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Migrant influx into Spain's enclave of Ceuta

We speak to local people in Ceuta.

Spain's interior ministry says more than half of the estimated 50,000 migrants who arrived in the Spanish North African territory of Ceuta since Thursday morning have now returned to Morocco. Visiting Ceuta, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez condemned the influx as an attack, and violation of Spanish sovereignty. We speak to our reporter and local people in Ceuta.

A senior adviser to the Fifa boss Gianni Infantino has resigned over the proposal to sell stakes in the World Cup and other competitions to private investors. We speak to our reporter.

The BBC's South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head travelled to Thai border town of Mae Sot where there's been a huge exodus of people from Myanmar seeking sanctuary there.

Four bodies have been found during a search for 10 missing climbers after an avalanche in Pakistan. We have the latest from our reporter, and we speak to a mountaineer.

Presenter: James Reynolds.

(Photo: Groups of migrants return to Morocco through the Tarajal border crossing in Ceuta, Spain, 31 July 2026. Credit: Reduan Dris/EPA)

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