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• Can a left-wing Muslim win the midwest? Or are Democrats about to make a big mistake

  01-08-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The purple state of Michigan will be crucial to stopping Trump at the midterm elections. The decision Democratic voters make this week could be make or break for that agenda.
  
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• Spain plans new border barrier in Ceuta as death toll revealed

  01-08-2026 20:05 via smh.com.au
  
  Sixty-seven people died when thousands of young people swam, walked around the rocks or charged through the border checkpoints to get from Morocco into Ceuta.
  
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• Deaths during Ceuta migration crisis challenge local authorities

  01-08-2026 19:56 via smh.com.au
  
  High numbers of deaths during Ceuta migration crisis challenge local authorities
  
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• Man warns of difficulties faced in crossing to Ceuta

  01-08-2026 19:49 via smh.com.au
  
  On the Moroccan border, a man speaks about the difficulties of crossing.
  
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• ‘I don’t know why they let us through’: How 50,000 people surged into a Spanish exclave

  01-08-2026 11:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Tens of thousands of Moroccans broke into Ceuta, a Spanish territory that neighbours Morocco. By the following evening, most of them had left, hungry and disappointed.
  
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• How 50,000 people surged into a Spanish exclave in Africa

  01-08-2026 11:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Tens of thousands of Moroccans broke into Ceuta, a Spanish territory that neighbours Morocco. By the following evening, most of them had left, hungry and disappointed.
  
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• Death toll in Spain border crisis in Ceuta grows

  01-08-2026 11:33 via smh.com.au
  
  The death toll in Spain’s Ceuta border crisis with Morocco has climbed, including some who drowned and some who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier.
  
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• ‘She perished’: Nancy Guthrie ‘ransom notes’ released by police

  01-08-2026 08:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The notes, made public six months on from the 84-year-old’s disappearance, suggest that whoever was responsible for her abduction may not have intended to kill her.
  
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• In the kill zones of Ukraine, care for the wounded has to change

  01-08-2026 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Ukrainian soldiers are being given more medical training to adapt to a front line where Russian drones can make medical evacuation almost impossible.
  
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• Trump administration admits Reflecting Pool was a ‘botched job’ all along

  01-08-2026 02:02 via smh.com.au
  
  In a Friday afternoon court filing, the government moved to dismiss criminal charges against a former Olympian they accused of vandalism, and admitted Trump’s rush to ready the pool by July 4 contributed to the situation.
  
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• Trump’s Gaza deal sparks questions on whether Israel, Hamas will comply

  01-08-2026 01:58 via smh.com.au
  
  Experts suggest the president’s surprise announcement that Hamas would begin disarming will bring more complications for both sides.
  
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