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Air France-KLM warns on falling travel demand from terrorism and Brexit

Air France-KLM is downbeat about profits this year amid terrorist attacks in Europe and Brexit uncertainty.

France

French interior minister says jailing suspects counterproductive

Locals in the Normandy village of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray are struggling to come to terms with Tuesday’s (July 26) tragedy when two knifemen interrupted a church service and brutally murdered the eld

World

Blood on the streets of Germany: four attacks in eight days

An axe, a gun, a machete, and a bomb: all weapons used on the streets of Germany over the past week.

France

Nice attack: French president seeks to defuse row over security report 'alterations'

The French president has sought to defuse a row over allegations government officials tried to alter a report into the Bastille Day attack in Nice.

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World News

Public awareness is best prevention against mass shootings, expert says

World News

The quite different states of emergency in France and Turkey

The extraordinary recent events in Turkey and France have led the governments of both countries to declare and extend, respectively, extraordinary measures: a national state of…

Turkey

Turkey's parliament votes 3-to-1 to back Erdogan's state of emergency

The Turkish parliament has voted by three-to-one to approve the state of emergency announced by President Erdogan after last week’s failed coup attempt.

Greece

Turkey/Greece: Soldier's extradition or asylum?

The eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece and sought asylum on Saturday have appeared in court in Alexandroupoli. They deny taking part in the failed coup attempt.

France

France set to extend emergency rule after Nice attack

French lawmakers have approved a six-month extension of emergency rule, in the wake of last week’s deadly truck attack in Nice.

Europe News

The brief from Brussels: High security in Belgium for country's National Day festivities

This is the brief from Brussels, a daily roundup of all the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

France

'Paris Plage' beach festival opens amid heightened security

The annual Paris Plage beach festival has kicked off in the French capital, amid heightened security measures.

France

Boosted reservist force a 'National Guard' for France, says Hollande

Francois Hollande has called on reservists to boost security in the wake of the attack in Nice.

France

French parliament votes to extend state of emergency

France's lower house of parliament has voted early to extend a state of emergency nationwide for another six months. Critics say that it is too little too late.

North Korea

South Korea warns of 'growing' security threat after North launches more missiles

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

USA

USA: toy guns banned, real guns OK for Republican convention in Cleveland

Water guns, tennis balls, umbrellas with metal tips.

USA

Security overshadows preparations for US Republican Convention in Cleveland

Some 50,000 people are expected in the American city of Cleveland for the Republican National Convention which should confirm Donald Trump as the party’s official candidate for November’s presidential

France

Attack in Nice: France calls up 12,000 reservists as security questions mount

Amid a wave of mounting criticism, France has called up 12,000 police reservists to help boost security in the wake of Thursday’s attack in Nice.

France

Can France prevent another attack?

The French authorities are now faced with an enormous security challenge: how do they prevent another Nice style atrocity?

Turkey

Turkey coup: around 200 dead and nearly 3000 arrested

Hundreds of people are now thought to have been killed, many of them civilians, and over one thousand wounded following an attempted military coup in Turkey.

Turkey

Turkey 'coup attempt' underway - prime minister

At least 60 people have died following last night’s attempted military coup d’etat and some 336 were arrested for their role in the plot to overthrow the…