In July 2026, Spain did two opposite things on the same fourteen-kilometre stretch of water. On 15 July, the fence at the Gibraltar frontier came down. Passport checks on the land border ended, and around 15,000 workers began crossing daily between La Línea and the Rock without stopping. Spanish officials called it the removal of … Read more
Updated 31 July 2026 with crossing distances, the two pressure points on the fence, and current Frontex route data. Look at a map of Spain and you will not find it. Look at a map of Morocco and you will find a small notch on the northern coast that Morocco does not control. That notch … Read more
Updated 8 August 2026: the confirmed death toll has risen to at least 100, Spain and Italy are locked in a genuine diplomatic standoff over Italy’s continued border checks, and a separate crisis has emerged over unaccompanied migrant children still in Ceuta. On 30 and 31 July 2026, tens of thousands of people crossed one … Read more
Update, July 27, 2026: The manhunt is over. Police shot and killed suspect Abdul Ballout on Sunday evening after he charged at officers with a bladed weapon. The original reporting on the attack itself remains below; the “How Did the Manhunt End?” section covers what’s new. A van tore through the crowd at Berlin’s Christopher … Read more
Russia’s most advanced fighter jet just crashed outside its own capital — and Russia’s own military bloggers are the ones suggesting Russia shot it down. Here’s what actually happened to the Su-57 on July 23, 2026, and why the explanation matters so much. What Happened to Russia’s Su-57 on July 23? Around 1:50 p.m. local … Read more