Spain’s migrant crisis, Gaza disarmament, Claude hack and World Cup boycott
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Hi, I'm Kim Vennell in Whanganui, New Zealand. It's Friday, July 31st. Today, Spain sends the military to deal with a surge of migrants from Morocco. Trump says a deal to disarm Hamas is reached, but US officials say Israel is skeptical. Sources tell Reuters Iran is actively coordinating its aligned militias in the region. And European soccer accuses FIFA of selling out and votes to boycott the World Cup in protest. This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 minutes, seven days a week. Spain has deployed the military to its North African enclave of Ceuta to try and stop a surge of migrants attempting to cross the border from Morocco. Dramatic scenes show people trying to enter by land and sea, scaling border crossings and streaming through gates.
Nine bodies have been discovered in the area, and local leaders warn the city is facing a full-blown emergency.
Why did Spain deploy troops to Ceuta amid a sudden migrant surge?
Breaking News correspondent David Latona is in Madrid.
In this case, in Ceuta, migrants were mostly arriving by swimming across from Morocco. It's not such a long distance. We've seen similar incidents in the past. Five years ago was probably the biggest one. Over 10,000 people crossed over in a matter of days, overwhelming security forces on the Spanish side of the border. There are some indications that this crossing could be even bigger.
Te Uta is one of only two land borders between the European Union and Africa. And David says people attempting to enter know that their cases must be heard.
Both opposition politicians and migration experts have said that one of the possible reasons is this recent Supreme Court ruling that basically ensures that the migrants that arrive cannot be completely rejected as soon as they arrive. There is a specific procedure that must be followed by authorities so that their rights are guaranteed.
US President Donald Trump says a peace deal is near in Gaza. In a post on social media, Trump says a process for Hamas to begin disarming in Gaza has been agreed. But a Hamas official described the deal as a draft, and US officials say Israel is skeptical the militant Palestinian group will surrender its weapons. Elsewhere in the region, Reuters has discovered that the Houthis, who are aligned with Iran and are usually based in Yemen, have attacked Saudi Arabia from Iraq. That's according to assessments from Riyadh and its partners in the region. So why does that matter? Well, it shows growing coordination between members of Iran's so-called Axis of Resistance and demonstrates their ability to inflict damage despite years of US and Israeli attacks.
Crucially, sources say the Houthis worked alongside local Iraqi armed groups under the supervision of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, proving, according to one analyst, that Tehran is now training and coordinating its various linked militias. Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, is trying to protect its interests. It has unveiled plans for a coalition to secure shipping in the Red Sea through which its oil exports travel and which has been disrupted by Houthi attacks. But getting its allies to put pressure directly on Iran is more of a challenge. Most notably, China, a top trading partner of both Iran and the Gulf states. Chief Saudi correspondent Timur Azari in Riyadh explains.
Today, Gulf states are looking to China to play a deeper role, a stronger role. They say, we haven't really seen you put the pressure on Iran that we thought you could to try to get them to come to the table, to negotiate, to stop attacks on Gulf states. What we've seen on the ground really is China secure its own interests. And it does that by trying to get its tankers through the strait.
Timor says that China may actually benefit in some ways from the regional hostilities.
So in speaking to officials in the region here, I think they were quite clear-eyed about great power competition here. So the way they see it is, yes, China has interests with us. They buy our oil. But if this Iran war is bleeding the United States, if it's turning people against the United States in the region, if it's undermining the U.S.
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