Paul Moss, a BBC global affairs reporter, outlines Spain’s plan to regularise hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants and the labour market forces behind it. He also discusses the EU‑India mega trade deal, its vast tariff cuts and market scope. Other segments cover violent footage from Iran and an AI project preserving Holocaust survivor testimony.
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Who Benefits From Tariff Cuts
The deal will lower costs for European products entering India and give preferential access for Indian exports to the EU.
It particularly targets labour-intensive Indian sectors like textiles and engineering to offset earlier US tariff impacts.
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Compliance Costs Could Bite
Economists warn gains may be offset by implementation hurdles and higher input costs from meeting EU safety standards.
Optimism over the deal is tempered by the practical costs of upgrading compliance for exporters.
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Grim Burial Scene In Tehran
A video described bodies piled in the morgue and people burying young victims amid protests in Tehran.
The witness recounted finding a body misplaced among women and seeing blood-stained clothes on many bodies.
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Two decades in the making, the EU-India agreement will allow free trade of goods between the bloc of 27 European states and the world's most populous country. Together, they make up nearly 25% of global gross domestic product and a market of two billion people. The deal will see a number of huge tariff cuts across a range of goods and services, and a joint security partnership.
Also: new videos from Iran show bodies piled up inside a hospital, as rights organisations warn that thousands have died during the crackdown against anti-government protests. Spain is to grant legal status to half a million undocumented migrants. A new AI project in Britain helps schoolchildren connect with Holocaust survivors. US Republican Chris Madel ends bid for Minnesota governor and calls ICE action in the state "a disaster". A new study reveals how menopause triggers a loss of grey matter in the brain, similar to changes seen in Alzheimer's patients - but can the effects be mitigated? Tech giants in the US face a landmark trial over social media addiction claims. And why tennis stars Alcarez, Sinner and Sabalenka have been told to remove their fitness trackers.
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