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- Twenty-two EU leaders requested an emergency videoconference of interior ministers to coordinate the bloc’s response to migrant arrivals in Ceuta.
- The signatories said they were seriously concerned and would consider temporary internal border controls among measures to address perceived migration and security risks.
- Spain said almost all of roughly 50,000 people who crossed from Morocco into Ceuta on Thursday had been returned.
- Saudi Arabia and 13 countries announced a coalition focused on navigation security in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
- The Saudi Defence Ministry said members will coordinate intelligence, operational planning, exercises and maritime missions, without specifying national ship or aircraft commitments.
- Delegates from 43 of 51 invited countries attended the founding meeting, which included a European Union delegation, the ministry reported.
- The Canadian intern of Chinese origin appealed a Belgian order placing her in pretrial detention for one month, prosecutors said.
- She is accused of espionage for an unidentified third country and membership in a criminal organisation while working at SHAPE in Mons.
- The appeal was filed with Belgium’s Indictments Chamber, which must rule within 15 days, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office said.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee postponed its vote on Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination while efforts continued to secure sufficient support.
- Republican senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis sought written assurances about the abandoned compensation fund and limits on Donald Trump’s tax-audit protection.
- The Justice Department sent the senators revised language on Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
- Hundreds of mourners gathered to honor Lindsey Graham, the Republican senator from South Carolina who died unexpectedly on July 11.
- Benjamin Netanyahu, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other world leaders attended Graham’s funeral Tuesday at Washington National Cathedral.
- Donald Trump spoke at the service, describing Graham as a close friend and a major figure in American politics.