Renata Brito

Trump threatens to cut off trade with Spain after it disallowed US use of joint bases in Iran war President Donald Trump is threatening to cut off trade with Spain. He's citing a lack of support over the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and the European nation’s resistance to increase its NATO spe...

Trump threatens to cut off trade with Spain after it disallowed US use of joint bases in Iran war

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An interactive map of 4 years of war in Ukraine This interactive timeline of the war in Ukraine shows major attacks, key moments and how the battle lines have shifted in the four years since Russia's all-out invasion.

This interactive timeline of the war in Ukraine shows major attacks, key moments and how the battle lines have shifted in the four years since Russia's all-out invasion.

The US deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is illegal A woman who sought asylum in the United States after fleeing a country where homosexuality is illegal says the Trump administration's third-country deportation system sent her to another one.

The US is deporting migrants to African nations. One of the deportees was a gay woman from Morocco who was seeking asylum before she was sent to Cameroon. She now finds herself back in Morocco, where homosexuality is illegal.
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Greek rescuers search for potential missing people after deadly migrant boat collision Greek coast guard patrol boats and a helicopter are searching in the Aegean Sea for possible missing people after a collision between a patrol vessel and a speedboat carrying migrants left at least 15...

Greek coast guard searching for people potentially missing after an overnight collision between a patrol vessel and a speedboat carrying migrants left at least 15 people dead.
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Spain offers hundreds of thousands of immigrants a way to stay legally. But who are they? More than half a million foreigners are believed to live in Spain without legal permission. Like in the United States and much of Europe, these immigrants work jobs that few nationals want.

Spain offers hundreds of thousands of immigrants a way to stay legally. But who are they?

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In surprise move, Spain will grant legal status to thousands of immigrants lacking permission Spain's government has announced it will grant legal status to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working in the country without authorization.

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In surprise move, Spain will grant legal status to thousands of immigrants lacking authorization to live or work in the country

Humanitarian group says Libya's coast guard fired on its vessel in the Mediterranean A humanitarian group says Libya’s coast guard fired upon its vessel as it searched for a migrant boat in distress in the Mediterranean Sea.

Humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee says Libya's coast guard fired at them in the Mediterranean Sea. No casualties were reported but the Ocean Viking's windows were shattered and lifesaving equipment damaged. The EU funds and trains the Libyan coast guard. apnews.com/article/liby...

Mediterranean rescues find 3 Sudanese sisters dead on an overcrowded migrant boat A German nonprofit organization says three young Sudanese sisters have died after an overcrowded rubber dinghy took on water in bad weather in the Mediterranean Sea.

The latest victims of the deadly Mediterranean: three sisters from Sudan who died at the bottom of an overcrowded rubber dinghy fleeing Libya.
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Rotterdam unveils a museum about migration while anti-foreigner sentiment rises in Europe A new museum is opening in the Netherlands focused on migration. The Fenix museum in Rotterdam opens on Friday.

"Art can sometimes provide a better basis for discussion of politically loaded topics like migration." Read @apnews.com story by @mollyquell.bsky.social on Fenix, the new migration museum opening tomorrow in Rotterdam: apnews.com/article/migr...

Some migrants were told they'd be sent to Libya, attorneys say as they try to block the deportations U.S. authorities have informed some migrants of plans to deport them to Libya, a country they are not from and that has a history of human rights violations.

ICYMI: Immigration attorneys say some of their clients, including people from Vietnam, Laos and the Philippines, were told by U.S. immigration enforcement agents that they were going to be deported to Libya. Some were told they were going to Saudi Arabi. apnews.com/article/liby...

Reports of Trump deportation plans highlight abuse of migrants in Libya Experts, human rights workers and lawyers criticized reports of plans to deport migrants from the U.S. to Libya.

In Libya, migrants are routinely arbitrarily detained and subjected to extortion, abuse, rape and killings. A U.N. fact-finding mission found evidence of crimes against humanity. Mass graves across the country. Tens of thousands dead in the Mediterranean. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/liby...

TikTok becomes a tool of choice in cat-and-mouse game between migrant smugglers and authorities Videos posted by smugglers offer a rare look inside a long elusive industry and the narratives used by trafficking networks to fuel migration north.

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The EU wants to increase deportations and supports 'return hubs' in third countries The European Union wants to increase deportations and is opening the way for “return hubs” to be set up in third countries for rejected asylum-seekers.

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Asylum cases in Europe fell 11% last year. Here's a look at the numbers Over 1 million asylum applications were made in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland in 2024, according to the EU asylum agency's annual report.

Asylum applications in the EU+ fell by 11% last year. Here are the numbers: apnews.com/article/asyl...

Foreign workers help Spain's economic growth outpace the US and the rest of Europe Foreign workers have helped to make Spain’s economy the envy of the industrialized world, even as anti-immigration sentiments grow elsewhere in Europe and in the United States.

Foreign workers help Spain's economic growth outpace the US and the rest of Europe. Interesting story by @apnews.com colleagues in Spain

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Trump says Ukraine started the war that's killing its citizens. What are the facts? Russia’s army crossed the border on Feb. 24, 2022, in an all-out invasion that Putin sought to justify by falsely saying it was needed to protect Russian-speaking civilians in eastern Ukraine and prev...

Trump says Ukraine started the war that’s killing its citizens. What are the facts?
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AP reporter and photographer barred from Air Force One over 'Gulf of Mexico' terminology dispute The Trump administration has blocked The Associated Press from traveling with President Trump on Air Force One and also from covering an Oval Office event.

“The actions taken to restrict AP’s coverage of presidential events because of how we refer to a geographic location chip away at this important right enshrined in the U.S. Constitution for all Americans.” apnews.com/article/trum...

Isolated Indigenous man returns to tribe in the Amazon rainforest after brief contact Brazilian authorities say a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe who approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon returned voluntarily to his people less than 24 hours later.

Incredible video of isolated indigenous man in Brazil (apparently) asking for fire. apnews.com/article/braz...

US presented Ukraine with a document to access its minerals but offered almost nothing in return Zelenskyy says he directed his ministers not to sign off on a proposed agreement to give US access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals because the document was too focused on US interests.

MUNICH (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he directed his ministers not to sign off on a proposed agreement to give the United States access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals because the document was too focused on U.S. interests. apnews.com/article/ukra...

For flood survivors in Spain, a photo project helps recover memories VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — Months after devastating flash floods carved a muddy scar through Valencia, an effort to save some of what was lost continues apace.

“When you realize how much you’ve lost, you can see that you’ve lost something fundamental, like visual memories,” said a resident who survived the Valencia floods but lost all her possessions.

Lovely visual story by my AP colleagues Bernat Armangué and Suman Naishadham:
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Spain to grant residency, work permits to potentially 25,000 immigrants affected by Valencia floods The Spanish government will grant one-year residency and work permits to potentially 25,000 foreigners affected by the catastrophic flash floods that hit the eastern part of the country last October.

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