Spain installs floating barrier on the sea border between Ceuta and Morocco after tens of thousands of migrants entered the Spanish territory earlier this week.

EU Council to hold Aug 4 meeting on migration crisis in Spain's Ceuta, Irish PM Martin says. Sanchez demands urgent EU action, slams critics as driven by bias and fake news.

The EU Council on Justice and Home Affairs will hold a meeting on August 4 in connection with the migration crisis in Spain's Ceuta, Irish PM Micheál Martin announced on X. Earlier, Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez criticized EU countries that condemned Madrid's decisions leading to the migration crisis in Ceuta, calling their position driven by "bias, fake news, ignorance or political interests," and demanded an urgent meeting of European officials.

Total solar eclipse to sweep across Spain, Greenland and Iceland on August 12, with totality lasting up to 2 minutes 18 seconds near sunset — the first over mainland Spain in over a century.

A total solar eclipse on August 12 will bring daytime darkness to parts of mainland Spain, Greenland and Iceland, with totality lasting up to 2 minutes 18 seconds near sunset — the first total eclipse over mainland Spain in more than a century, and a prelude to a longer eclipse in 2027.

Italy places nearly all major cities on the highest heat alert, with authorities warning of risks to even healthy and active people — not just vulnerable groups.

Italy is placing nearly all major cities on the highest heat alert, with authorities warning of risks to even healthy and active people — not just the elderly, very young children and those with chronic illnesses.

Magnitude-4.7 earthquake near Naples injures 26 people, forces about 300 to evacuate; strongest quake in the Campi Flegrei volcanic area in 40 years. More than 170 aftershocks recorded overnight into Saturday, Italy's Civil Protection Department says.

Italy's Civil Protection Department said Saturday that a magnitude-4.7 earthquake that struck the Campi Flegrei volcanic area near Naples on the evening of July 31 injured 26 people and forced about 300 to evacuate. The department said several unoccupied buildings collapsed and numerous other structures were damaged, with more than 170 tremors recorded through the early hours of Aug. 1; firefighters and technical personnel are continuing structural safety inspections.