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French intelligence services should be overhauled in light of Paris attacks says report into atrocities

The French intelligence services should be overhauled.

Austria

25km-long traffic queue between Hungary and Austria

The hold-up is due to ad-hoc checks by the Austrian authorities, who have strengthened measures to curb the flow of migrants into the country.

Iraq

Grief and anger on the streets of Baghdad

At least 200 people were killed and hundreds were wounded in the worst bombing so far this year in Iraq.

France

Armed police to patrol French beaches

Some French beaches will be monitored by armed patrols, according to reports quoting a police source, as the country tightens security for the summer holiday…

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France

A huge French protest is banned - for just four hours

Left-wing supporters had condemned what they said was the first ban of a union-backed protest since the early 1960s.

France

March climbdown adds humiliation to French Socialists' union worries

Paris will be the People's on Thursday as unions lead a march against new labour laws, but now the embattled Socialist government has alienated its union supporters by trying to ban the march, and ang

France

French authorities reverse ban on protest march

French unions have been allowed to hold a protest march in Paris on Thursday, the head of the CGT union Philippe Martinez said on Wednesday after an emergency meeting with the…

Belgium

Brussels Central Station evacuated amid heightened security fears

Brussels central train station was temporarily evacuated on Sunday (June 19) due to a suspicious suitcase amid heightened security fears in the Belgian capital after a huge anti-terror operation led t

Belgium

Belgian railway station back to normal after false alert

At a time of security fears, many alerts turn out to be completely false.

Belgium

Cyberspace is officially a war zone - NATO

Cyber attacks against a member nation could trigger an Article 5 collective response by all 28 states involved.

World News

Euro 2016: French cities restrict alcohol in bid to end hooligan violence

An alcohol ban has come into force in Lille and other major French cities in a bid to curb the violence which has so far marred Euro 2016.

France

Euro2016 - Marseille prosecutor blames "Russians, trained to fight"

The chief prosecutor in the French city says Russians trained to fight were involved in the worst of the fan violence that erupted in Marseille at the start of the Euro 2016 football tournament on Sat

France

France restricts alcohol sales to avert more violence during Euro 2016

Extra security measures are being put in place to try and prevent a repeat of three days of clashes between English, Russian and French football fans in the Mediterranean port city of…

World News

France and UEFA to boost security

France and European football’s governing body UEFA have vowed to beef up stadium security in the wake of last night’s violence between English and Russian football…

Ukraine

Ukrainian Secret Service on Frenchman arrested at border in terror plot

euronews talks with Vasyl Hrytsak, head of Ukraine’s Secret Service, about the Frenchman they followed and arrested at the Ukraine-Polish border with a cache of explosives and weapons.

Turkey

Three killed in car bomb attack on police station in southeast Turkey

At least three people have been killed and 30 wounded in a car bomb attack on a police station in southeastern Turkey.

Italy

European food safety office evacuated after explosives found

The European Food Safety Authority in Parma, Italy, received a package with explosive material on Tuesday which a local bomb squad destroyed, police…

France

UK warns fans over Euro 2016 terror risk

The UK Foreign Office has issued advice to fans travelling to France to remain vigilant as busy tournament hubs could be potential terror…

France

France steps up security ahead of Euro 2016

With days to go to the Euro 2016 kick off France is armed and security measures have been stepped up.

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Thunder struck

Organizers of the “Rock am Ring” festival in Mendig, Germany decided to cancel the third and final day of the sell-out concert on Sunday (5 June) after heavy thunderstorms and lightning injured more t