- Italy and Spain extended their tit-for-tat border checks for another 15 days after a mass migrant influx into Spain’s Ceuta, with Rome citing security and terror risks for random checks at airports and seaports.
- The Ceuta episode saw more than 72,000 people cross, reports of 140+ deaths and about 5,000 still stranded — a humanitarian crisis that has become a political headache for Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez, whose recent amnesty drew over 1 million applicants.
- The EU’s Schengen rules allow temporary reintroduction of internal border controls for serious threats, but say such measures should be exceptional, time-limited and a last resort.
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- A waiter on the Virgo Transport 8 woke to the ferry listing, saw 3–4m waves, and said the ship capsized in under 10 minutes — he and friends clung to a 12kg gas cylinder and floated for about 10 hours before being rescued.
- The accident is severe: 6 confirmed dead and 129 still missing out of about 234 people aboard, with search efforts hampered by rough seas and strong winds.
- The ferry was on a ~20-hour trip from Surabaya to Banjarmasin and was later found inverted about 80 nautical miles from the destination; the survivor says he’s traumatised and won’t work at sea again.
- A fire that began in a house spread to two adjoining schools in Bukavu, triggering a stampede that killed at least 27 students and injured dozens.
- Hundreds attended a mass funeral as grieving families and teachers described hearing children’s cries and lamented being unable to save them.
- The tragedy unfolded amid eastern Congo’s instability (Bukavu is under M23 control) and strained health services coping with a major Ebola outbreak.
- Politicians are increasingly practicing "climate hushing" — avoiding talk of global warming to sidestep backlash even as the crisis worsens.
- Extreme weather is getting more frequent and costly (billion-dollar disasters about every 16 days), driving higher insurance costs, lost homes and rising household expenses.
- Most voters want action and discussion — roughly 6 in 10 back climate policies and over 40% want politicians to talk about it more — yet leaders remain largely silent.
- Dozens of wild animals — including 46 hippos, eight elephants, five buffalo and a crocodile — have died in Muchinga province after an anthrax outbreak.
- Local people who ate the carcasses have so far infected 12 people; there have been no human deaths and those affected are receiving treatment.
- Authorities have suspended hunting in the area and warned the public not to eat, sell or handle animals that die suddenly, noting anthrax spores can persist in soil and the disease is endemic in Zambia.
- Himalayan glaciers are melting faster than a decade ago and the region may hit "peak water" by mid-century, threatening long-term water security.
- A late‑August Himalayan glacier collapse killed at least 1,300 people and left 5,300 missing; melting glaciers are also creating unstable lakes that put millions downstream at risk.
- The Himalayas support water and economic activity for hundreds of millions (over 20% of India's GDP), yet only about 21 of an estimated 40,000 glaciers are monitored.
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