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People walk towards the border with Morocco leaving Spain, amid mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain, July 31, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Jon Nazca

EU to hold emergency talks after Ceuta migrant surge sparks divisions over border controls

The meeting was called after the 30 July surge of migrants crossing into Ceuta from Morocco prompted 22 member states to urge coordinated EU action to strengthen the bloc's external borders...

Migrants gather in downtown Ceuta, Spain, July 31, 2026, as migrants cross into Ceuta by sea and land. Photo: REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

Spain says most migrants have returned to Morocco

Migrants return back to Morocco, as seen from Ceuta, Spain, after tens of thousands of migrants surged into the Spanish enclave by land and sea, July 31. Photo: REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

EU faces pressure after mass migrant crossing into Spain's Ceuta enclave

People walk towards the border with Morocco leaving Spain, amid mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain, July 31, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Jon Nazca

EU grapples with migrant crisis in Spain's N Africa enclave

Google rivals line up seeking damages after record $1b fine

EU European Commission Vice-President Kaja Kallas speaks to Reuters during an interview on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 24, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

EU's Kallas questions US rationale for tariffs on bloc, seeks clarification

Environment groups hope the ban will cut waste and overproduction. Photo: Sergieiev/Zoonar/picture alliance

EU ban on destroying unsold clothes takes effect

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Govt signals interest in Airbus as European envoys back Biman's mixed-fleet plan

Teenagers pose for a picture while looking at their phones, in Bonn, Germany, February 20, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Jana Rodenbusch

Children's social media curbs planned across EU: Ursula von der Leyen

An Exolum refuelling tanker fills an airplane at Almeria airport in Spain, April 19, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo

Less than a month's supply: Europe's jet fuel stocks are wafer thin as Iran tensions flare

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and EU leaders attend a meeting of 'Coalition of the Willing', amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 24, 2026. Photo: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Allies to muster more air defence aid for Ukraine as battlefield momentum shifts

Jewish settlement of Shilo in the Israeli-occupied West Bank as seen from the Palestinian village of Jalud 2 July, 2026. REUTERS/Ali Sawafta

EU ministers to debate curbing trade with Israeli settlements

A blue verification badge and the logos of Facebook and Instagram are seen in this picture illustration taken 19 January 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

EU tells Instagram, Facebook to change addictive features or risk fines