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White House blasts Spanish government as thousands of migrants surge from Morocco, emergency request denied

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The White House bashed Spain’s left-wing government after the border between Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta and Morocco collapsed Thursday. 

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«President Trump has long warned Europe what would happen if they continue to implement far-left, globalist policies – including enabling mass migration. Spain and other countries who have adopted this destructive philosophy should immediately reverse course or risk their own demise,» White House principal deputy press secretary Anna Kelly told Fox News in a statement.

Ceuta’s president formally requested a national emergency declaration Thursday after more than 2,000 migrants crossed the border from Morocco in the past 10 days, as videos showed chaotic scenes of migrants pouring into the Spanish territory.

Video shows hordes of apparently military-aged men smiling and posing for cameras, some carrying swimming flippers, and sprinting through the streets as authorities struggle to corral the unruly masses.

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Migrants run and cheer as they cross on foot into the North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco, after swimming over from the Moroccan side and overwhelming police at the city’s breakwater, according to Spain’s Guardia Civil, in Ceuta, Spain, July 30, 2026. (FARO TV via Reuters)

Other footage shows crowds of migrants emerging from the sea, climbing up onto Ceuta’s rocky shores and working their way around border fences.

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Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas formally requested that Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez declare a national emergency to help respond to the border crisis, Spanish media outlets reported. Madrid, however, denied the request.

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«The declaration of a national emergency is part of the state civil protection regulations, which do not consider migratory flows as a risk to the National Civil Protection System, nor do they establish special plans, basic guidelines, or specific civil protection instruments for their management. Therefore, it is not possible to activate this mechanism, as requested by the president of the Government of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas,» Spain’s Ministry of the Interior said in a statement, according to Spanish outlet El Pais.

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Ceuta’s government, in their request for a national emergency declaration, noted that immigration from Moroco is always a problem for the Spanish enclave, but claimed the last 10 days represented a peak «of particular intensity.» That peak has seen more than 2,000 migrants cross the border in the past 10 days, Ceuta officials said, according to El Pais.

Spanish and Moroccan maritime patrols, supported by Spain's Maritime Rescue service, conduct rescue operations off the southern coast of Ceuta after a sharp increase in migrant arrivals to the Spanish enclave in North Africa. Nearly 2,000 migrants have reached Ceuta over the past two weeks, most by swimming around the Tarajal breakwater separating Spain from Morocco. The arrivals include hundreds of unaccompanied minors, prompting local authorities to warn that child protection facilities have been overwhelmed as rescue and border surveillance operations continue.

Spanish and Moroccan maritime patrols, supported by Spain’s Maritime Rescue service, conduct rescue operations off the southern coast of Ceuta after a sharp increase in migrant arrivals to the Spanish enclave in North Africa. (Antonio Sempere / JNA Press/Sipa USA)

«The Government of Spain is fully committed to providing an immediate response to the situation in Ceuta. We are mobilizing all necessary resources, working with Moroccan and international authorities, and preparing the necessary measures to restore normalcy as soon as possible,» Sánchez wrote in a Thursday post on X.

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Sánchez has faced considerable backlash from his country’s conservatives for his policies on immigration, with many arguing that Spain’s policy of guaranteeing social services to minors who illegally enter the country incentivizes mass migration.

Migrants cross on foot into the North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco by attempting to swim, according to Spain's Guardia Civil, near the border with Ceuta, in Fnideq, Morocco, July 30, 2026, in this still image obtained by Reuters

Migrants cross on foot into the North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco by attempting to swim, according to Spain’s Guardia Civil, near the border with Ceuta, in Fnideq, Morocco, July 30, 2026, in this still image obtained by Reuters (Reuters)

«When they cross the border as minors, you cannot send them back to Morocco,» Javier Negre, a conservative Spanish journalist and owner of La Derecha Diario and UHN Plus, told Fox News Digital.

«The Spanish state has to take care of them and pay money to NGOs to care for these minors until they turn 18,» he continued.

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«It’s proof that Europe and Spain are on the verge of becoming a failed continent because of the future policies and promotion of this illegal invasion under Pedro Sánchez,» Negre criticized.

Sánchez, for his part, has claimed that accepting migrants is necessary to keep Spain’s economy alive, arguing the country’s low birth rates necessitate accepting immigrants.

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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez delivers a statement at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)

«The West needs people. Currently, few of its countries have a rising population growth rate. Unless they embrace migration, they will experience a sharp demographic decline that will prevent them from keeping their economies and public services afloat. Their gross domestic product will stagnate. Their public healthcare and pension systems will suffer. Neither AI nor robots will be able to prevent this outcome… The only option to avoid decline is to integrate migrants in the most orderly and effective way possible,» Sánchez wrote in a February op-ed in The New York Times.

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Fox News Digital contacted the offices of Sánchez and Vivas for further comment.

Fox News’ Patrick Ward contributed to this report.

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Polo Carrera, el delantero ecuatoriano que jugó 24 años con un solo ojo, se consagró en tres países y atravesó un cáncer de huesos

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Paúl Fernando Carrera Velasteguí, más conocido como Polo Carrera, nació en Quito el 11 de enero de 1945 y tiene 81 años. Casi nadie en la historia de Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito vio tanto fútbol desde tan cerca como él, y sin embargo lo vio, durante toda su carrera, con un solo ojo. Tenía ocho años y estudiaba en la escuela Vicente Rocafuerte de Quito cuando un dardo, lanzado en un juego escolar, le impactó en el ojo derecho. La lesión le dejó una ceguera permanente que ningún especialista logró revertir. Él mismo ha contado que en ese momento pensó que tal vez no volvería a jugar fútbol. No fue así: aprendió a vivir y a jugar con la visión reducida a su ojo izquierdo, y llegó a modificar su ubicación en la cancha para compensar la pérdida de campo visual por el lado derecho.

Durante buena parte de su carrera, ni siquiera sus entrenadores conocían la magnitud de esa limitación. Carrera ha relatado que fue en Uruguay, al tramitar su licencia de conducir, cuando los responsables se sorprendieron al comprobar que veía únicamente con un ojo. Con esa condición debutó como profesional en Liga en 1960: algunas fuentes, incluido el propio Carrera en entrevistas, sitúan ese debut a los 15 años, y se retiró en febrero de 1984, tras enfrentar al Grasshopper de Suiza. Entre un punto y otro pasaron 24 años, aunque no fueron 24 temporadas continuas: hubo salidas, regresos y pasos por media docena de clubes.

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Esa itinerancia lo llevó a tres países. En Ecuador vistió las camisetas de Liga de Quito, Deportivo Quito, Barcelona, El Nacional, Universidad Católica y América de Quito. En 1966, con apenas 21 años, se convirtió en uno de los primeros ecuatorianos en jugar en Brasil, cuando el Fluminense de Río de Janeiro lo fichó para una etapa de unos nueve meses. Era, según sus propios recuerdos, prácticamente el único ecuatoriano en su entorno, y tuvo que adaptarse al idioma y a una cultura futbolística que le resultaba ajena. Con Fluminense disputó el Campeonato Guanabara y enfrentó al Santos de Pelé, a quien volvería a cruzarse años más tarde vistiendo otra camiseta. Su paso brasileño, sin embargo, no terminó en título: es una etapa central para entender el alcance internacional de su carrera, pero no un campeonato ganado allí.

Polo Carrera se convirtió en uno de los futbolistas más recordados de la LDU de Quito

El título fuera de Ecuador llegó en Uruguay. En 1968 Peñarol lo incorporó a un plantel que Carrera describiría después como extraordinario: Alberto Spencer en el ataque, Elías Figueroa en la defensa, Ladislao Mazurkiewicz bajo los tres palos. Ese equipo conquistó el Campeonato Uruguayo ese año, con un gol decisivo de Spencer de cabeza en la victoria sobre Nacional que definió el título. La relación entre los dos ecuatorianos trascendió la cancha: Carrera recordó a Spencer no solo como un gran futbolista, sino como una persona excepcional, y con el tiempo la amistad los llevó incluso a compartir negocios.

De vuelta en Ecuador, la lista de títulos siguió creciendo. Con El Nacional fue campeón del torneo correspondiente a 1973, definido en febrero de 1974. Luego regresó a Liga, justo cuando el club iniciaba una de las etapas más importantes de su historia: en 1975 se coronó campeón nacional con Carrera como una de sus figuras, y esa misma generación llevó a Liga a semifinales de la Copa Libertadores en 1975 y 1976, algo inédito para un equipo ecuatoriano en esa época.

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Fue en esa competición donde Carrera dejó la marca que lo definiría por casi veinte años: 12 goles en la Copa Libertadores con la camiseta de Liga, un récord histórico del club que solo caería cuando Patricio Urrutia lo superó, ya en la generación que en 2008 conquistaría el título continental que a Carrera se le había escapado. Ese registro conviene no confundirlo con otro, igual de notable: los 92 goles que anotó con Liga en todas las competiciones a lo largo de sus distintos ciclos en el club, una cifra que lo mantiene como máximo artillero histórico de la institución y que Hernán Barcos, con 91, no logró alcanzar.

Con la selección ecuatoriana, Carrera jugó las eliminatorias rumbo al Mundial de Inglaterra 1966, sin clasificación para Ecuador, y las copas sudamericanas de 1967, 1975 y 1983. Las estadísticas disponibles le atribuyen 20 partidos internacionales y tres goles, aunque las bases modernas varían según los criterios que aplican para considerar un encuentro oficial.

Polo Carrera durante su paso por El Nacional

Su historia con los títulos no se cerró cuando colgó los botines. En 1990 asumió como entrenador de Liga, entonces al borde del descenso, y lo condujo al campeonato ecuatoriano, el primero del club en quince años. Carrera pasó así a ser campeón nacional con Liga tanto de jugador, en 1975, como de técnico, en 1990. Después dirigió a Espoli, El Nacional, Aucas, Deportivo Quito y a la selección, y en 1993 logró con Espoli el ascenso a la Serie A.

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La historia, además, no terminó en el terreno deportivo. En diciembre de 2025 la Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol lo recibió en la Casa de la Selección para su rehabilitación tras una cirugía de rodilla, y en marzo de 2026 relató, en una entrevista concedida en su casa, que desde 2023 había enfrentado un cáncer de huesos en remisión, un infarto y complicaciones posteriores en las rodillas. A los 81 años, el hombre que aprendió a jugar sin visión en un ojo describió esa recuperación como una nueva batalla personal, distinta a las que libró en las canchas de Quito, Montevideo y Río de Janeiro, pero librada con la misma insistencia.

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Indonesian passenger ship carrying 240 people loses contact in Java Sea, search underway

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A passenger ship carrying 240 people vanished from contact in the Java Sea on Sunday local time, triggering an urgent search as Indonesian crews raced to locate the vessel.

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The Virgo Transport 8 was traveling from Surabaya, East Java, to Banjarmasin on the island of Borneo when communications with the ship were lost, the Associated Press reported, citing Indonesia’s Banjarmasin Search and Rescue Office.

Authorities said the vessel was last tracked roughly 92 miles from a pier in Banjarmasin, the capital of South Kalimantan province.

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Authorities are searching for the Virgo Transport 8 after the passenger ship lost contact while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan. (EyesWideOpen/Getty Images)

Search-and-rescue teams launched an operation after receiving a report that the ship had suffered a communications failure during the voyage, according to the AP.

Officials had not reported any deaths or injuries as of Sunday, and it was not immediately clear what caused the vessel to lose contact or whether weather conditions were affecting the search.

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Virgo Transport 8 passenger ship loses contact while crossing Indonesia’s Java Sea

The Virgo Transport 8 lost contact while traveling from Surabaya to Banjarmasin, according to officials. (EyesWideOpen/Getty Images)

The Virgo Transport 8 departed Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city, before losing contact while crossing the Java Sea toward South Kalimantan.

The search remains underway.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.



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‘Trump-level’ smackdown earns Vance roaring praise as 2028 buzz builds at GOP convention

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Republicans reached a consensus that Vice President JD Vance solidified his position as the presumptive 2028 presidential candidate with his «Trump-level» smackdown of a foreign flag-waving protester who disrupted his speech at the Republican National Convention.

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Vance did not hesitate after a protester interrupted his primetime speech in Dallas on Thursday by waving the flags of the Palestinian Authority and Mexico. He recalled to those watching his speech on TV: «What the people at home missed is that we just had a protester interrupting us and waving the Mexican flag.»

«Well, my friend, if you love Mexico so much, get your a– over there. I’ll buy you the plane ticket,» the VP said, to which the crowd erupted into applause.

«JD Vance just MIC DROPPED a leftist heckler who interrupted him waving a Mexican flag…this place is DEAFENING,» conservative commentator Eric Daugherty wrote on X, adding, «TOTAL PANDEMONIUM.»

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A protestor throws a Mexican flag as Vice President JD Vance speaks during the second day of the Republican National Committee midterm convention at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on September 10, 2026. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Popular conservative pundit Benny Johnson called Vance’s quick wit an «epic response.» President Donald Trump supporter and activist Scott Pressler similarly praised Vance for reacting «without missing a beat,» and called it «an iconic moment.»

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«This was masterful. A Trump-level move from JD Vance,» wrote Overton, a conservative commentary and news account. «Vice President Vance perfectly handled a protestor waving a Mexican flag at the RNC in Dallas. Then he fired back with a savage one-liner that sent the American Airlines Center into absolute bedlam.»

The moment was capped off with a «USA!» chant from those in the crowd at the GOP Midterm Convention.

Students for Trump co-founder Ryan Fournier wrote, «JD Vance just absolute [sic] WIPED THE FLOOR with a leftist heckler who interrupted his rally waving a Mexican flag.»

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«The crowd went completely WILD. Unbelievable energy,» wrote Fournier.

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Vice President JD Vance introduces U.S. President Donald Trump to speak on stage on the second day of the 2026 Republican National Convention at the American Airlines Center on September 10, 2026, in Dallas, Texas. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

«JD Vance just notched the most iconic moment of the RNC when he told a protester waving a Mexican flag exactly what all red blooded Americans were thinking,» wrote Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet.

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Commentator Brilyn Hollyhand put it simply, posting on X, «Yea JD for President after this.»

Vance recovered from the interruption quickly, telling the crowd, «Ladies and gentlemen, I had a whole speech written. But I think I’ve got to change it because we just discovered the symbol of the far left — an idiot waving … a Mexican flag at a protest when he should be waving the flag of the United States of America.»

«Now, we all know, of course, that as much as that person might wave around a foreign flag, he’d much rather live in Dallas, or in Cincinnati, or in any one of our great cities than Mexico,» President Donald Trump’s No. 2 continued. «But while we wave the American flag and fight for the American dream, we have to remind ourselves tonight that the good life that is the foundation of this country’s promise is not guaranteed.»

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People hold signs on the first day of the 2026 Republican National Convention at the American Airlines Center on September 9, 2026, in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

«Every generation of Americans has had to fight for these things when it’s our turn,» he went on.

«And this fall, the Democrats are running candidates who will tell your children what they’re allowed to say, how they’re allowed to live, and importantly, who they ought to hate, because that’s what the Democrat Party is about in 2026,» Vance continued. «It’s not about you, it’s about foreign fraudsters, and it’s about who they hate. And we got to send their a–es back in November.»

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Speculation has swirled over who will be the heir to Trump’s MAGA throne in 2028. The consensus so far among Republicans appears to be split between Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — but a lot could change before the next presidential election.

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