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The UK and EU have reached a post-Brexit agreement on Gibraltar's border, ensuring no checks on people and goods crossing with Spain, while maintaining UK sovereignty and supporting Gibraltar's economy, with plans to finalize a treaty soon.
The EU and UK have reached a historic political agreement to ensure free movement of people and goods between Spain and Gibraltar, removing physical border barriers while maintaining customs and security checks at Gibraltar's ports and airports. The deal aims to enhance stability, cooperation, and economic development, and is expected to be ratified after final legal negotiations.
David Lammy and UK officials are in talks with Gibraltar and EU representatives to finalize a post-Brexit agreement, focusing on border rules and sovereignty issues, with key sticking points including Schengen zone membership and border infrastructure. The negotiations aim to establish a stable relationship between Gibraltar, the EU, and Spain, amid ongoing disputes over sovereignty and border arrangements.
A 65,000-year-old Neanderthal tar distillation oven has been discovered in Gibraltar's Vanguard Cave, showcasing advanced manufacturing techniques. This find, led by the University of Murcia, reveals that Neanderthals used a specialized hearth to produce tar from resin-rich plants, predating similar human techniques by over 100,000 years. The study highlights Neanderthals' cognitive complexity and technological prowess, challenging outdated stereotypes of them as primitive. Experimental archaeology confirmed the hearth's purpose by successfully replicating tar production using ancient methods.
Archaeologists have discovered a 60,000-year-old structure in Vanguard Cave, Gibraltar, believed to be a Neanderthal oven used for making birch tar, a prehistoric glue. This finding challenges the stereotype of Neanderthals as unintelligent, suggesting they had advanced knowledge of combustion and chemistry. The structure's complexity and the successful recreation of birch tar in experiments indicate Neanderthals' sophisticated tool-making abilities and intelligence. The study is published in Quaternary Science Reviews.
Spain's football team chanted "Gibraltar is Spanish" during a celebration event in Madrid after winning the Euros against England, highlighting Spain's ongoing claim over the British overseas territory.
Spain's Euro 2024 winning team led chants of "Gibraltar is Spanish" during their victory parade in Madrid, prompting Gibraltar's Football Association to file a complaint with UEFA, calling the chants "provocative and insulting." Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory, has been a point of contention between Spain and the UK for centuries.
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Spain's Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Albares, announced that Spain and Britain are "very close" to reaching a deal on the post-Brexit status of Gibraltar, following a meeting with his British counterpart, David Cameron, in Brussels. The details of the agreement were not disclosed, but discussions are underway regarding specific issues such as the use of the airport. The status of Gibraltar and the policing of its border with Spain have been contentious since the UK's decision to leave the EU in 2016. Spain had previously proposed a "balanced and generous agreement," and both sides are committed to reaching a UK-EU treaty on Gibraltar as soon as possible.
Two sailing teams participating in The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint encountered a pod of orcas in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Gibraltar. The orcas pushed up against the boats, nudged and bitten at the rudders, and in one case, rammed the boat. No injuries were reported, but the incidents come amid reports of seemingly coordinated attacks on boats by orcas, with incidents tripling in the past two years.
An orca attacked a yacht in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland, marking the first orca attack in northern waters. The recent onslaught of orca attacks on ships could be spreading, as most of the dozens of recent orca attacks on boats have been contained to the seas south of Spain, in an area known as the Strait of Gibraltar. Scientists suspect that the behavior is being taught by adults to their pods, and then spreading. The orca behavior could be a "fad" or just an apex predator's idea of having fun.
Two boats participating in The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint had encounters with orcas in the Atlantic Ocean near Gibraltar. The orcas pushed up against or rammed into the boats, but there were no injuries or damage reported. The area around Gibraltar has become known for such encounters, with some boats being significantly damaged. Scientists are still trying to understand this new behavior of orcas.
A ship captain, Dan Kriz, who has had his boats attacked by orcas twice, believes that the orcas are becoming more organized and faster in their attacks. Kriz noticed marked differences in the ways the orcas behaved during the latest attack, which was more organized and swifter compared to the one three years ago. The orcas' increasingly aggressive behavior has seen them ramming and even sinking boats. Some marine life experts believe that a traumatized orca called White Gladis may have kickstarted the trend of orca boat attacks. Nonetheless, experts have cautioned sailors against retaliating against the orcas and to instead remain calm.
A British sailor had the rudders of his yacht ripped off by a pod of orcas in the Strait of Gibraltar, leaving him marooned in Gibraltar. The sailor said it felt as though the orcas were throwing the yacht around "like a rag doll." There have been 20 incidents of orca attacks in the Strait of Gibraltar in the past month alone. Researchers are trying to work out why killer whales are increasingly targeting boats near Spain, Portugal, and Morocco, with one theory pointing to a single, female orca who may have been traumatized by a previous interaction.
A British sailor had the rudders of his yacht ripped off by a pod of five orcas in the Strait of Gibraltar, leaving him marooned in Gibraltar. The sailor said it felt as though the orcas were throwing the yacht around "like a rag doll." There have been 20 incidents of orca attacks in the Strait of Gibraltar in the past month alone. Researchers are trying to work out why killer whales are increasingly targeting boats near Spain, Portugal, and Morocco, with one theory pointing to a single, female orca who may have been traumatized by a previous interaction.