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August 1: Kyiv Missile Strike and Ceuta Border Crossings
In Kyiv
A large Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv has killed nine people and injured more than 30, the second major strike on the Ukrainian capital in three days. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine does not have enough Patriot interceptors to stop most of the fast-moving missiles, leaving residents with very little warning before impact.
At Spain's Ceuta border
EU interior ministers are set for an emergency meeting after more than 50,000 migrants crossed into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta. Spain has put up a 500-metre barrier along its sea border with Morocco, while Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez accused some neighbouring countries of responding with prejudice and misinformation. The European Commission says no one has reached mainland Spain or other EU territory, but the bloc remains divided over what happens next.
Ceuta has also cancelled its planned Virgin of Africa celebrations as authorities try to restore order cautiously.
In Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's High Court has sentenced a former police chief and a former defence minister to death for failing to act on warnings ahead of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings. More than 260 people were killed and hundreds injured in the coordinated attacks. Both men plan to appeal.
In Minnesota care oversight
State investigators found a Holdingford assisted-living facility responsible for neglect after staff gave a resident 18 shots of liquor and a beer before a medical appointment. He was later found on the floor and taken to hospital with a blood-alcohol level of 0.23 percent. The facility says it will appeal, arguing it was trying to balance the resident's rights with safety concerns, a balance it appears to have misplaced rather dramatically.
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