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The news from Observador focuses on migration issues with a story about Ceuta, domestic sports news regarding FC Porto winning a title and a controversial penalty, and a report on a Portuguese spy selling secrets to Russia. There's also a feature on tax payments and ongoing wildfires in Portugal.

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FC Porto wins 88th title, beating Benfica ↗

The conquest of the championship tied the accounts, and the victory in the Supertaça put FC Porto back in the lead with the most titles in football and reinforced its dominant status in the competition.

Episode 1. There is a mole on the loose in SIS ↗

The premiere of 'The Double Life of a Traitorous Spy' reveals operations that fail and the CIA confirms suspicions: there is indeed a traitor within Portuguese secret services. The start of the internal mole hunt.

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