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Spain has returned about 37,500 of the roughly 50,000–60,000 migrants who entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco since early Friday. Authorities said returns are continuing under an agreement with Morocco

Spanish official: Around 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Ceuta

Sánchez arrives at the Ceuta heliport amid insults and clashes between protesters and the police

France: Tightening security measures on the border with Spain

This is the current situation at the El Tarajal border crossing right now after the army has been deployed in Ceuta following an unprecedented migration crisis

The Melilla border remains closed and hundreds of cars from the Strait of Gibraltar crossing are piling up

The discovery of three more bodies raises to 18 the number of victims from the mass entry in Ceuta

Dawn breaks in Ceuta, a city completely collapsed after the illegal influx of thousands of migrants

Giorgia Meloni: The images coming from Ceuta are striking and demonstrate, once again, that uncontrolled illegal immigration poses a concrete threat to the security of Europe's borders. I have spoken with Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi. Italy will not stand by and watch. We are convening the relevant bodies, and following these meetings, we are prepared to intervene with extraordinary measures to defend the borders and the safety of citizens, including the suspension of the Schengen Area with Spain. On illegal immigration, we will not yield an inch: defending the borders, stopping human traffickers, and ensuring effective repatriations will continue to be the line of this Government

AFP, citing Spanish authorities: The Madrid fire is at its peak and extinguishing it is impossible.

Erdogan: I thank America, Spain, Germany, and Italy for the additional support for our air defenses during the Iran war

Trump: Spain is a lost cause and a bad NATO partner. I will cut off our trade relations with them and I will not visit them.

Trump at Nato summit: "Spain is a wasted cause"

Investigating the violent death of a woman and her daughter after the fire in an apartment in Mijas

Trump blasts Spain: Spain is a horror show. Spain is terrible. They don't want to pay anything. They think they are in for a free ride. Spain is not a good group. Not a good group at all

Pedro Sánchez reaffirms his total support for Zapatero after reading the order and learning the details of the summary

Spain: The police raided the headquarters of the ruling party as part of an investigation into suspicions of illegal financing. This investigation is connected to broader corruption scandals that are being probed, involving former senior officials in the Socialist Party

The Senior Prosecutor of Madrid opens a file against the two prosecutors who appear mentioned in the ‘Plus Ultra case’

Thousands of people marched in Madrid, Spain, to demand measures against rising housing prices and tourist rentals.

Police charges are being reported in the Moncloa area amid protests against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in Madrid. With shouts of "we pay their salaries" and "you don't have the guts to do anything about the Moors," tensions are rising in the streets as anger against the government escalates.

The French citizen evacuated from Tenerife who presented symptoms tests positive for hantavirus

Spain is investigating a possible case of hantavirus in Alicante linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak; the patient is under health surveillance protocol

Spain has demanded the release of Spanish citizen Saif Abukeshek, who was arrested during Israel's raid on the Global Freedom Flotilla and taken to Israel

Trump: I am not happy with Italy and I am not happy with Spain. They feel it’s okay for Iran to have a nuclear weapon

Around 400 protesters in Barcelona over the Gaza Flotilla: tension outside the Israeli consulate with objects thrown and police charges to disperse the protest

Reporter: You talked about possibly moving out some troops from Germany. Would you consider the same thing for Spain and Italy? Trump: Yeah, probably. Why shouldn't I Italy has not been of any help to us, and Spain has been horrible—absolutely horrible

Internal Pentagon email details options to punish NATO allies who the US believes failed to support it in Iran war operations. Will post a link to my story later but US official says the options include: Suspending Spain from NATO alliance. Reassessing US diplomatic support for European "imperial possessions," to include Britain's claim to the Falkland Islands near Argentina. Suspending "difficult" countries from important or prestigious positions at NATO. No option to close U.S. bases in the email. No option for withdrawing U.S. from the alliance in the email

The Spanish Foreign Minister: We must tell Israel that it must change its approach and that war is not the way to communicate with its neighbors.

Xi Jinping to Pedro Sánchez: China and Spain are both principled and reasonable countries. We are willing to stand on the right side of history. We should oppose the law of the jungle and together maintain true multilateralism and protect world peace and development

The Trump administration is considering a plan to punish some members of the NATO alliance that it believes were unhelpful to the U.S. and Israel during the Iran war, according to administration officials.The proposal would involve moving U.S. troops out of NATO countries deemed unhelpful to the Iran war effort and station them in countries that were more supportive of the U.S. military campaign