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SPAIN
Spain issues alert– Moroccan networks are now spreading messages to “attack occupied Ceuta” after the failure of the 15-A coup attempt: {Trans, summary}
– Spanish intelligence has detected a new wave of Moroccan social-media campaigns explicitly urging violent action against “occupied Ceuta” after the failed 15-A border call. Earlier false claims of an open fence have given way to more aggressive slogans, with posts on TikTok, Facebook and local forums directly calling for attacks on the frontier.
– These messages are accompanied by nationalist symbols and maps, and they align with territorial-recovery narratives promoted by Moroccan media aligned with the Moroccan monarchy. Analysts believe state authorities are likely aware of these dynamics, which may serve as hybrid pressure against Spain.
– In response, Spain’s Interior Ministry has extended police deployments in Ceuta through September to prevent disturbances and mass-entry attempts. The immediate concern remains the open incitement to physical assault on border installations and personnel.
Source, Spanish: https://www.larazon.es/espana/espana-activa-alerta-redes-marroquie…
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PP criticizes Sánchez’s “indolence” in the face of the migration crisis in Ceuta- “It is very far from normality”: {Trans}
– The Deputy Secretary of Autonomous, Local Policy and Electoral Analysis for the PP (conservative), Elías Bendodo {pic}, who is also a member of the national Congress of Deputies, leading regional strategy, municipal coordination, and party political analysis under Alberto Núñez Feijóo (PP), has criticized the “indolence” of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, in the face of the migration crisis in Ceuta, at the same time that he has disgraced the “lack of explanations” by part of the executive.
– “The President of the Government and none of his ministers have given real explanations for what has happened and have not guaranteed us that it will not happen again. What has to happen in Spain for the president to suspend his vacation and take charge of the crisis,” He said in a media address this Wednesday in Malaga.
– Along these lines, Bendodo has assured that the Government arrives “late and badly” with the proposal to install temporary camps to house migrants who continue in the autonomous city.
-“Here the solution is to apply the law, everyone who has entered illegally has to leave. Each and every one of them, the elderly and the minors”, he stated while pointing out that “Ceuta is very far from normality” because, he indicated, of “the Government’s negligence”.
– “If you neither govern, nor legislate, nor approve budgets, nor give explanations for the problems that we Spaniards suffer, so that you remain in government, the best thing would be to call elections”, he noted.
– Regarding Sánchez, the deputy secretary of the PP has assured that “he has begun to threaten those who criticize and try to silence those who report something uncomfortable”. “They have done it with judges, prosecutors, civil guards, journalists in all the cases that someone said something that affected the government of the Socialist Party”, he stated.
– Along these lines, he has assured that he is joined in opposition to “this strategy” by the PSOE (socialist) of Ceuta. “The Socialist Party of Ceuta, which is enduring this situation, are the ones who denounce what the PSOE led government is doing wrong. And they also denounce the internal pressures that are there to criticize the management of Pedro Sánchez’s government, which is what is truly serious”, he noted. “This in a democracy, hiding the truth and lying to the people is very dangerous”, he reaffirmed. Source, Spanish:
https://www.teleprensa.com/articulo/malaga/pp-critica-indolencia…
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Graffiti appears 800 metres from La Mareta (President’s vacation residence) reminding Sánchez of his corruption cases during the summer holidays: {Trans, summary}
– The Prime Minister’s vacation stay at La Mareta (Lanzarote) has not gone unnoticed by the locals, who are expressing their outrage at the government. Although Pedro Sánchez is keeping a heavy security detail at the estate, owned by the National Heritage, a piece of graffiti in the surrounding area serves as a reminder of the public’s discontent with the corruption cases involving his personal and political circle. “Criminals ,” reads the graffiti, on a small building near the Royal Residence.
– The graffiti lists the cases affecting the Socialist leader: “Begoña case, brother case, Ábalos/Koldo case, Cerdán case, Attorney General case, Aldama case, hydrocarbons case, face mask case, Air Europa case.” And finally: “Grandchildren Law: rigged election ,” referring to the mass naturalization process for the descendants of Spanish emigrants.
– This is not the first time that a critical graffito about the Prime Minister has appeared. At the start of this vacation, security at La Mareta erased, within barely 24 hours, another message visible on a wall situated scarcely two kilometres from the residence: ‘P. Sánchez son of a p*ta,’ ‘P. Sánchez SOB,’ and ”fuera Islam’ (Islam Out) Source, Spanish: https://okdiario.com/espana/pintada-800-metros-mareta-recuerda-sanchez-sus-casos-corrupcion-pleno-veraneo-criminales-20133478
MALAGA PROVINCE
“Very high” temperatures in sea water in the Mediterranean- The Malaga Port buoy registers 28.8C: {Trans, summary}
– In a message on network X, the Service of the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) in Andalusia has announced the “very high sea water temperatures in the Mediterranean, well above normal these days for the time of year. Furthermore, as specified in the aforementioned message, the buoy of the Port of Malaga was registered this past Tuesday “an incredible value” of 28.8C. Source, Spanish: https://www.laopiniondemalaga.es/malaga/2026/08/19/temperaturas…
MALAGA CITY
Málaga reopens the beaches of Guadalmar, Sacaba, Misericordia and San Andrés to bathing after two days of closures due to spills: {Trans, summary}
– After two days of red flag and ban on bathing due to spills in numerous beaches in the capital after the last storm, the Malaga City Council has reopened the last four beaches that were still waiting for favorable results in water quality, these are Guadalmar, Sacaba, Misericordia and San Andrés. Yesterday those of El Palo and Golf Course-San Julián. Source, Spanish: https://www.laopiniondemalaga.es/malaga/2026/08/19/malaga-reabre-bano…
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Eating sushi at the mid-summer outdoor fairs? About 27 kilograms of sushi transported in the trunk of a motorcycle without refrigeration were seized: {Trans, summary}
– The Local Police of Malaga, in collaboration with the Inspection of the Health and Consumer Service of the Malaga City Council, has seized and destroyed 91 tubes of sushi, equivalent to about 27 kilograms, whose transport did not meet the appropriate hygienic-sanitary refrigeration conditions.
– The events took place around 5:15 p.m. last Monday, August 17, when a patrol of Malaga Local Police agents who were serving in civilian clothes at the Real de Recinto Ferial Cortijo de Torres stopped the driver of a motorcycle that was traveling on José Blázquez El Maño Street. After identifying him, they verified that he was carrying a total of 91 packages of sushi in the trunk, the destination of which was a stand located in a booth at the Malaga Fair, the Local Police indicated in a statement.
– The motorcyclist identified himself as the owner of a restaurant establishment, where he makes the products and then transports them in the hood of the motorcycle. The local police verified that the trunk did not have a refrigeration system for the transport of food products nor was it intended for that purpose, the business owner has just placed a few freezer bricks on top {pic}. Source, Spanish: https://www.teleprensa.com/articulo/malaga/intervenidos-27-kilogramos-sushi-transportados-maletero-moto-refrigeracion/202608190857292489988.html
GRANADA
More than twenty earthquakes shook Granada this Wednesday, at least seven of them felt: {Trans}
– Granada has already registered more than twenty earthquakes throughout this Wednesday, August 19, in the Vega area, of which at least seven have been felt by the population. The strongest earthquake in the last few hours was recorded shortly after 7:00 p.m., with a magnitude of 3.0 and its epicenter in Churriana de la Vega. Seismic activity continued throughout the afternoon and evening after several days of tremors in the province. Source, Spanish: https://www.larazon.es/sociedad/terremoto-granada…
IMMIGRATION IN SPAIN
In defiance of the EU, the Moroccan authorities & the Ceuta gov’t that all demand the youths be returned to Morocco asap– the socialist administration of Spain is working on an urgent “royal decree”, the transfer of 500 migrant girls from Ceuta to the Peninsula: {Trans, summary}
– The Ministry of Youth and Children is working on a comprehensive reception plan for unaccompanied migrant minors who are in Ceuta after the massive entry at the end of July and addresses among its measures the transfer of some 500 girls to the Peninsula, “without the need to transfer guardianship to the autonomous communities”.
– Sources from the department led by Sira Rego have explained to Europa Press that the plan, on which the Secretary of State for Youth and Children, Rubén Pérez, has been working since last Sunday, includes a royal decree-law for “reception binding and supportive” by all communities or foster care, “but also other formulas that allow for faster reception”. Source, Spanish: https://www.teleprensa.com/articulo/nacional-3/gobierno-trabaja-traslado-500-ninas-migrantes-ceuta-peninsula/202608190802222489943.html
Then this is released…
Ceuta insists that the minors return to Morocco after the Government’s announcement to transfer 500 girls to the Peninsula; Gov’t reply issued: {Trans, summary}
– The Government of Ceuta reiterated this Wednesday that its priority is the return to Morocco of all those who entered the city irregularly at the end of July, including unaccompanied foreign minors, considering that this measure would allow a return to normality and keep the emergency situation for public services from escalating. Ceuta has a standard reception capacity of 29 places, while it is currently caring for approximately 1,350 minors.
– The regional government’s position comes after the Ministry of Children announced that it is working on transferring some 500 unaccompanied foreign minors currently in Ceuta to the mainland, given the saturation of the city’s protection system.
– Furthermore, the Ceuta government has indicated that the European Commission, through Commissioner Markus Lammert, has expressed its support for the return of individuals residing illegally in the city, including minors. Ceuta maintains that the return of minors to Morocco has been its primary demand since the beginning of the crisis and has emphasized that this position has been endorsed by members of the Spanish government who have traveled to Ceuta, which is facing unprecedented pressure on its child protection system.
– The government’s response was swift. The Ministry of Youth and Children insists that it has explored all possible avenues to guarantee the rights of unaccompanied migrant children in Ceuta and to alleviate the strain on the city’s reception systems.
– Sources within the department have indicated that Feijóo and Vivas know it is “illegal” to return migrant children to Morocco if their best interests are not guaranteed, and they insist that the children must be cared for “properly, listened to, and to determine whether they have a family to return to.” They reiterated that Article 35.5 of the immigration law is clear: family reunification is only possible “if the appropriate conditions are met.” “The options offered by this ministry aim to provide adequate and urgent care to 500 girls in a situation of absolute vulnerability, and the autonomous city has an obligation to protect and assume their guardianship. Any refusal of these options is a refusal of this obligation. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/ceuta/ceuta-reitera-que-cree-prioritario-retorno-marruecos-todos-los-menores-que-cruzaron-frontera_7027386_0.html
EUROPE
Ukrainian man arrested over 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions:
– A Ukrainian man wanted in Germany in connection with the 2022 undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines was arrested on a European warrant in Croatia on Wednesday.
– The German prosecutors said that the suspect was a “trained scuba diver” who belonged to a group of people who “planted explosives” on the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea near the Danish island of Bornholm.
– The undersea explosions on Sept. 26, 2022, damaged the pipelines, which had been built to carry Russian natural gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea.
– The suspect was “strongly suspected of jointly causing explosions, anti-constitutional sabotage, and destruction of buildings and structures,” the prosecutors’ statement said. It said he was arrested in the Croatian seaside city of Pula and would be brought before an investigating judge at Germany’s federal court.
– The German prosecutor’s office identified the suspect only as Vladimir Z.; a spokesperson confirmed that it was the same man who was arrested in Poland last year but was later released when a Polish court refused to extradite him to Germany. Polish authorities identified him as Volodymyr Zhuravlov {pic}.
– It was not immediately clear why Zhuravlov left Poland given the arrest warrant that was out for him. “Volodymyr knew that the ruling applies only on the territory of Poland,” his Polish lawyer, Tymoteusz Paprocki, told the AP. Poland has long opposed the Nord Stream pipelines, viewing them as an attempt by Russia to use its vast energy resources to gain leverage across Europe. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said at the time of Zhuravlov’s extradition hearing that it would not be in Poland’s interest to hand him over.
– Last month, German federal prosecutors filed charges against a former Ukrainian army officer in connection with the same explosions. The suspect, identified only as Serhii K., faces charges of causing an explosion, damaging property, disrupting public service and being an “accomplice to war crimes” by attacking civilian objects. He was extradited to Germany in November.
– The suspects allegedly used a yacht that set off from the German port of Rostock. The yacht had been rented from a German company using forged IDs and intermediaries.
– The explosions ruptured the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which was Russia’s main natural gas supply route to Germany until Moscow cut off supplies in August 2022. They also damaged Nord Stream 2, which never entered service because Germany suspended its certification process shortly before Russia’s invasion. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/nord-stream-explosions-arrest-b53e8345e4e9c1125324806d83041f9d
UK
Why Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are really moving back to England:
– Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are moving back to the UK to be closer to King Charles – and to ensure their children build relationships with family, sources told Page Six. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made their plans to leave California earlier this month, weeks after their July reunion with Charles.
– However, the frost between Prince William and Harry endures, as the heir to the throne refuses to talk to his younger brother, we’re told.
– Sussex sources made it clear the family plan to stay in the UK for an extended period, not permanently. “I know that Charles is a big reason for their return,” said a royal insider. While discussing his fractured relationship with his father last May, Harry, 41, admitted to the BBC, “I don’t know how much longer my father has.”
– It’s not just the king whom the Sussexes desire to be closer to. They want their children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5 – who will attend school in the UK – to forge relationships with cousins and other family members, we’re told. Full article: https://pagesix.com/2026/08/19/royal-family/why-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-are-really-moving-back-to-england/
UKRAINE WAR
Zelenskyy fires a top aide amid a graft probe as Ukraine’s ex-defense minister demands elections:
– Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired one of his most senior officials Wednesday as corruption investigators named a deputy head of the presidential office among the suspects in a money-laundering case. The stunning developments came a day after Ukraine’s recently fired defense minister demanded national elections. Zelenskyy made no public comment on the investigation but issued a decree dismissing Iryna Mudra {pic} as deputy head of the Office of the President. Investigators have not named her as a suspect.
– Zelenskyy remains dogged by high-level graft investigations. Last year, his chief of staff Andriy Yermak resigned and later was named as a suspect in a major graft probe involving a luxury construction project in the biggest threat to Zelenskyy’s government since Russia’s 2022 invasion.
– The European Union has identified deep-seated corruption as one of the major hurdles to Ukraine’s desired membership in the bloc. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war…
USA
Ex-Fauci adviser pleads guilty to plotting to conceal COVID-19 research records during pandemic {Did he roll-over on Fauci in a plea deal?}:
– {Fauci is sweating now. Last week he was held in contempt of Congress and referred to the DoJ for prosecution on charges not covered by his famous Biden pardon. Now this! -Ed.}
– A former senior adviser to infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci pleaded guilty Tuesday to plotting to conceal federal records related to research on the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
– Dr. David Morens {pic} is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 12. Morens pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government, a felony punishable by a maximum prison sentence of five years.
– In July, Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a congressional hearing on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic (approx 111 times). Last Friday, Fauci declined a request to appear voluntarily before a second Senate panel after majority Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee voted along partisan lines to hold him in contempt of Congress. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-origins-guilty…
WORLD
China and Russia open the Arctic Silk Road to reach Europe without passing through hostile territory: {Trans, summary}
– The Russian company Rosatom, operator of the Northern Sea Route through the Arctic, has issued permits for seven transit vessels belonging to the Chinese container shipping company Sea Legend Shipping. Sea Legend aims to establish the first regular container service to Europe along what is also known as the Ice Silk Road, cutting in half the forty-day journey between the ports of Ningbo, near Shanghai, and Felixstowe, in the UK. A nuclear-powered icebreaker owned by Rosatom will escort the ship. The result is lower costs for the Chinese and more problems for European manufacturers.
– The opening of this route, which bypasses the Straits of Malacca, Bab el-Mandeb, Gibraltar, and the Suez Canal, did not happen overnight. Moscow and Beijing began planning it publicly around 2024; and in 2025, both governments signed an agreement under which the Russians would train Chinese sailors to navigate the Arctic. Source, Spanish: https://okdiario.com/internacional/china-rusia…
WEST NILE VIRUS UPDATES
A new serious case of West Nile virus in Dos Hermanas raises the total number of cases in Andalusia to 47: {Trans, summary}
– The Ministry of the Presidency, Health and Emergencies of the Andalusian Regional Government confirmed on Wednesday a new serious case of West Nile virus (WNV) in Dos Hermanas (Seville), bringing the total number of affected people to 47.
– Of the 47 confirmed cases so far, 32 have mild illness and fifteen are neuroinvasive (including one death recorded on July 27). Seven people remain hospitalized out of a total of 17 who have required hospitalization for WNV this summer.
– In a separate notice, the Sevillian municipality of Gerena is now declared as an area on alert until September 15 as the number of Andalusian municipalities in this situation rises to 28. Source, Spanish: https://www.larazon.es/andalucia/sevilla/nuevo-caso-grave-virus-nilo-dos-hermanas-eleva-47-total-afectados-andalucia_202608196a85a558a5690f047382ad2f.html
SPORTS
Tennis News- Former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios suspended after positive test for cocaine:
– Former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios revealed on Wednesday he tested positive for cocaine, and cited the doping case as a wake up call after feeling “helpless and alone” as injuries derailed his career. The 31-year-old Australian with a checkered disciplinary record was provisionally suspended after playing just 10 singles matches on the ATP tour, winning only two, since his peak season of 2022. Then, he reached the final at the grass-court Grand Slam and lost to Novak Djokovic.
– Kyrgios is now ranked 919th. He tested positive in June for the party drug during a lower-tier grass court event in Spain. “I recently failed a drug test in Mallorca after testing positive for cocaine,” he wrote on his Instagram account. “I made a huge mistake and take full responsibility for it.” Full article: https://apnews.com/article/kyrgios-cocaine…
OTHER
Rand Paul Fort Knox Visit: Gold Is There — But Is That an Audit?:
– On August 10, 2026, Senator Rand Paul visited the U.S. Bullion Depository at Fort Knox and later stated that approximately 147 million ounces of gold are present. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had recently offered a similar assurance. Sound-money advocates reply that a short guided visit cannot substitute for a full independent audit– gold covered tungsten bars are impossible to detect with a simple visual observation. The gap between those two claims is the real story. Read the full story, English: https://www.planet-today.com/2026/08/rand-paul-fort-knox-visit-gold-is-there.html
SUR in ENGLISH HEADLINES
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– The Alhambra reopens to the public with the exception of the Alcazaba, ‘until further notice’
https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/alhambra-reopens-public-20260819122410-nt.html
– Ceuta nurses call for declaration of state of emergency amid ‘serious health crisis’
https://www.surinenglish.com/lifestyle/health/ceuta-college-nursing-20260819135544-nt.html
– Illegal rave in western Spain draws 3,000 partygoers and 1,000 vehicles to quiet rural town {pic}
https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/more-than-3000-20260818161540-nt.html
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Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231
Phone numbers for emergencies
Emergency Services.: 112
National Police: 091
Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112
Local Police
Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
Torre del Mar: 952 549 238
Local/National News in English, The Sur: http://www.surinenglish.com/
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