Anti-war politician and Kremlin critic Boris Nadezhdin said Monday that he had left Russia for Paris. He had openly criticised President Vladimir Putin and Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine. Nadezhdin was recently detained outside Moscow and barred from standing for parliament. A sweeping crackdown on dissent in Russia has driven most critics into prison, exile or death, according to the report’s framing.

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Boris Nadezhdin, an anti-war politician who sought to challenge Putin in Russia’s 2024 presidential election, has departed Russia for France. He disclosed the move in a video posted to his Telegram channel. The footage shows Nadezhdin standing in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

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Juan Jesús Vivas, leader of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, has accused Morocco of either encouraging or allowing last week’s mass crossings. He described the influx as an attack on Spain’s territorial integrity. Spain is calling for solidarity from the European Union as the episode fuels a political crisis among member states. The interior ministry said 48,300 of about 50,000 people who arrived in Ceuta had been returned to Morocco. The influx overwhelmed the enclave, whose population is 84,000.

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Myanmar’s military-led government says Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi met with Arnaud de Baecque, the ICRC’s resident representative for Myanmar. The government released images showing the meeting. Suu Kyi is identified as 81 years old in the report. The images were made public by the military-led authorities.

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Arnaud de Baecque, the International Committee of the Red Cross resident representative to Myanmar, met former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday morning in Myanmar. The meeting was reported by the country’s Presidential Press and Information Bureau. The account identifies the participants and timing but gives no details about what was discussed. It marks an encounter between the ICRC’s Myanmar representative and the former State Counsellor.

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Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson says Tehran is not currently holding talks with the United States and has no plans to receive or send a delegation. The statement contradicts Donald Trump’s assertion that discussions with Iran would take place the following day. Trump has since said talks are scheduled for Monday. The conflicting claims come amid continuing live coverage of the Middle East crisis.

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US President Donald Trump said negotiations with Iran are scheduled to start Monday afternoon. He said he would not impose a deadline for reaching an agreement. Trump added that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar had urged Washington to cancel planned strikes, saying they believed a deal could be reached. The remarks point to a diplomatic opening while leaving the outcome and timing uncertain.

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President Trump said the United States and Iran will begin negotiations on August 3. He added that the allies believe a deal is possible.

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A source says President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to appoint Umerov as head of Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service. The appointment is expected to be made by presidential decree later on Aug. 3. Former Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko is expected to replace Umerov as secretary of the Security and Defense Council. The reported move would shift leadership across Ukraine’s senior security institutions.

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Ukraine has carried out another long-range drone attack against a warehouse owned by Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries. The strike marks another reported hit on a facility belonging to the retailer. Wildberries is described as Russia’s biggest retailer. The incident comes amid the continuing Ukraine-Russia conflict.

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Russia’s leading online retailer Wildberries said a Ukrainian drone strike on Monday hit one of its warehouses in the Vladimir region and sparked a fire. The company, often described as Russia’s Amazon, said its facilities have been targeted several times by Ukrainian drones in recent weeks. The statement links the warehouse blaze directly to the reported attack. No further details about the fire or casualties were provided.

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Ukraine’s military reportedly struck a Wildberries logistics center in Khryastovo, a town in Russia’s Vladimir Oblast, on the morning of Aug. 3. The report was carried by Russian Telegram media channels. The facility was identified as a Wildberries logistics site. The available account describes the strike but provides no further details about damage or casualties.

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Policy analyst Antoni Vives argues that the Ceuta migration crisis cannot be understood only as a humanitarian emergency or a spontaneous movement of people. He places the events in a wider setting shaped by colonial legacies, demographic and economic inequality, and rivalry between Morocco and Algeria. Vives recognises that young Moroccans are seeking economic opportunity, but says the crossings’ scale and timing point to deliberate geopolitical signalling by Morocco toward Spain. The headline accuses far-right governments of using the images to fuel fear for electoral gain.

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Spanish intelligence reportedly believes Rabat failed to prevent migrants from reaching Ceuta. El Pais said the crisis caught Madrid off guard. The newspaper linked this surprise to the government’s focus on fighting forest fires at the time. The account presents the episode as a border-security failure that unfolded while Spanish authorities were occupied elsewhere.

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Spain is confronting the consequences of the largest mass migrant crossing into Ceuta. Most of the estimated 60,000 people who entered the territory have since returned to Morocco. Spanish authorities said at least 72 people died on August 2. France 24 spoke with Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, a former Spanish justice minister and current MEP, constitutional law professor and jurist, about how Ceuta is reckoning with the border surge’s aftermath.

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As many as 5,000 illegal migrants may still be staying in Ceuta, according to an agency report. Juan Jesus Vivas, the head of Ceuta’s government, said the situation had not yet fully returned to normal. Conditions in the Spanish enclave therefore remain unsettled. The assessment points to an incomplete recovery after the border crisis.

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Iran is discussing a temporary shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz with neighboring Oman, according to a foreign ministry spokesperson. The proposed arrangement would allow commercial shipping to resume. Tehran is not currently restarting talks with the United States. The statement followed Donald Trump’s claim that negotiations covering major disputes could resume, and his account that diplomacy had delayed a major strike after an appeal from Saudi Arabia’s crown prince.

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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said an agreement with Oman by itself would not be enough to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. He stressed that the waterway was not closed because Tehran and Muscat had disagreements. Baghaei attributed the closure instead to what he described as US and Israeli aggression against Iran. His comments indicate that an Iran-Oman arrangement alone cannot resolve the conditions Tehran says led to the closure.

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Iran is not engaged in any talks with the United States, an Iranian diplomat says. Dialogue is continuing only with Oman. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said negotiations are under way to reach an agreement. The proposed arrangement would establish a route ensuring safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.

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The United States and Iran will concentrate on the Strait of Hormuz during their talks, according to media reports. The discussions are expected to include lifting the blockade while negotiations are under way. The sides will also address ending all strikes across the region. The reported agenda places maritime access and regional attacks at the center of the negotiations.

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