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Spain deployed troops as the enclave filled, but 48,300 people had voluntarily returned to Morocco by nightfall. Public evidence still cannot establish whether Rabat engineered the surge or simply lost control.

Europe has invited bids for up to seven AI gigafactories, with awards due in early 2027 and operations targeted within 18 months of signature. The €30 billion headline remains a funding target whose chips, grid works, sites and private capital still have to be assembled.

The EU sent seven planes and four helicopters into France, then six planes, 134 firefighters and 41 vehicles into Spain. A new heat pulse is testing both fronts at once.

France and Spain have moved more than a quarter-million people from fire zones. The emergency is now a contest between expanding perimeters and the roads, shelters and crews available to empty them.

USTR’s final Section 301 action took effect today against specified products from 60 economies. Covered EU goods receive a net-of-MFN tariff treatment, leaving no extra levy where the existing rate is already at least 10%.