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  "title": "Spain imposes border checks on Italy as migrant showdown grows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/spain-imposes-border-checks-on-italy-as-migrant-showdown-grows-328807",
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  "summary": "Spain announced on Friday it would introduce temporary border checks on travellers from Italy in response to Rome imposing similar measures after a mass migrant rush into Ceuta.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Spain imposes border checks on Italy as migrant showdown grows",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Spain to start Italy border controls on air and sea travel amid Ceuta migrant row",
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