A deadly rush on a Spanish enclave

In North Africa, 49,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta in a day.

Go beyond the headlines with Reuters on the stories shaping the day. Subscribe for $1/week. Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Linda Noakes Hello. Tens of thousands of migrants have crossed into a Spanish enclave in North Africa, Trump says a deal has been reached to disarm Hamas, and a defiant FIFA doubles down as Europe threatens to boycott the World Cup. We have a special report uncovering a huge illegal Iranian gambling network.  And as river levels drop in drought-hit Europe, the Danube is revealing its secrets. Today's Top News   Migrants gather next to burning cars as they wait for a chance to cross to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. Spain and Morocco reinforced the border fence of a Spanish enclave in North Africa after around 49,000 people arrived in a single day, with at least 19 dead bodies found in the sea. We discuss the reasons for the mass migration on today's Reuters World News podcast. President Donald Trump said talks between mediators and Hamas leaders have led to a phased disarmament agreement in Gaza, but a Hamas official described the deal as a draft and US officials said Israel was skeptical the militant Palestinian group would surrender its weapons. Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi Arabia this week from Iraqi territory in coordination with Iraqi armed groups, according to assessments by Saudi Arabia and regional partners, reflecting growing coordination among Iran-aligned militias. Trump threatened to withdraw until next year his nomination of Todd Blanche to serve as US attorney general, escalating a standoff with Senate Republicans who have objected to a proposed "anti-weaponization" fund that could benefit his allies. A secretive US court created 30 years ago to deport suspected terrorists convened for the first time, opening a new front in the Trump administration's effort to remove non-citizens accused of national security threats. A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at ‌a conference in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees. A Reuters analysis found the map contained a watermark that ⁠signals it was made with OpenAI tools. FIFA said it would push ahead with consultations on a plan to bring private investment into the World Cup and its other tournaments, after Europe's football federation threatened a boycott. Business & Markets   Monitors at a foreign exchange dealing room in Tokyo. REUTERS/Manami Yamada The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady but warned for the first time that underlying inflation could exceed its target, signaling further rate hikes in the wake of the government's yen-buying intervention. Anthropic said some of its Claude AI models had hacked into the systems of three companies during cybersecurity tests, a disclosure that comes days after rival OpenAI revealed that one of its AI agents went on a rogue attack. Apple forecast sales for the current quarter ending in September would grow more slowly than Wall Street targeted as the iPhone maker struggled to get the parts it needed to deliver products, and shares fell 5.5% in after-hours trade. Amazon delivered its strongest cloud growth in more than four years and raised its annual capital spending forecast, bolstering its argument that heavy investment in AI is generating sufficient demand to warrant the outlays. BP launched a formal sale process for its North Sea business as new Chief Executive Officer Meg O'Neill accelerates a sweeping portfolio overhaul aimed at cutting debt and simplifying the oil major. The Week Ahead Summer lull? Don't even think about it. Markets will remain focused on the Middle East and multi-trillion dollar selloff in AI-linked equities. Elon Musk's SpaceX reports its first ⁠results since its blockbuster June IPO. Since then, its market value has slumped by an eye-watering $1 trillion. Markets get a fresh read on the US economy with closely watched non-farm payrolls data and the Reserve Bank of India announces its latest policy decision.  Europe's record-breaking heatwave looks set to continue and the economic ⁠costs are mounting. Adding to concerns, a 'super' El Niño event appears increasingly likely. Illicit Iranian gambling network helped pull off a $4 billion sanctions dodge   One of the world’s largest illegal gambling networks sends millions of dollars worth of crypto through an office in Dubai, part of a $4 billion Iranian sanctions evasion operation. The office, above a budget hotel in an unfashionable neighborhood, is the listed address of Shelbit, an unlicensed crypto exchange run by an expatriate Iranian, according to data shared by two crypto investigative firms and an independent analyst, and reviewed by Reuters. Read our special report And Finally... A drone view shows people swimming near a sunken German warship in Prahovo, Serbia. REUTERS/Djordje Kojadinovic Scuttled German World War Two warships have re-emerged from the Danube in drought-hit Europe as water levels drop. It follows another unusual find in the river earlier this week — the remains of an ancient mammoth. View gallery   Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters' website   Reuters Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. This email includes limited tracking for Reuters to understand whether you’ve engaged with its contents. For more information on how we process your personal information and your rights, please see our Privacy Statement. Terms & Conditions   © 2026 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036

Why VW's flying dream stalled

Plus, US strikes Iran again as the war widens.

Go beyond the headlines with Reuters on the stories shaping the day. Subscribe for $1/week. Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Hello. France, Spain and Greece battle wildfires and Russian strikes on Ukraine kill eight as Poland scrambles fighter jets. Elsewhere, the US strikes Iran again as the war widens and Washington clinches a $58.6 billion Patriot missile deal amid rising stockpile concerns. Plus, how Volkswagen’s flying-car dream crashed in China. Today's Top News   Residents and firefighters work to extinguish an advancing wildfire near Formariz in Zamora province, Spain. REUTERS/Umit Bektas Europe France, Spain and Greece battled major wildfires as soaring temperatures, parched vegetation and powerful winds extended a summer of deadly fires, mass evacuations and mounting disruption across Europe. Russian air strikes killed at least eight people in Ukraine, including one in Kyiv, in attacks extending as far as ‌the western city of Lviv, forcing neighboring Poland to scramble fighter jets to secure its airspace.  Russia has killed 73 people in June and July in intensified attacks on Kyiv, the city's military administration said. As demand for safe spaces has spiked — with some sheltering for the first time — the lack of proper sites has come into focus. In other news The US military said it struck dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard targets in Iran, including military command centers and drone facilities, in a two-hour operation launched after Tehran fired ballistic missiles at US forces in the Middle East. Follow live. The US Army awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth up to $58.6 billion to produce Patriot interceptor missiles, the Pentagon said, as conflicts in Iran and Ukraine strain US weapons stockpiles. The Trump administration has brought criminal charges against at least 851 people accused of attacking or impeding federal officers, only to abandon them at an unusually high rate.  Anthony Fauci, the former top US infectious disease expert, declined to answer questions at a Senate hearing, invoking his constitutional right against self-incrimination and accusing Republican Senator Rand Paul of an "unhinged" campaign to see him imprisoned. The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Japan toppled houses and split open streets in the small city of Yatsushiro, but there ‌was mounting concern about invisible threats from the lack of water and power amid the punishing summer heat. Business & Markets   US Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh in Washington, D.C. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein "Policymakers who feel that a rate hike needs to happen were not really willing to step aside and give way to the chairman," says correspondent Ann Saphir, discussing dissent at the Fed even while the central bank holds rates steady on today's episode of the Reuters World News podcast — listen now. South Korea's efforts to rein in the leveraged products wreaking havoc in its financial markets may not go far enough to quell skyrocketing volatility, analysts say, as pain and public anger mount over a $2 trillion-and-counting stocks wipeout. Samsung reported a more than 250-fold jump in chip profit and announced multi-year supply deals with major data centre operators, saying it expects global chip shortages to become more acute and extend into 2028. Vehicle leasing has declined in the United States in recent years, curbing what has long been a preferred route to new wheels for many car shoppers. Here's why. Shein, the Chinese-founded fast-fashion retailer, has released financial details ahead of its long-awaited Hong Kong float. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists explain how a pushback against its business model in the West may have collapsed the valuation to just $10 billion. How Volkswagen’s flying-car dream crashed in China   REUTERS/Illustration/Catherine Tai After years as China's top-selling automaker, Volkswagen in 2019 was looking beyond the roads it dominated and set out to own a piece of the sky. But now, while local upstarts prepare for flying-car liftoff in China, Volkswagen remains grounded.  Volkswagen's flying-car effort simply couldn’t match the speed of China’s low-altitude economy. That's the global aviation industry’s term for an emerging market encompassing drones, air taxis and other aviation services aimed at the airspace below 1,000 meters. In China, local rivals, governments and supply chains have moved faster than VW: that stumble serves as yet another example of older automakers rapidly losing business to Chinese competitors. Read our special report And Finally... BTS performs during the FIFA World Cup 2026 halftime show. REUTERS/Mike Segar K-pop group BTS said they will not submit any music for consideration at the 69th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2027, citing ‌dissatisfaction with the academy's new category for best Asian pop music performance. The decision marks the first time the South Korean group, one of the biggest names in K-pop, have opted out of the awards ceremony. Each member of the group shared the news in a post on Instagram. Read more   Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters' website   Reuters Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? 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