The crisis in Ceuta is bringing to the surface a sense of unease even within the progressive camp: Socialists and allies of the PSOE are criticising the handling of the emergency and are once again questioning the approach to immigration. But with elections looking increasingly difficult and fears of going down with Sánchez, many on the left continue to grumble

The Kremlin leader is aiming to expand his army ahead of winter, through domestic mobilisation and contracts with foreign soldiers

Damascus is not responding militarily to the IDF’s air strikes but says it could use the nuclear material inherited from Assad for civilian purposes. A bad sign for Netanyahu

China is attempting to counter European accusations regarding its subsidies with somewhat clumsy propaganda. Meanwhile, Chinese cars are flooding the market

Two primaries, two stories: in Florida, the socialist Angie Nixon has pulled off a surprise victory, beating the candidate with a campaign war chest of 16 million with just 975,000 dollars, and now faces the Republicans. In Alaska, the moderate Mary Peltola is the favourite, but must contend with a namesake of the outgoing Senator Sullivan, whom Trump calls an ‘impostor’

Angie Nixon and Mary Peltola – photo: LaPresse

The slapdash nature of a cartoon by a self-styled director and his mother has won over young people, to the extent that they see it as a challenge to propaganda blockbusters. How the ‘ugliest animated film in China’ won over Gen Z on social media

“We’ve reached an agreement!”, writes the US President on Truth. According to Ottawa, however, there is still “a lot of work to be done” to reach a final agreement