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Nigeria needs more help to fight Boko Haram - security summit

The fight against Boko Haram is bearing fruit but the militant group remains extremely dangerous, and Nigeria needs more help to crush it and cope

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Russia condemns US missile-defence systems in Europe

Poland has broken ground at a site designed to hold interceptors for a US missile-defence system in the north of the country, drawing criticism from

World

Martin Schulz: 'The European Union is in a dismal state'

The president of the European Parliament says a Brexit would be "a disaster both for the European Union and for Britain."

Business Series

Airbag recall costs push Takata to an annual loss again

Takata has posted its third annual loss in the past four years, hit by costs for recalls of its potentially deadly airbag inflators.

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Security costs soar as France gears up for Euro 2016

Security is of paramount importance for French authorities ahead of Euro 2016.

France

Cannes Film festival to open under tight security

With France under a state of emergency since November's terror attacks in Paris, the French Riviera city is ramping up security.

Canada

Canadian communities mobilise to help wildfire victims

Many of those forced to leave their homes by the Canadian wildfire which has been spreading out of control are being accommodated in emergency

Egypt

Gunmen kill eight police officers outside Cairo

Eight policemen have been shot dead near Cairo, Egypt’s Interior Ministry announced on Sunday. It said a vehicle carrying the victims, in civilian

Canada

'The Beast' wildfire burns out of control in Canada

It has been raging for a week and is utterly out of control. The Canadian wildfire that has forced tens of thousands to people to flee for their

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Imagining the worst for Europe's riskiest assets

Europe has a wealth of sensitive high-value facilities that could spell disaster if they failed in, say, an earthquake or flood. And what if both happened simultaneously? And vital equipment malfuncti

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Takeaway: facing extreme risks

Germany

Strike causes major disruption at German airports

There is bad news for air passengers in Germany, with strike action causing major disruption at airports. Lufthansa was set to cancel almost 900

My Europe Series

European nuclear energy post-Chernobyl

Three decades after Chernobyl, how safe is nuclear energy in Europe?

Belgium

New support for Maelbeek victims as station readies to re-open

One month to the day after the Brussels attacks and members of parliament’s investigation commission paid a symbolic visit to the Maelbeek metro

World

ISIL 'will be defeated' - US General John Allen on tackling the new terrorist threat

2015 was one of the most lethal years for Europe in decades, coinciding with the rise the so-called Islamic State (ISIL) militant group. What will

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Terrorist attack simulation in Cannes before film festival

French authorities staged a security exercise around the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, just a few weeks before the opening of its film festival

My Europe Series

Safety fears surround the world's oldest atomic power plant

Do you want to “hijack” a nuclear power plant? Ask Leo Scherer, he tried… After September 11th (9/11) Leo devised a secret operation to show the

France

Police hold attack drill on Cannes red carpet ahead of film festival

French authorities staged a security exercise around the Palais des Festivals in Cannes on Thursday (April 21) in preparation for May’s grand cinema

Europe News

EU ministers approve PNR legislation

EU governments have formally approved new legislation to share air passenger data. The decisions came at a meeting of EU interior and justice

Israel

Jerusalem fears return of dark days of bombings

After a period when Jerusalem commuters were again at ease with public transport that had been targeted in suicide attacks in the past, people went