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Madrid and Rabat signed an agreement on Friday on the staggered repatriation of the 700 Moroccan minors who have been held in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta since May. At that time, around 10,000 people crossed the border and the adults were immediately deported. The country's press is outraged by how Spain's government now plans to deal with these minors.

Thousands of people have converged on Kabul airport in a desperate attempt to board planes leaving the country. Video footage shows people running alongside the aircraft and even clinging to them as they take off. The evacuation flights of Western countries had to be suspended after several people died doing this. Journalists stress that people are desperate and predict that a wave of refugees from Afghanistan will soon reach Europe.

In the US, criticism of Joe Biden is growing following the events in Kabul. Republicans, as well as a number of Democrats, are accusing him of uncoordinated action. However, the withdrawal itself has hardly been called into question, which is also reflected in opinion polls among US citizens. Will the US president's reputation be permanently damaged by the images from Kabul airport?