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Questions raised over Westminster security after attack

Britain’s security level remains at “severe”, its second highest state of alert, following the Westminster terror attack.

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London attack: Moment car drove into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge - video

The moment that a car drove into pedestrians on London’s Westminster Bridge, close to Britain’s parliament, on March 22 has been captured on video.

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London terrorist "acted alone" as police arrest eight

British police have made several arrests and raided addresses, including in Birmingham, in connection with the deadly London terror attack.

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Westminster horror described by eyewitnesses

Wednesday’s bloodshed in Westminster marked the deadliest attack in London since suicide bombers killed 52 commuters on the city’s transport system in 2005.

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"Terror" dominates UK's front pages

The violent events in London featured heavily on the front pages of the UK’s main newspapers the morning after the attack.

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Mayor urges Londoners and visitors not to be alarmed

London Mayor Sadiq Khan adds his words of reassurance to Londoners and tourists after terror attack

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Westminster attack condemned abroad

Messages of condemnation and solidarity pour in from abroad after five people die in an assault on Westminster

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British PM: "We will never give in to terror"

An emotional but defiant British Prime Minister has slammed the attack in Westminster as "sick and depraved"

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Minister who lost brother in Bali bombing tried to save policeman

Tobias Ellwood, a former army officer, was seen giving first aid and mouth to mouth resuscitation

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Westminster and Edinburgh parliaments suspended

When the British parliament building was stormed by an assailant with a knife, proceedings there and at the Scottish parliament were suspended.

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London terrorist attack: What we know

Police have released the identity of the attacker who, on Wednesday, killed four people in a terrorist attack on the Palace of Westminster in central London.

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Car attacker mows down crowds and stabs policeman outside UK parliament

A car has mowed down pedestrians near the Houses of Parliament, injuring many. Inside the grounds a man stabbed a policeman before being shot.

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Westminster attack witness: 'I saw six to seven people lying down'

The terror attack on London’s Westminster Bridge and the UK Parliament came in broad daylight, when many people were out and about in central London.

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Eyewitness accounts of Westminster attack

In London near the Westminster Palace, a vehicle struck multiple pedestrians while a knife-wielding assailant was killed after stabbing a policeman.

Iraq

Iraqi forces near ISIL-prized mosque in western Mosul

Iraqi government forces are meeting fierce resistance from ISIL militants as they close in on western Mosul.

France

Video shows Paris Orly airport attack on soldier

Video has emerged of last weekend’s attack at a Paris airport, when an armed man briefly took a soldier hostage before being shot dead.

France

Tests show Paris airport attacker had taken drink and drugs

French authorities say blood tests show the man shot dead after attacking soldiers at Orly airport had taken alcohol, cocaine and cannabis.

Syria

Syrian forces bombard rebel positions on the outskirts of Damascus

Syrian forces engaged in fierce fighting with rebels and jihadists on Sunday, responding to an onslaught with intense bombardments.

France

Orly attacker was known to French police

The 39-year-old, identified by prosecutors as French-born Zied ben Belgacem was shot and killed after he grabbed a solder's gun at the airport.

France

France Orly airport: man shot dead after grabbing soldier's gun

A man has been shot dead at Paris’ Orly airport after trying to grab a soldier’s weapon.

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