Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the causes of the Ceuta migration crisis remain under investigation, while social media has been flooded with fake news. He attributed the disinformation to account networks linked to Russia, Israel and the international far right, but cautioned that state involvement has not been established and said the government must rely on verified facts.

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said there were signs that Russia and Israel had spread disinformation that triggered a rush of migrants into Ceuta.

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, citing European External Action Service research, accused Russia and Israel of spreading and amplifying disinformation during last month’s mass migrant influx into Ceuta. He also said trafficking groups circulated a false claim that people entering by swimming could not be deported to Morocco, and pledged an additional €168m in aid for the enclave.

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Spanish centre-left Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez alleged on Monday that social networks linked to Israel and Russia had circulated disinformation about July’s migrant crisis in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. He said the alleged smear campaign, amplified by far-right networks, was partly driven by Madrid’s opposition to the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.

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Two Israeli attacks in Gaza City have killed at least five Palestinians. Three of the victims died after a drone-fired missile hit a vehicle in Tel al-Hawa. Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,320 Palestinians since the October ceasefire.

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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says the Mecca defence alliance could bolster stability across the region and make the security environment less uncertain.

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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye have named their new mutual-defence arrangement the Mecca Defence Alliance and established a strategic political and defence committee. The group will work on military interoperability, joint exercises, defence-industrial cooperation and counterterrorism, while its structure and the circumstances for invoking mutual defence remain unclear.

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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement is open to all regional countries. He said the signed pact has launched a process to build a new regional security and cooperation architecture, with an attack on one member defined as aggression against all members.

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Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are meeting in Istanbul for the first time since signing the Mecca Defence Agreement. The pact aims to strengthen collective deterrence against aggression and treats an armed attack on any one of the three countries as an attack on all three.

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Nvidia is investing $3.5 billion in Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek, deepening their collaboration as it seeks to persuade more companies to build chips compatible with its dominant data-center ecosystem.

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India’s economy expanded 7.8% in the April-June quarter, government data showed, surpassing forecasts by a wide margin. A surge in investment and manufacturing activity added to robust consumer demand and supported growth in the South Asian economy.

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Nearly a week after catastrophic flooding in Nepal, vehicles still cannot reach Gyirong Port, where at least 33 missing Australians were believed to be shortly before the flood. The border area has been flattened and buried under metres of silt and debris, while China coordinates the search and rescue effort.

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Rescue efforts are intensifying in Nepal and Tibet nearly a week after catastrophic floods, with thousands still missing, including dozens of Americans. Workers are struggling to reach devastated communities, where hundreds of hydropower tunnel workers remain trapped.

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Nepal’s Foreign Ministry says 590 foreign nationals from 39 countries remain listed as missing after the floods, while more than 323 foreign nationals have been rescued. Overall, over 10,000 people have been rescued, though about 4,200 are still missing.

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Officials say flash floods in the Nepal-Tibet border region last week have killed at least 919 people as of Monday, while more than 4,700 remain missing.

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Intercontinental Exchange, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, has struck a deal with tZERO and taken a stake in the firm. tZERO said the agreement adds transfer-agent and settlement infrastructure to ICE’s plans for an NYSE-affiliated market for tokenized stocks.

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The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has suspended port officials following a deadly ferry accident. A helicopter rescued a passenger from the ferry after it capsized off the coast on 30 August 2026.

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Northern Cyprus Prime Minister Unal Ustel said 239 passengers were rescued after a catamaran accident, while eight died and 20 remain missing. Search and rescue efforts continue with Turkey’s coordination. The vessel, carrying 267 people, encountered a storm after departing Sunday, took on water and capsized.

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Search teams are looking for 18 people still missing after a ferry capsized off Northern Cyprus, killing eight and rescuing 241 of the 267 passengers and crew. The captain and crew were formally arrested after appearing before a judge. Divers from Türkiye are helping investigate the incident and recover the vessel’s data recorder.

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Rescuers are still searching for 18 passengers after a ferry carrying 259 passengers and eight crew members took on water and capsized while travelling from Kyrenia to Turkey. Eight people died and 19 are in hospital. The vessel sank to 514m, and authorities are trying to recover its black box. The captain, seven crew members and another man were arrested.

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A double-hulled ferry carrying 267 people capsized after taking on water off Kyrenia in northern Cyprus, leaving at least eight dead and nearly 20 missing. Turkish divers joined the search for survivors as the vessel lay more than 500 metres below the surface. The captain and crew were detained for questioning.

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A ferry capsized off northern Cyprus, leaving at least eight people dead and nearly 20 missing on Monday. Divers joined search teams combing deep waters for survivors.

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The program covers the fallout from the trade war, byelections, and why Donald Trump is posting AI-generated videos of orange-haired geese holding guns.

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Japanese automakers Nissan and Honda said on Monday they will jointly develop standardised electronic control units for software-defined vehicles, expanding their cooperation on advanced automotive technology.

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President Donald Trump has discussed changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America with Apple, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Monday. The company may soon update the name on its maps.

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Google Maps has started displaying “Lake America” to users in the United States after an executive order by US President Donald Trump. In Canada, users still see “Lake Ontario”, the name used for more than 400 years, with results varying by login location.

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Google Maps now shows Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for users in the United States, following Donald Trump’s order to rename it and update the US Geographic Names Information System. Canadian users will still see “Lake Ontario,” although some Canadian government websites using Google data displayed the new name. Ontario Premier Doug Ford erected a sign insisting the lake remains Lake Ontario.

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Google is modifying its Maps platform so that users in the United States see Lake Ontario displayed as “Lake America.”

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford mocked President Donald Trump’s order to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” while saying he remained optimistic that Canada and the US would eventually overcome their trade and tariff differences.

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Greece has agreed to pay $3.5bn for its first integrated, multi-layered air defence network, combining Israel’s SPYDER, BARAK MX and David’s Sling systems by 2029. The countries also signed a separate $30m deal for Rafael’s Drone Dome system to protect strategic sites from UAVs and drones.

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With eight months to go before France’s next presidential election, politicians are intensifying campaigning through interviews, meetings and public statements, although the field remains unsettled. The centre-left Socialists and Place Publique will hold an October primary to avoid splitting the vote, while centrist and centre-right figures weigh rivalry against unity to contain the far right and left.

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Twenty-six years ago, teaching in China through an exchange program, Ronald Sakolsky raised $5,000 to support Yin Yuzhen and her family’s tree-planting work in a desert in northern Inner Mongolia. Their forest has grown to more than 50,000 trees. Reunited in China this August, Sakolsky said he hoped their story would inspire more people.

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French President Emmanuel Macron is expected in Stockholm on Monday to finalise a multi-billion-euro agreement with Sweden for four French frigates and to reinforce the countries’ strategic partnership.

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An international court has ruled that India must honour its water-sharing treaty with Pakistan. People in Pakistan had previously protested India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty.

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The Permanent Court of Arbitration said on Monday that India must restrict work on a hydroelectric plant in the Kashmir region and continue observing its water-sharing treaty with Pakistan, which New Delhi had suspended amid tensions with its neighbour.

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A catastrophic flash flood struck the China-Nepal border on August 26, killing hundreds and leaving thousands missing in Nepal. In Tibet, footage of the torrent and the destruction of Gyirong Port was removed within hours, while state media filled platforms with sanitized rescue reports and approved imagery.

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Panchen Erdeni Chos-kyi rGyal-po led a Buddhist ceremony at Tashilhunpo Monastery in Xigaze on Monday for people affected by the mudslide in Gyirong County. The 90-minute sutra chanting was attended by more than 200 monks and religious representatives. At least 16 people have been confirmed dead and 546 remain missing after the disaster struck Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border.

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Before-and-after images show the devastating destruction around Gyirong Port. Buildings have been stripped to bare steel frames, while roads that were once clearly visible are buried under thick mud and debris.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Chinese and Nepalese experts and official institutes concluded that a high-altitude glacier collapse in Nepal triggered the mudslide at the China-Nepal border port. He rejected what he called factless malicious speculation and outlined China’s aid, rescue deployments, data sharing and efforts to evacuate and search for missing people.

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The International Campaign for Tibet says about 300 homes were destroyed on the Tibetan side of last week’s floods and that casualties are likely far higher than Chinese officials report. Authorities say 16 people died and 546 are missing, while at least 10 people were penalised for sharing “false disaster information”.

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The Massachusetts jury resumed deliberations Monday in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, weighing questions involving reasonable doubt, criminal responsibility and mental illness.

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Deliberations in the closely watched murder trial of Lindsay Clancy have entered a second week. Jurors are asking to review physical evidence including a bag of pills, the knife used in Clancy’s apparent suicide attempt and empty pill bottles cited by the defense in closing arguments.

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Jurors are continuing to weigh five possible verdicts in Lindsay Clancy’s Massachusetts murder trial. The former nurse does not dispute killing her three children, but her defence says postpartum psychosis left her unable to understand or control her actions. Prosecutors argue she knew right from wrong and deliberately committed the killings.

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As the Shanghai Cooperation Organization marks its 25th anniversary, China is expanding trade and investment links with its members. The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade reported issuing 669,600 certificates of origin and 561 ATA Carnets from January to July, up 9.62% and 45.71% year on year. China and Kyrgyzstan also held a business and investment forum covering trade, green energy, connectivity and the digital economy.

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Financial Times sources say Elon Musk told former Ukrainian defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov that he had no objection to Ukraine using Starlink-equipped drones to strike targets inside Russia, though the political decision would have to come from the White House. The account conflicts with a later report that Musk still refuses to permit such strikes.

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Elon Musk may allow Ukraine to use Starlink-operated drones for deep strikes inside Russia, but only with White House approval, the Financial Times reported, citing sources. The sources said Musk conveyed this position to former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mikhail Fyodorov and argued that authorizing such attacks is a political decision for the Donald Trump administration.

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Congo authorities said Monday that the country’s Ebola outbreak has surpassed 6,000 confirmed cases.

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The third Senior Officials’ Meeting of the APEC China Year ended in Dalian on August 28, with progress reported on preparations for the November APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Shenzhen. Nearly 130 meetings drew more than 3,000 participants and advanced discussions on openness, innovation and cooperation, including connectivity, AI, customs and public health.

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