Spain imposes border controls against Italy

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Spain has imposed border controls on all air and sea travel from Italy as a row between the two EU countries intensifies. The measures, which started at midnight (22:00 GMT) and will last for a month, come a week after Italy introduced similar restrictions following an influx of about 78,000 migrants from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. Also in the programme: a US federal appeals court has ordered the Trump administration to halt construction of a new ballroom at the White House, why an electric dance music duo from the 1990s are happy to front a clubbing night for people over 50 and the rise of climate or eco-anxiety - especially among young people. Presenter Julian Worricker is joined by Ella Gilbert, a UK based climate scientist and broadcaster and Michal Ovadek, a lecturer in European politics and policy at University College London. (Photo: Young migrants wait to enter the Temporary Immigrant Accommodation Centre (CETI) in Ceuta, Spain, 5 August 2026, after entering the Spanish enclave on 30 July during a mass crossing at the border breakwater. Credit: EPA)