—🇪🇸 WATCH: Crowds of Ceuta residents remained on the streets late into the night as tensions over the migrant situation continued.

➡️ Videos circulating online show demonstrators chanting “Un caballa nunca se rinde” — “A Ceutan never gives up” — during the mobilization.

➡️ The protests come amid a highly tense situation around El Trampolín beach and recent confrontations involving local residents and migrants.

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—❗️🇪🇸 WATCH: The Spanish police have opened fire on crowds in Ceuta tonight. They are shooting rubber bullets.

➡️ They are shooting at Spaniards protesting against illegal migration. They didn’t fire rubber bullets at the 70 000 illegal migrants when they stormed Ceuta in July.

🔗 Visegrád 24

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—🔥🇷🇴 WATCH: A forest fire erupted near Plauru in Tulcea County, close to the Ukrainian border, initially affecting around 0.5 hectares.

➡️ Romsilva said local residents reported that the blaze may have been triggered by a drone explosion, while forestry workers, volunteer firefighters and residents are working to contain it.

➡️ Romania’s Defence Ministry has not confirmed any drone incursion linked to the incident. Tulcea County has repeatedly been affected by drone alerts and debris incidents during Russian attacks in Ukraine.

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—🇺🇸/🇷🇺 NEW: CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced four-hour visit to Moscow to warn Russia against escalatory action toward Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, according to people familiar with the talks.

➡️ The trip echoes then-CIA Director William Burns’ late-2021 mission to Moscow, when he warned the Kremlin against entering in Ukraine. Russia launched its full-scale operation three months later.

🔗 Mario Nawfal

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—☢️🇺🇸/🇺🇸 NEW: NATO Secretary General Rutte will meet US Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby at NATO Headquarters in Brussels today, Thursday, August 27, a pairing only seen once before, on February 12, shortly before the start of the Iran war, per NATO.

➡️ More notably, Colby is the senior Pentagon official who led the "nuclear strategy review" just 13 days ago, saying the US is "currently reviewing the strategy for the specific and potential use of nuclear weapons" as part of a "nuclear strategy review" including "some kind of limited nuclear exchange to high-end escalation."

➡️ The meeting will be private and behind closed doors, with Colby also meeting the North Atlantic Council with Allied Ambassadors.

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—It's very interesting seeing all different theories surrounding CIA Director's 🇺🇸 visit to Moscow 🇷🇺

There are three:

- He warned Russia not to touch the Baltics 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹
- He tried to convince Putin not to declare mobilization against Ukraine 🇺🇦
- He warned Russian officials of the catastrophic consequences of using tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine 🇺🇦

Additionally, some people say he also asked Russia to stop supplying military equipment to Iran 🇮🇷

The truth, we might get to know it in the coming weeks.

—🇬🇷🤝🇮🇹 NEW: Greece and Italy are set to sign an Implementing Arrangement in Rome on September 8, 2026, activating Athens’ acquisition of two Italian Bergamini-class FREMM frigates.

➡️ The deal covers the Carlo Bergamini (F-590), expected to transfer in the first half of 2028, and Virginio Fasan (F-591), scheduled for the first half of 2029.

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—🇷🇸 BREAKING: Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladić died at age 84 in The Hague, where he was serving a life sentence (via @eurointel).

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—🇲🇩/🇷🇴 NEW: Former Romanian minister Claudiu Năsui has been proposed to join Moldova’s government as Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization.

➡️ The former Romanian official has received Moldovan citizenship and is expected to resign from his seat in Romania’s parliament.

➡️ His priorities will include deregulation, reforming state-owned enterprises, cutting bureaucracy, and supporting small and medium-sized businesses.

➡️ Former Moldovan President Igor Dodon has already framed the move as part of an alleged gradual unification process with Romania.

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—🇺🇸/🇷🇺 NEW: U.S. intelligence says Putin sees Washington as weakened by Iran war, according to The Washington Post.

➡️ Fresh classified U.S. intelligence indicates the Kremlin believes the six-month Iran war has depleted American military capacity, creating an opening for Russia to escalate against U.S. interests and allies in Europe.

➡️ CIA Director John Ratcliffe reportedly warned Moscow this week that a major escalation in Ukraine could backfire and push President Trump closer to Zelensky.

🔗 Mario Nawfal

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🇺🇸❌🇨🇦 — President Trump via truth social.

—🇭🇷❌🇷🇸 NEW: Croatian Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković told Croatian diplomats that Serbia is acquiring “offensive, attack-oriented weapons,” urging them to raise the issue with Western allies.

➡️ He warned that Zagreb “cannot pretend it doesn’t exist” and said such capabilities could become threats Croatia may face in the future.

🔗 Admirim

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🇷🇸❌🇭🇷🇦🇱🇽🇰 — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Serbia considers Croatia’s military alliance with Pristina and Tirana a serious threat and will continue diplomatic efforts while rapidly strengthening its military to deter any potential attack.
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—🇬🇷 NEW: Greece has passed a law that criminalizes assisting migrants in illegally entering or remaining in the country, as well as transporting them from Greece to other countries.

➡️ The law, which is widely seen as targeting NGOs and their staff members, imposes severe penalties, including a minimum prison sentence of 10 years and fines starting at €50,000.

🔗 IoannaDementiEU

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