war of smugglers in Calais, anti-nuclear activists in Germany and water tanks at the lowest in Spain

On the BBC, a record number of migrants have crossed the English Channel. Crammed to 48 on these inflatable boats, nearly 1,300 of them arrived in Dover on Monday August 22. Among them, many children. Unheard of since the migration crisis. “A large part of these people cannot integrate into the French system. They are desperate and they are trying to reach a place where they will feel safe“, says Steve Valdez-Symonds, head of refugee law at Amnesty International. The British denounce France’s inertia. But they also point to a war of smugglers in Calais who would lower prices to take advantage of this juicy and often deadly traffic .

The return of anti-nuclear activists to Germany. By bike, to reach one of the last three nuclear power plants in the country, they set off again to fight against the extension of the power plants intended to compensate for the Russian gas power plants. But since the crisis in Ukraine, the Germans have changed a lot on this question: 80% agree to give nuclear power another chance.

Dry lakes, thirsty sheep and abandoned crops for lack of water. In this village south of Madrid, the drought has hit the inhabitants hard. “Here we live mainly from irrigated agriculture, and the cereals harvested are not enough to support a family.“, explains a resident. According to the European Union, more than half of Europe is still on drought alert. Unheard of for 500 years on our continent.