The Guardian Europe
Spain's PM says Morocco didn't orchestrate the Ceuta crisis, but please ignore that leaked police report saying they totally did.
BBC World
Morocco detains 111 would-be migrants near Ceuta, Spain and Italy bicker over border controls, and everyone agrees the problem is definitely someone else's fault.
UN News
UN reports that pregnant women in Sudan's Darfur region walk for hours or hire donkeys to reach the only C-section-capable hospital, often arriving too late, while health facilities run out of essential supplies.
The Guardian
Spain's foreign minister tells migrants not to bother, but Ceuta's president says 10,000 are still there. Meanwhile, jellyfish shut down a French nuclear plant, and Russia bans the last anti-war party.
The Guardian Europe
Spain's PM gets blamed for a border crisis by a Europe that forgot its own playbook, while Morocco plays puppet master and Trump's crew cheers from the sidelines.
The Guardian
Hungary's nuclear plant nearly melts down over a few millimeters, while the EU gets hot and bothered about Ceuta, and Morocco plays the blame game.
UN News
UN warns drone strikes in Sudan are making an already brutal conflict even more lethal for civilians, while diplomats scramble to find a solution that doesn't involve more explosions.
The Guardian Europe
72 people die near Ceuta, and Europe's leaders respond by debating immigration policy like it's a reality TV competition.
The Guardian
Thousands of Moroccans seized a brief window to swim into Spain's Ceuta enclave, only to find a bureaucratic limbo where the helping hand and the beating fist belong to the same body.
BBC World
Ceuta gets a 49,000-person surprise party from Morocco, making the city's population soar and Spanish officials scramble for a bouncer.
The Guardian Europe
A Moroccan woman endured two years of forced labour, abuse, and near-freezing conditions on a Spanish farm, surviving on hope of residency until police rescued her.
ScienceDaily
Scientists find ancient microbial textures in deep-sea rocks where they shouldn't exist - photosynthesis impossible, but chemosynthetic bacteria apparently didn't get the memo.
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