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Three Moroccan nationals who arrived in Ceuta during the recent mass crossing from Morocco have been arrested over their alleged involvement in sexual assault offences, against a backdrop of courts and law-enforcement agencies investigating several complaints filed since the end of July. The alleged victims are also migrants. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The arrests come after several underage Moroccan girls reported having been sexually assaulted after crossing the border and staying in the autonomous Spanish city. By 11 August, the National Police had recorded six complaints lodged by minors, the force confirmed to the maldita.es news portal. Both the complainants and the…

The eruption of Sicil’s Mount Etna volcano, now in its sixth consecutive day, continues to disrupt air traffic in the island at the height of the summer season. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT On Wednesday, Catania–Fontanarossa Airport was forced to suspend all arrivals and departures until 6 pm. According to data from the airport’s tracking system, around 55 outbound flights have been cancelled, on top of roughly 388 departures scrapped between the start of the eruption and the previous day. Dozens of other flights have been rescheduled or diverted to other airports in the region, notably Palermo, Trapani and Comiso. At the latter…

Published on 12/08/2026 – 10:07 GMT+2 Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH) has once again pointed the finger at Spain. In a preliminary report released on 8 August, the council accuses the Spanish security forces of having assaulted and ill-treated some of the migrants who entered Ceuta on 30 and 31 July, when around 80,000 people crossed the border in just 48 hours. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to the document, the Council’s monitoring team gathered testimonies from migrants who had already been returned to Morocco and who all reported assaults by Spanish officers, “especially in places beyond the reach of cameras”,…

France’s presidential election is set for the spring of 2027, and it is already attracting instances of misinformation and alleged foreign interference that have since sparked criminal proceedings. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Researchers from the bot-tracking network AntiBot4Navalny have detected a campaign linked to Matryoshka, a covert influence and disinformation operation aligned with Russia. At first, these posts focused on Gabriel Attal, the former prime minister of France who is running to succeed current president Emmanuel Macron. Attal filed a criminal complaint with French authorities “alleging foreign interference originating from Russian networks”, after fabricated videos impersonating French news outlets targeted him online.…

A spectacular solar eclipse wowed those lucky enough to be on Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean in October 2024, but now a different part of the world is preparing to witness the astronomical phenomenon. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This Wednesday (12 August 2026), the moon will pass perfectly between the sun and the Earth, casting its shadow across a narrow swathe of the planet with many parts of Greenland, Iceland, and northern Spain, experiencing the total eclipse while millions of Europeans across western Europe will witness a visible partial eclipse. It will take 1.5 hours for the umbra, or moon’s sun-blocking…

The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. Robert Schuman and the founding fathers of the European Community understood: those who cooperate economically do not wage war against one another. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT From this conviction emerged our continent’s most successful idea of peace and freedom. The single market was therefore never an end in itself; it was a promise of opportunity, competition and economic strength. ‘Our mother is Dutch. Our father was German’ For me, this isn’t a historical footnote. Our mother is Dutch. Our…

Record temperatures are sweeping across Spain and into Finland. This summer, droughts have spread across Europe, prompting urgent water rationing measures and temporary bans on non-essential water uses. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The World Weather Attribution links current droughts to months of below-average rainfall and record heat between April and June. In 2026 alone, soil moisture deficits are 5 to 11 times more likely. France’s maize harvest is at a 50-year low, and Romania is losing over a million hectares. Reduced water levels in rivers and lakes are affecting tourism and transportation, including on the Danube, which is at its lowest since…

A member of the European Parliament takes the floor, delivering an impassioned speech. Then the camera zooms out, revealing an awkward reality: a nearly empty chamber, with only a few dozen lawmakers scattered across the benches. Many are glued to their phones, while hundreds of seats remain vacant. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT For years, this has been a familiar sight in the European Parliament. During Strasbourg’s long plenary weeks, many MEPs arrive just before their speaking slot, deliver a tightly rehearsed one-minute speech and leave almost immediately afterwards. “It is the most expensive backdrop for social media clips in the world,” an…

Published on 11/08/2026 – 15:40 GMT+2 Europe’s prolongued drought is putting immense pressure on Hungary’s Villány wine region, where scorching temperatures are taking a heavy toll on grape production. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Due to the lack of rainfall, berries are smaller, while vines struggle to survive in the relentless heat. Beyond a lack of rainfall, there is also not enough moisture in the air. Gergely Nagy, secretary of the Villány Wine Region Hill Community Council, told Euronews that they are slowly getting used to these severe drought conditions, which is not only affecting the wine region, but the entire country. Expertise…

Hungarian lawmakers approved former supreme court chief András Baka as the country’s new president on Tuesday following the contested removal last month of the previous head of state as pro-EU conservative Prime Minister Péter Magyar pushes to loosen his predecessor’s lingering hold over state institutions. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Parliament, where the ruling Tisza party holds a two-thirds majority, elected Baka, who served 17 years as a judge on the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), with 140 votes in favour and six votes against. Tisza nominated 73-year-old Baka for the largely ceremonial role on Saturday. Magyar said Baka’s life served “as…