When the United States and Israel launched their joint operation against the Iranian regime this month, the geopolitical map of the Middle East shifted within hours. Iran’s leadership, strategic targets, command centers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, ballistic missile launchers and nuclear facilities have been targeted in coordinated strikes aimed at dismantling Tehran’s terror machine.
Donald Trump tonight launched an extraordinary attack on Sir Keir Starmer, saying: ‘This is not Winston Churchill we are dealing with.’
The US President delivered a withering verdict on the Prime Minister as he continued to fume at Sir Keir for failing to back US and Israeli strikes on Iran.
In comments that immediately plunged the so-called ‘special relationship’ into an unprecedented crisis, Mr Trump declared that he was ‘not happy’ with the PM and accused him of being ‘very, very uncooperative’.
Spain is on the outs …
🚨 HOLY CRAP! President Trump is now CUTTING OFF all trade with Spain after their leftist PM said to not use bases in their country to strike Iran
“Spain has absolutely nothing we need…we’re gonna cut off ALL TRADE with Spain. We don’t want ANYTHING to do with Spain.”
FAFO!🔥 pic.twitter.com/z6V931JmLW
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 3, 2026
Between corruption and radicalization, Spain’s government seems to be spinning out of control.
In 1936, Spain plunged into civil war. A proud nation collapsed into violence, fire, and devastation. The Spanish Civil War, which set a communist-dominated Republican left against an authoritarian nationalist right, claimed roughly half a million lives. Priests were dragged through the streets, beaten, and mutilated — ears, noses, even genitals cut off — before being shot or having their throats slit. Nuns were raped prior to execution, in cases documented across several regions. Churches were set ablaze with priests still inside. In many towns, militiamen forced clergy to drink motor oil or gasoline before burning them alive. Spain’s right wing, not to be outdone, killed just as many.
In 2015, Europe experienced its most significant wave of inward migration since the Second World War. German chancellor Angela Merkel responded by unilaterally opening her nation’s borders, without consulting her own people or her European neighbours. More than a decade on, the impact of that migrant crisis has yet to subside. EU countries, from Germany to the Nordics, are still struggling to integrate new arrivals and process asylum claims. Support for populist and right-wing parties has spread like wildfire across the continent.
The Socialist government defends the move to allow undocumented immigrants to work but the right-wing opposition says the policy will accelerate ‘invasion’
A political row has erupted in Spain over the government’s decision to grant residency to about 500,000 undocumented migrants.
The move sharply diverges from tougher immigration policies taking hold elsewhere in Europe and the United States.
Scheduled to be approved by decree, as Spain’s minority Socialist-led coalition lacks a majority in parliament, the plan will allow eligible migrants to obtain up to one year of residency and a work permit.
Spain’s left-wing government has approved a plan to grant legal status to around 500,000 undocumented migrants – a move that has sparked fury on the right – marking a sharp break with tougher policies elsewhere in Europe.
Migration Minister Elma Saiz said the beneficiaries would be allowed to work ‘in any sector, in any part of the country’, hailing what she described as the ‘positive impact’ of migration.
‘We are talking about estimations – probably more or less the figures may be around half a million people,’ Saiz told public broadcaster RTVE.
Spain keeps breaking population records, quarter after quarter. As of October 1, 2025, the country had 49,442,844 residents, according to the Continuous Population Statistics of the National Statistics Institute (INE). On paper, Spain is thriving with nearly half a million more people in a year and over 100,000 added in just three months.
Spain grows, yet Spaniards fade. Behind the headline figure lies a demographic paradox. The expansion is driven by immigration. Foreign-born residents now exceed 9.8 million, close to one-fifth of the total population. Meanwhile, the number of people born in Spain continues to shrink, dragged down by a decade-long negative natural balance. Births can no longer compensate for deaths and have not since 2017.
The historic town of Jumilla was on the frontline of conflict between Muslims and Christians when the Moors were kicked out of southern Spain in the 13th century.
Muslim migrants may have felt more welcome in recent years when they have lived largely happily alongside their Spanish neighbours, and enjoyed freedom to worship.
But a decision by Jumilla town council to effectively ban religious events from being held at public sports’ facilities has threatened to ignite community tensions.
Spanish police say they have dismantled a criminal network that facilitated illegal entry into Canada and the U.K. using forged passports and travel documents.
In a press release by Spain’s National Police, the smuggling operation primarily targeted Yemeni nationals and involved more than 40 migration attempts.
The network allegedly charged each migrant up to C$4,400.
Migrants attempting to land on a beach in Spain were tackled to the ground by locals and tourists before being taken into custody by police.
Footage showed 13 men diving off a boat and swimming to the shore, where they were immediately met with fierce resistance from beachgoers in a tourist town in Andalusia, in the south of the country.
The incident took place at Sotillo beach in Castell de Ferro on Sunday afternoon.
NEW: Locals tackle illegals and pin them down after they rush ashore on a crowded Spanish beach
Around 13 men, believed to be of Moroccan origin, jumped from a boat onto Sotillo Beach in Castell de Ferro, Granada, on Sunday afternoon
Witnesses said some ran along the beach… pic.twitter.com/TO0gvH9OeS
— Unlimited L's (@unlimited_ls) August 5, 2025
Spain has overtaken Germany as the main destination for asylum seekers in the European Union, following the sudden collapse of Syria’s Assad regime and a steep decline in Syrian migration to Europe, according to an unpublished report by the EU Agency for Asylum (EUAA).
The report, seen by the Financial Times, says the agency recorded 64,000 asylum applications across the EU in May 2025—a 24% decrease compared to the same month last year. The sharpest fall came from Syrians, whose claims plummeted from around 16,000 in October 2024 to just 3,100 in May. For the first time in over a decade, Germany no longer tops the list, with its monthly claims halving to 9,900. Spain now leads with 12,800 applications, fuelled in part by rising numbers from Venezuela amid that country’s economic collapse.
Spain has long lagged behind its neighbours when it comes to Europe’s Right-wing populist shift, but that may be about to change. New polling has Right-wing party Vox rising to 18.9% of the vote — a gain of 5.7 percentage points since last month. It is no coincidence that, earlier this month, Vox vowed to deport eight million foreigners from Spain should it win the next election. This tougher stance echoes the embrace of “remigration” policies by parties such as Germany’s AfD, marking a sharp shift in Spain’s debate over immigration.
Several people were hurt in a second night of anti-migrant unrest in the town of Torre Pacheco in south-east Spain after a pensioner was beaten up, authorities said.
Despite a major police presence, groups armed with batons roamed the streets looking for people with foreign origins, the regional newspaper La Opinión de Murcia reported.
The regional government did not say how many people were injured but stated that at least one person had been arrested over the violence.
Translation – This is how they instill terror in #TorrePacheco, those of the religion of peace. Pure talent from those who will pay our pensions and don’t eat ham.
We wish Domingo a speedy and good recovery, and much strength and courage to face this situation, as well as for his family.
Así infunden el terror en #TorrePacheco los de la religión de paz. Puro talento de los que van a pagar nuestras pensiones y no comen jamón.
Deseamos un pronta y buena recuperación a Domingo y mucho ánimo y fuerzas para afrontar esta situación, también para su familia. pic.twitter.com/DyJybDIatQ— Jose Garre (@JoseGarreTP) July 10, 2025
After a Moroccan group allegedly attacked an elderly man in Torre-Pacheco, Spaniards from across the country are now taking matters into their own hands. With police and politicians failing, locals say enough is enough. ⚠️ #TorrePacheco pic.twitter.com/DbgDCfAq4U
— ShockFeed (@ShockFeed1) July 13, 2025
The powers that be are deleting tweets with this footage.
Vox promises to expel people of foreign origin who ‘have not adapted to our customs’
Spain’s far-Right party Vox has vowed to deport around eight million people if it wins the next election.
This week, party leaders said they wanted to remove all people of foreign origin who have not adopted Spanish customs – a shift from their previous position of only deporting those in the country illegally.
Rocío de Meer, Vox’s spokeswoman for demographic emergency and social policies, said the policy would mean expelling “millions of people who have recently come to our country and have not adapted to our customs”.
A taxpayer-funded study intended to highlight rising racism in Spain has found that the most discriminated-against group is … white Spaniards.
Despite the Socialist government of prime minister Pedro Sánchez hoping to spotlight the challenges faced by minority groups, the report reveals that the ethnic group reporting the most discrimination is white people of Mediterranean origin.
