—🇪🇸 Today, massive demonstrations in support of Ceuta are expected to take place across cities and towns throughout Spain.

➡️ Since what’s happening in Ceuta has generated so much interest among our audience, we will be covering them.

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🇧🇦 🏳️ Raif Dizdarević, former President of the Presidency of the SFRY, has died at the age of 99.

Dizdarević was a prominent Bosnian and Yugoslav diplomat and politician who also took part in the National Liberation War.

He served as President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1988 to 1989, during the final years before the country’s breakup.

—❗️🇪🇸 WATCH: Footage shared from Madrid shows a large gathering around Cibeles, with demonstrators chanting “Ceuta is not for sale, Ceuta is defended” and calling for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to resign.

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—❗️🇪🇸 WATCH: Footage from Zaragoza shows Plaza del Pilar filled with demonstrators during protests over Ceuta, as rallies spread to several Spanish cities.

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—❗️🇪🇸 WATCH: Demonstrators in Seville were heard chanting “Marlaska resign,” targeting Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska amid protests linked to Ceuta.

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—❗️🇪🇸 WATCH: A gathering in Valencia over Ceuta concluded with the anthems of Ceuta, the Valencian Community and Spain.

➡️ According to El Debate, only the 17 councillors from the PP and Vox attended, while representatives from the PSPV-PSOE and Compromís were absent.

🔗 El Debate

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—❗️🇪🇸 WATCH: Plaza Mayor in Salamanca was packed with demonstrators chanting “We are all Ceuta” during a rally in support of the Spanish enclave.

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—❗️🇪🇸 WATCH: Aerial footage circulating online shows large crowds marching during demonstrations in Ceuta.

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—👑 🇪🇸 NEW: Spain’s former king Juan Carlos I has expressed frustration to people close to him over the government’s handling of the Ceuta crisis, according to The Objective.

➡️ He reportedly criticises both Moncloa’s initial response and the lack of high-level dialogue with Morocco.

🔗 Teresa Gómez

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—🇷🇴/🇷🇺 UNBELIEVABLE: Yesterday, a Romanian shepherd stumbled upon a Russian drone carrying an explosive payload that crashed into a field in Romania.

➡️ This being the first drone he ever saw, the man did the sensible thing and started pulling random wires out of it until he defused it himself.

🔗 Daractenus

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—❗️🇧🇦/🇷🇸 URGENT: The body of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladić has been released by the UN tribunal in The Hague and is expected to arrive in Serbia today, President Aleksandar Vučić said.

➡️Serbian authorities are preparing security and logistical measures amid expectations that tens of thousands could attend the funeral.

🔗 Dunav Intel

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—❗️🇧🇦/🇷🇸 BREAKING: The body of General Ratko Mladic is carried by members of the Serbian Armed Forces.

🔗 VIHOR

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—❗️🇷🇸/🇧🇦 URGENT: A very large crowd has gathered at the airport, with thousands of people reportedly present to await the arrival, according to Dunav Intel.

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—❗️🇷🇸/🇧🇦 BREAKING: A memorial ceremony for the former Chief of Staff of the Army of the Republic of Srpska will be held Saturday, September 5, in Belgrade.

➡️ His funeral will take place Monday, September 7.

🔗 The National Independent

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