The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet said on the 20th they killed three Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip; two had participated in the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel.

On the 18th a Spanish government source said, citing National Security Forces deployed in Ceuta, about 10,000 migrants remain stranded in the Spanish enclave. Some have been placed in government reception centres; others are displaced and sheltering in makeshift tents in mountains and on beaches. Ceuta local authorities estimate about 13,000 migrants remain. A large influx from Morocco at the end of July triggered what Spain calls its most severe border migration crisis in years.

The State Administration for Market Regulation said it will tighten food safety risk controls in key areas and refine supervision across food, pharmaceuticals, industrial products and special equipment. It will establish a full-chain food-safety regulatory mechanism, strengthen risk prevention in priority food sectors, and roll out Internet+AI supervision to improve sampling and testing quality and enable earlier detection and remediation of hazards. The agency will raise drug-safety safeguards, improve pharmaceutical safety accountability and support industry innovation. For industrial products it will strengthen source controls, expand quality-risk monitoring and spot checks, and align online and offline oversight. It will implement full-lifecycle supervision for special equipment to raise inherent safety and keep overall safety conditions stable and controllable.