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Total solar eclipse mesmerizes crowds throughout Europe
On August 12, 2026, a total solar eclipse awed onlookers throughout Europe, including in Spain and the United Kingdom. Video Producer: Martina Di Licosa.
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Bones of medieval kings saved from Spanish wildfire
Firefighters raced to save a 1,000-year-old monastery in northeastern Spain on Friday as a growing wildfire prompted the hasty removal of the bones of medieval monarchs buried there.
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Too smart to eat? Why octopus farms are such a slippery problem
As a controversial Spanish plan for sustainable meat on an industrial scale is dropped, it has revived the ethical debate over farming these intelligent wild animals In 2022 Nueva Pescanova, Spain’s largest fisheries business, announced it was investing €65m (£56m) in the world’s first industrial octopus farm and proce.
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Photos: See the best photos from the solar eclipse
Millions of people in Europe stepped outside this evening to watch a spectacular sunset with a solar eclipse. The path of totality passed through portions of Greenland, Iceland and Spain, (Image credit: Christian Hartmann).
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A look at Spain's plan to give undocumented migrants legal status
Spain is at the center of the global immigration debate. Left-wing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has enacted a plan aimed at giving legal status to undocumented immigrants. But last month, tens of thousands of migrants tried to illegally cross into the Spanish territory of Ceuta, which borders Morocco. The incident is p.
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A Space Expert Hoped to Use the Eclipse as Science Class. The D.J.s Had Other Plans.
Mar Carretero-Castrillo, an astrophysicist, returned to her remote village in Spain to be in the path of totality. Hundreds of partygoers came too.
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What to know about Wednesday's total solar eclipse
The only total solar eclipse of 2026 will cross the Northern Hemisphere on Wednesday, Aug. 12, with a path of totality across parts of Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain. See when and where it will be visible.
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Why Rumors About Morocco Followed Spain’s Ceuta Migrant Surge
Claims swirled that Morocco, perhaps spurred by Israel and the United States, organized a recent border disaster. That unproven speculation, experts said, was exacerbated by the region’s complicated history.
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Record July heat in regions home to 900 million people
Regions home to around 900 million people experienced their hottest July on record in 2026, including in the Sahel, Central America, France and Spain, according to AFP analysis of Copernicus data.
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How Spain’s migration surge tested E.U. border policy
An unprecedented surge of migrants into Spanish territory of Ceuta in North Africa marked the first reignited the European Union’s debate over immigration.
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How to spot the Perseid meteor shower, a summer light show that promises to dazzle
The meteor shower's peak Wednesday night into Thursday morning coincides with a total solar eclipse across Spain, Iceland and Greenland and a six-planet parade — though the best time to view the fireballs will come after totality.
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Migrant Crisis Reveals Vast Differences Between Ceuta and Its Moroccan Neighbor
Ceuta, Spain, and Fnideq, Morocco, are physically separated by only a mile, but they are intertwined by family and trade. A recent border crisis is the latest chapter in their story.
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Two Cities With a Tangled History
Ceuta, Spain, and Fnideq, Morocco, are physically separated by only a mile, but they are intertwined by family and trade. A recent border crisis is the latest chapter in their story.
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'Like the end of the world': The eclipse chasers flocking to Spain
Suddenly, the world is plunged into an eerie, violet darkness. The temperature drops. Birds and other animals, bewildered by unforeseen night, start behaving strangely. Stars and planets appear in the sky next to the blotted-out sun.
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Homo antecessor skull layers resemble modern humans and Neanderthals, fragments suggest
A new study provides quantitative data on cranial vault thickness in Homo antecessor, based on the analysis of three parietal fragments recovered from the Gran Dolina site in the Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain.
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Spain to put containment fence around Ceuta after deadly border rush from Morocco
Spain says it will build a 1,600-foot containment fence around its enclave of Ceuta after thousands of migrants rushed its border with Morocco last week. CBS News' Aidan Stretch reports.
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Total solar eclipse will sweep over Spain, Iceland and Greenland in August
For the first time in more than a century, a total solar eclipse is coming to mainland Spain with an even longer encore next summer.
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After Most Migrants Leave Ceuta, Exhausted Holdouts Find Shelter on Beach
Most of the people who surged into Spain on Thursday have since returned to Morocco. A small minority are holed up on a seafront, tired, hungry and vowing to stay.
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Ceuta Migration Crisis Exposes Despair Among Morocco’s Young People
Moroccan migrants described their despair at their economic future, explaining what propelled them across the border with Spain.
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Morocco denies responsibility for events at its border with Spain, as deaths near 100
Four days after tens of thousands of migrants crossed from Morocco into the small Spanish territory of Ceuta, the death toll continues to rise -- nearing 100.
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‘Do You Think if I Had a Job I Would Have Gone?’
Moroccan migrants described their despair at their economic future, explaining what propelled them across the border with Spain.
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In Ceuta, Far-Right Leaders Call on Spain to Expel Migrants
Far-right politicians and activists are flocking to the Spanish territory on the northern coast of Africa, fueling tensions there days after thousands of migrants entered the exclave.
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Europe’s Far Right, Once Marginal, Now Sets Tone on Spain Migrant Crisis
Europe sheltered many refugees in 2015. Its hard-line reaction to a new crisis in Ceuta shows how, 11 years on, the far right has reshaped European attitudes.
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60,000 migrants poured into Spain from Morocco, Ceuta's president says, but many already left
According to the president of Ceuta, 60,000 migrants have flooded the small Spanish territory from Morocco since Thursday. Most voluntarily left the territory amid shortages of food, water and shelter, but thousands remained. Spain's prime minister called it an attack. Aiden Stretch reports from Ceuta, Spain.
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Spain to put containment fence on Ceuta's border with Morocco after frontier rush that killed 67
The death toll climbed to 67, including some who drowned and others who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier, the Spanish government said Saturday.
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Death toll in Spain border crisis reaches 67 as tens of thousands cross back in to Morocco
The death toll in Spain's Ceuta border crisis with Morocco has climbed to 67. They included some who drowned and some who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier. (Image credit: Antonio Sempere).
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Spain sends over 48,000 migrants back to Morocco from Ceuta; dozens dead
Spain's Ministry of the Interior said about 50,000 people entered the Spanish enclave since Thursday morning, with an estimated 48,300 back in Morocco by 6 p.m. Friday.
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Tens of thousands of migrants enter Spanish territory, then return to Morocco
Spain is rushing troops and resources to one of its territories in North Africa, after tens of thousands of migrants crossed the border from Morocco into the small city of Ceuta. Geoff Bennett reports.
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Wildfires in France and Spain force 250,000 to flee as crews continue to battle untamed blazes
The fires in Spain and France advanced quickly because of tinderbox conditions worsened by successive heat waves.
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Wildfire Smoke Chokes Skies in Spain and France
Hundreds of thousands of people, including residents as well as vacationers, were forced to evacuate or told to remain indoors.
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What to Know About the Wildfires Raging in Western Europe
Huge blazes have forced tens of thousands of residents and vacationers in France and Spain to evacuate.
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Conditions for European Wildfires Created by Summer of Extremes
The wildfires are scorching parts of France and Spain that had already faced unusually hot and dry summers.
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Wildfires in France and Spain force more than 267,000 to flee
The fires in Spain and France advanced quickly because of tinderbox conditions worsened by successive heat waves.
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Faced With Heat and Wildfires, France Turns to Spain to Learn How to Cope
A French government delegation will travel to its southern neighbor to learn how it copes with long spells of hot weather.
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