France and Italy bolstered border controls on Saturday after about 60,000 people crossed into Spain's enclave in North Africa, sparking one of the largest migrant

By Alan Baldwin and Ian Ransom

LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - European soccer's governing body UEFA and its 55 member nations on Thursday voted to boycott all FIFA tournaments in what could be a knockout blow to the global soccer organisation's proposal to sell a stake in the World Cup to external investors.

In a statement that pulled no punches, Europe presented a united front to FIFA boss Gianni Infantino, whose proposal this week blindsided regional confederations and caused uproar just weeks after the World Cup staged in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Hamas said on Friday it agreed to a deal to end the war with Israel that included provisions addressing its weapons and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.

The text of the agreement has not been released publicly, and there has been no official reaction from the Israeli government, but far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said he opposed the deal.

Here are some of the challenges the deal would face on the ground in Gaza.

By Kanishka Singh and Simon Lewis

WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his so-called Board of Peace ​reached a deal for the total disarmament ‌of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the territory.

Trump said the agreement was "historic" and will be implemented in phases, with Israeli forces, which control about two-thirds of Gaza as of late April, withdrawing from the territory as disarmament proceeds.

By Nafisa Eltahir, Elwely Elwelly and Tala Ramadan

DUBAI, July 30 (Reuters) - A drone strike that sparked fires on two gas vessels in Egypt's Mediterranean port of Damietta has raised a new threat to shipping through the Suez Canal, one of the last major export routes available to Saudi oil amid the expanding U.S.-Iran war.

No one has claimed responsibility for what Egypt's cabinet said on Thursday was an unidentified drone that caused a fire on two vessels at Damietta a day earlier. The port lies near the Suez Canal, which links the Mediterranean and Red Seas.

July 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his so-called "Board of Peace" reached an agreement for the complete disarmament of Palestinian Hamas militants and other armed groups in Gaza.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump cast it as a "major milestone in the implementation of the Trump 20-Point Plan" to end Israel's war in Gaza.

Trump said the deal would be carried out in phases, with Israeli forces withdrawing as disarmament proceeds and an International Stabilization Force working with a new Palestinian police force to secure the enclave.

By Jonathan Saul, Marwa Rashad and Ahmad Ghaddar

LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - A drone strike that damaged two gas tankers in Egyptian waters has renewed energy security concerns about the nearby Suez Canal and a related pipeline, a vital export route for Saudi Arabian oil since the beginning of the Iran war.

Even as Iran and its Houthi allies have fired on tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb, Egypt's Suez Canal and Sumed pipeline continued to offer safe, northbound export routes for Saudi Red Sea energy cargoes.

DUBAI, July 30 (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi urged Bulgaria to reconsider its decision to allow the temporary deployment of U.S. military aircraft at the Bezmer air base, Iranian state media reported on Thursday.

RIYADH, July 29 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is seeking to build an international coalition to protect shipping in the Red Sea from Houthi attacks, two people familiar with the deliberations said on Wednesday.

The composition of the coalition has not yet been finalised and is being discussed with dozens of countries, the sources said.

The Saudi Center for International Communication did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Tehran's forces have carried out frequent missile and drone attacks in the Middle East since the breakdown of the US-Iran ceasefire, raising renewed concerns about Washington's supply of the weapons needed to intercept them.

Highlighting the issue, the US military said it shot down multiple ballistic missiles fired by Tehran in an "attempted surprise attack" this week, following a deadly Iranian strike on American troops in Jordan earlier this month.