High temperatures during the summer have caused more than 5,000 deaths in Spain. This is the highest toll recorded for the June–August period since 2015, when these statistics began to be compiled.

The Carlos III Health Institute announced that 5,111 heat-related deaths were recorded during these three months. Broken down by month, 937 cases were recorded in June, 2,025 in July and a further 2,149 in August.

This year’s toll has surpassed the record set in 2022, when 4,652 deaths caused by high temperatures were reported during the same period. The number of deaths was 3,651 in 2025, while in 2024 it reached around 1,977.

The statistics were compiled through Spain’s MoMo system, which tracks mortality levels daily and compares recorded cases with forecasts based on historical data. The calculations also use temperatures reported by Spain’s meteorological service, Aemet.

This year, the country has faced an exceptionally hot summer and several consecutive waves of extreme temperatures. July 2026 ranked among the hottest months ever measured in Spain. Aemet also described it as the driest July since records began in 1961.

Forecasts from the meteorological service indicate that September could also begin with temperatures significantly above average. In certain areas, they could be more than 10 degrees Celsius above the typical levels for this period.

According to experts, the increase in heatwaves and their growing intensity are linked to climate change. Spain is considered one of the European countries most at risk from extreme temperatures.

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A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has shaken Spain, causing considerable damage and panic among residents and tourists. A state of emergency has been declared in the southern city of Granada after several buildings were damaged or collapsed, while large rocks fell onto vehicles.

Due to the situation, several hotels were evacuated, while residents and tourists rushed out into the streets.

The main earthquake, which struck at around 1:00 a.m. local time, was followed by 12 further tremors. Footage posted on social media shows moments of panic, with tourists leaving their accommodation carrying suitcases in their hands.

Homes and vehicles are reported to have sustained extensive damage, while deep cracks have appeared on some roads as a result of the powerful tremors.

Emergency services in Andalusia intervened in several affected areas and rescued people who had been trapped in damaged buildings.

Authorities continue to assess the damage and the situation in the affected areas.

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Despite warnings not to look directly at the sun without special glasses, searches for the phrase “my eyes hurt” surged significantly following the phenomenon.

Experts have been alarmed by a rise in Google searches for eye pain after the solar eclipse, as thousands of people appear to have viewed the sun without proper protection.

According to the Mirror, despite warnings not to look directly at the sun without special glasses, searches for the phrase “my eyes hurt” increased significantly after the phenomenon, with doctors warning that even a few seconds of exposure can damage the retina.

In Britain, searches for the term rose by 1,500% on Thursday evening compared with the previous day, while in Spain, where the eclipse was total and the sky darkened for several minutes, the corresponding Spanish phrase, “me duelen los ojos,” increased by 5,000%.

After the eclipse, several social media users reported eye pain, headaches and blurred vision, admitting that they had looked directly at the sun.

“I literally looked at it for one second, and now my eyes hurt,” one user wrote.

Another reported having a headache after watching the eclipse, while someone else wrote: “I looked directly at the solar eclipse, and I genuinely feel as though I have suffered eye damage. My head hurts badly, and my vision is blurred.”

In a similar TikTok post, one user said: “I looked at it. My eyes are dying. It’s a sensation I’ve never experienced before, and I think I’m going blind.”

Experts warn that looking directly at the sun can cause what is known as solar retinopathy.

Alex Ionides, an ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, explained that it is a serious misconception that it is safe to look at the sun during a partial eclipse.

As he noted, even during an eclipse, the sun remains bright enough to damage the eye’s delicate tissues.

The retina is the light-sensitive layer at the back of the eye that enables vision. Strong sunlight and ultraviolet radiation can damage its cells, causing solar retinopathy.

What makes this particularly dangerous is that damage can occur even after brief exposure and is not necessarily accompanied by immediate pain. This means a person may not realize there is a problem until several hours later.

Doctors recommend seeking immediate medical attention if, after looking directly at the sun, you experience symptoms such as:

– eye pain

– redness

– a gritty sensation or severe irritation

– blurred vision

– distorted vision

– new dark spots in your field of vision

– sudden changes in vision

Solar retinopathy can also cause reduced color perception, difficulty reading or a dark spot in the center of your vision.

In some cases, the symptoms gradually disappear, but there is also a risk of permanent vision loss.

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Hundreds of Moroccan migrants have set up a temporary camp on El Trampolín beach in Ceuta, as Spanish authorities continue their efforts to manage the situation following the large influx of migrants who arrived in the Spanish enclave last week.

According to the authorities, around 69,500 migrants have returned to Morocco over the past four days, while between 3,000 and 5,000 people remain in Ceuta. The death toll has risen to 72 on the Spanish side of the border and another 11 on the Moroccan side.

According to foreign media reports, many of the migrants said they had become stranded because of shop closures, food shortages, hostility from some local residents and their inability to travel to mainland Spain.

Footage from the area shows dozens of migrants, mainly from sub-Saharan African countries, lying on the beach sand and wrapped in towels to protect themselves from the wind, while military and police vehicles patrol the area. Meanwhile, local authorities have said that Ceuta’s two migrant reception centers have exceeded their capacity, while the cases of 862 migrant minors, who are afforded special legal protection from deportation, are being reviewed.

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is expected to propose expanding Albania’s model for repatriation centers, presenting it as part of the EU’s new policy to strengthen immigration controls.

“Giorgia Meloni is considering proposals ranging from the creation of new Albanian-style repatriation centers to even stricter economic agreements with African countries,” Corriere della Sera wrote today, ahead of the emergency summit in Ceuta convened by the EU for Tuesday.

Yesterday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen received the letter from 22 countries, as well as Sánchez’s letter, and accepted their request for an extraordinary video conference to review the crisis.

Twenty-two countries have embraced Italy’s tougher stance. Only France, along with Spain, did not sign the letter. But Giorgia Meloni now aims to impose a closed-border policy in Europe, even at the cost of suspending Schengen, as well as the Albanian model, involving repatriation centers outside the EU, which is already under consideration by the bloc.

This is one of the demands Italy will present on Tuesday at the meeting of EU interior ministers, convened following the wave of mass migration into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on the border with Morocco, a situation that has since largely calmed down.

Meloni believes she has the support of Danish Prime Minister and Socialist Mette Frederiksen and hopes German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will also join the initiative. Palazzo Chigi and the European Conservatives group are applying strong pressure, as European Commissioner for Migration Magnus Brunner’s cautious stance toward the project has not been well received, even though it is included in the new Migration Pact, which entered into force on June 12.

Rome hopes that developments in Ceuta will accelerate the process and restart negotiations with 12 countries, which were revealed by AFP several months ago.

Preliminary discussions have been held with Rwanda, Ghana, Senegal, Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania, Egypt, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Montenegro and Ethiopia.

Whether the proposal will move forward is expected to become clear as early as tomorrow, during the meeting of EU ambassadors. Media reports say Palazzo Chigi is convinced that a majority supports these ideas.

As evidence, they point to the letter promoted by Meloni and signed yesterday by 22 EU heads of state and government. France is absent from the list of signatories, but Italian government sources do not consider this a problem.

“Most governments share the Italian approach,” they say, adding that French President Emmanuel Macron has never wanted to join the “group of friends” on migration issues, which meets ahead of European summits.

According to Rome’s interpretation, it is France that is isolated in this case.

German Chancellor Merz had also taken a more cautious stance at the height of the crisis in Ceuta, but he signed the letter, which contains more moderate wording following diplomatic negotiations. Sources close to Meloni say there has been no direct contact between the two leaders.

According to the Italian prime minister, the images from Ceuta showed how urgently a European response is needed. She says the letter from the 22 countries is a sign that the Italian position is gaining support from an increasing number of states.

Only one passage in the letter is less critical of Spain, which is not mentioned by name: “Protecting the European Union’s external borders is not the interest of a single country, but a shared responsibility of Europe.”

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The Italian government announced on Friday that it was suspending free movement arrangements with Spain under the Schengen Treaty due to the crisis in Ceuta, following the arrival of tens of thousands of Moroccans.

As early as Thursday, the first day of the crisis, Italy had criticized Spain’s actions at the highest political levels through Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, warning that it would suspend the Schengen Agreement.

“Italy will not stand idly by,” the prime minister stressed, describing the images from Ceuta as “shocking.”

Italy’s foreign minister, meanwhile, wrote in a post that “the images coming from Ceuta show that the Madrid government’s decision to grant Spanish, and therefore European, citizenship to more than 500,000 irregular migrants is profoundly misguided and encourages human trafficking.”

Commenting on the same issue in a post, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that “we will not allow anyone to enter the EU without complying with our rules,” stressing that “the dangerous crossings must stop immediately and the smuggling networks must be dismantled.”

At the same time, France and Germany pledged to help Spain if it requested assistance. Denmark, on the other hand, through Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, said the EU should consider suspending the rules of the Schengen Treaty following the events in Ceuta.

On the other side of the Atlantic, Trump chose to use the crisis in Ceuta to attack the Democrats, saying that we should remember this image because “this is what we will be like in three years if the wrong party wins.”

Meanwhile, Spanish authorities reported that at least 57 people had died while trying to reach Ceuta, while the possibility that there were even more victims on the Moroccan side has not been ruled out.

Some of them drowned, while others were trampled during attempts to climb onto the breakwater where the border fence is located.

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called for a national agreement to address the effects of climate change and warned that difficult times lie ahead for the country, which is still battling major fires in areas around Madrid and Valencia.

“Difficult times lie ahead, that is certain, but the information we have received here indicates that the night was positive in terms of the fire’s development, containment and the operations to tackle it,” he told reporters during a visit to the fire-hit area of Avila.

Media reports say that around 75,000 people were evacuated from their homes in areas around the Spanish capital and in the eastern region of Valencia, where strong winds threaten to spread the fire southward.

The Spanish prime minister, who often clashes with the conservative local leaders of Spain’s autonomous regions, insists that a response appropriate and proportionate to the scale of these climate emergencies is needed.

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Four people died in their vehicle

Many of the injured have been taken to hospitals and are receiving medical treatment. According to the authorities, 23 people are still reported missing. Antonio Sanz said that four people lost their lives while trying to flee by car.

They are likely to have been British, as their vehicle had the steering wheel on the right-hand side. Seven other people were found dead; they are believed to have abandoned their vehicles and tried to escape on foot. The victims have not yet been officially identified.

Possible cause: a snapped power line

Authorities are investigating the possibility that the fire was caused by a broken power line that fell onto extremely dry vegetation. Emergency services received more than 150 calls from residents reporting the fire. Witnesses said a fallen cable had sparked the blaze. However, the authorities have still not definitively confirmed this version. The incident happened near a major road, and the flames spread quickly toward the surrounding forested areas.

No alert sent through the mobile network

According to the prime minister of Andalusia, Juanma Moreno, experts had recommended against sending an alert through the mobile phone network because the situation would have required several simultaneous warnings, which was not technically possible.

“An unprecedented tragedy”

As a precaution, more than 1,000 residents of the surrounding areas were evacuated. A campsite, although not affected by the flames, was also emptied for safety reasons. More than 460 emergency personnel are battling the fire, which has spread across more than 3,100 hectares.

Firefighters, wildfire specialists and the Spanish military civil protection unit (UME) are taking part in the operation. Firefighting planes and helicopters are supporting the effort from the air.

The Health Minister described the event as an “unprecedented tragedy,” calling it the wildfire with the most severe consequences Andalusia has experienced so far.

Heatwave fuels fires

Spain, like Portugal and France, is experiencing an intense heatwave. In some regions, the highest alert level has been declared for extreme temperatures. Dry weather and high temperatures are fueling the outbreak and spread of fires.

According to European Commission data, since the start of the year, fires in Spain have destroyed more than 50,000 hectares of land. In France and Portugal as well, firefighters have in recent days faced several major wildfires./DW

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La RFEF lamenta comunicar que su capitán Sergio Busquets ha resultado positivo en los últimos test PCR realizados esta mañana en la concentración de la Selección nacional en Las Rozas.

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