2026-08-01
3 分钟This is The World in Brief from The Economist.
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Spain said at least 48,300 people had returned to Morocco on Friday,
a day after thousands of migrants surged into Suta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa.
More than 50,000 people stormed the border, prompting Spain to deploy troops.
At least 57 people died trying to cross.
France strengthened its own border controls, while Italy temporarily suspended its Schengen cooperation with Spain.
Donald Trump said America had not agreed to give Ukraine licenses
to build its own Patriot interceptor missiles, weeks after offering to grant them.
The American-made weapon has become vital to Ukraine as it counters Russian strikes,
but stocks are running low, partly because of the Iran war.
Mr Trump said the technology is, quote, a hard thing to give away.
BP is selling its North Sea oil business, ending 60 years of production in the region.
The British company will spin off five production hubs, which produce roughly 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent
a day and employ some 1,100 people to slim down the debt and simplify operations.
BP's new chief executive Meg O'Neill has promised a, quote, disciplined approach to capital allocation.
Peru's constitutional court overturned a 15-year corruption sentence for its former president.
It said that Olanta Humala's conviction in 2025 for accepting illegal campaign funds of Brazilian business
and Venezuelan politicians was nile and void, clearing the way for his release from prison.
Mr. Humala governed between 2011 and 2016. The country swore in a new president, Caico Fujimori, on Tuesday.