission President told Pedro Sánchez that Rabat remained a strategic partner as EU interior ministers prepared for emergency talks.
German neo-Nazi is officially allowed to call himself Adolfa
Formerly known as André B., the man from the Apolda area completed the official name and gender change in 2025.
Spanish Supreme Court judges round on Sánchez over Ceuta blame
Members of the court say the mass entry into the exclave was a political failure and not a judicial one.
Traffickers smuggle migrants out of Britain to exploit Spain’s migrant amnesty
Spain’s scheme offers a one-year renewable residence and work permit to those who can show they lived in the country for at least five months before the end of…
Ceuta stays under armoured patrol as Sánchez declares crisis reversed
The Interior Ministry put returns to Morocco at 48,300 by July 31, though reporting from the city described migrants still sleeping rough on beaches and hiding in…
Danish pilot and Greek coordinator die as firefighting helicopters collide near Athens
Investigators believe the blaze the two crews were fighting began with sparks from a private wind farm network, and two men have been arrested.
France deploys rapid border force and tightens checks at Spanish bodrder over Ceuta crossings
The force was created in 2023 under then prime minister Élisabeth Borne and first deployed in the Alpes-Maritimes department on the Italian border.
Netherlands tells Spain to protect EU external border after Ceuta crossings
Tom Berendsen's intervention has made the Netherlands the second EU government in two days to press Madrid in public.
Finns Party ministers back Meloni’s call to suspend Schengen with Spain
Mari Rantanen and Riikka Purra said member states that failed to guard the external border should lose their place in the passport-free zone.
Farage blames Spain’s migrant amnesty for Ceuta crisis
The Reform UK leader has said many of those pouring into the Spanish enclave will head for Calais and then Britain.
Facebook groups and a rumour of an open border drive the Ceuta crossing
Swim distances, diving fins and taxi routes to the frontier circulated in public groups for weeks before thousands converged on Fnideq.
UEFA votes to boycott World Cup as Brussels rounds on FIFA sell-off
All 55 European football associations have backed staying away from FIFA competitions unless the private equity plan is dropped, with the European Commission and…
Spain summons Italian ambassador over call to close Schengen
Madrid says the Ceuta crossings stem from a Supreme Court ruling and not from its regularisation of undocumented migrants.
Meloni threatens to suspend Schengen with Spain over Ceuta crossings
Rome's threat has opened a diplomatic rift with Madrid, which summoned the Italian ambassador in protest.
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Congressional report finds no scientific basis for masks, distancing or lockdowns
The White House based its official page on the origins of Covid-19 on the same 520-page document, and Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times…
Spain lifts national wildfire emergency in Madrid and Ávila
Both regional governments asked for the downgrade, though crews are still fighting active blazes in Zamora, Castellón and León.