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Smartphone app lets women report areas where they feel unsafe

Dark alleyways and empty spaces can often mean danger and a sense of anxiety for the most vulnerable members of society.

Gaza

Israel constructing underground barrier along boundary with Gaza

Israeli sources cited by Reuters news agency said that construction has begun on an underground barrier along a small stretch of its boundary line with Gaza.

Greece

Greece conference to tackle migrant crisis

Foreign Ministers and high-ranking officials from Mediterranean countries have met in Greece to search for solutions to the migrant crisis.

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: EU and UK negotiators in place for divorce

This is The Brief from Brussels, a daily round up of the top stories from around Europe.

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Europe News

NATO braces for cyber war

A new era has dawned for NATO, euronews correspondent Andrei Beketov reports from the Cyber Security symposium in Mons, Belgium.

France

French police detain two after gas canisters found in Paris car

Two people were arrested in southern France on Tuesday (September 7) in southern France after a car parked near Notre Dame Cathedral was found with several gas canisters inside over the…

United Kingdom

Britain jails radical Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary

A court in Britain has jailed the country’s best-known radical Muslim cleric for five and a half years for urging support of ISIL .

Afghanistan

Afghan forces end Kabul aid agency siege after gun battle

Afghan security forces in Kabul have been battling gunmen who stormed an international aid group’s offices after a car bomb attack.

North Korea

Japan strongly condemns latest North Korean missile launch

North Korea has fired three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, according to the South Korean military.

France

Security beefed up as pupils return to school in France

It is back to school in France and, this time, with heightened security.

Italy

Desperate search for survivors as Italy quake death toll reaches 120

At least 120 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake that devastated a cluster of mountain communities in central Italy on Wednesday.

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Quake rocks Italy

This is the Brief from Brussels, a round up of the top stories from across Europe.

Europe News

Germany unveils civil defence plan

The German government on Wednesday unveiled its first civil defence plan since the end of the Cold War, which include advice to stockpile key supplies in the event of a terror…

Economy

Worldwide tourism resilient but hit by economic weakness and terrorism

Fears over terrorism and economic weakness mean global travel is still growing but slowing according to the World Travel and Tourism Council.

Europe News

Brexit to dominate diplomacy this week

As Theresa May goes back to work after her summer holiday, German chancellor Angela Merkel visits 6 cities in 6 days to prepare EU response to Brexit

Europe News

Germany and France fear smart phone apps like Telegram aid terrorists

In an attempt to identify potentially dangerous jihadists, Germany and France have called for Europe wide rules that would limit the use of encrypted communications.

France

France and Germany call for European unity in the fight against terror

French authorities have arrested seven people on terrorism-related offences this month, at least three of whom allegedly had specific projects planned.

Germany

Stockpile food and water in case of attack, Germans set to be told

It is a measure that has not been seen since the end of the Cold War.

Turkey

Turkey's Erdogan blames Gulen supporters over latest bombings

Turkey’s president has accused followers of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen of being involved in the latest bombings to hit the country.

Turkey

Are Kurdish peace talks finished forever?

Turkey has again been rocked by deadly bombings, with the Kurds are being blamed for the latest attacks in the south-east.