Spain

Spain received totality near sunset while Icelandic cloud rationed the view. Roads and emergency plans were built around the shadow, but the nationwide after-action remained incomplete.

Spain prepared roads and signals for one minute of darkness. From Reykjavík to Palma, strangers went outside to look up.

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.

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.

Castilla-La Mancha moved the La Mierla fire into stabilization and began limited returns after almost 50 communities and 1,400 residents were affected. Crews still face wind and a vast perimeter.

Ferran Torres scored in the 106th minute as Spain beat Argentina 1-0 after extra time on 19 July. The champions returned to Madrid the next day for a reception by the King and prime minister, then a parade estimated near two million strong. Individual awards and a tragic death in Ciudad Rodrigo framed the aftermath.