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France

French parents investigated after naming child 'Jihad'

Judge could impose new name on boy in Toulouse.

Egypt

Egypt: dozens of police killed in desert ambush by militants

Sources say security forces had been seeking a militant hideout in the Western desert.

France

UK and France call for united stance against violent extremism

Britain and France say technological advances mean new measures are needed to track terrorists

Europe News

New EU anti-terrorism measures unveiled

European Commission package aims to boost protection in wake of attacks

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United Kingdom

UK facing "intense" terror threat, MI5 chief warns

France

Greenpeace redacts report on French nuclear security as likely to offer intel to terrorists

Greenpeace is making what it calls an "alarming" full report on French nuclear security unavailable to the public in case it offers intel to terrorists.

USA

Islamic State plot targeting New York revealed

An ISIS-inspired terror plot aiming to be the "next 9/11" was foiled by an undercover FBI agent.

France

France hands maximum sentence to mother of jihadist

Iraq

Iraqi forces recapture Hawija from ISIL

That means the only area the Islamic State group still control in Iraq is a stretch alongside the western border with Syria.

Syria

Russian defence ministry says Nusra Front leader critically injured in Russian airstrike in Syria

Russia claims al-Golani, Nusra Front leader critically injured in airstrike in Syria on Tahir al-Sham strongpoint.

France

Five arrested over homemade bomb found near Paris stadium

In a posh neighbourhood near the Paris Saint-Germain's football ground, police found four gas canisters doused with petrol and wired to connect to a mobile phone.

France

Marseille knife attacker had multiple identities, French prosecutors say

France

Marseille knife attack: two women killed, assailant shot dead

French media report one woman had her throat slit and another was stabbed to death, in what is being treated as a likely terror attack.

World News

Baghdadi breaks his silence: ISIL releases 'new recording of leader'

The audio follows Russian reports that the elusive Baghdadi had been killed in an airstrike

France

French parliament debates new terror legislation

President Macron's government wants to pass new laws to replace the two-year state of emergency.

Belgium

Suspect in Jewish Museum attack 'too ill' to attend trial -lawyer

French national Mehdi Nemmouche, placed in solitary confinement in a Belgian prison cell, is currently "losing sight, losing hearing, and suffers from unbearable headaches," one of his lawyers told reporters in Brussels.

United Kingdom

Police all-clear after London security alert prompted evacuations

Security cordons had been put up after reports of a suspicious package in the Liverpool Street and Moorgate areas.

United Kingdom

Third suspect arrested linked to London tube bombing

UK police detain a man in Wales in connection with Parsons Green tube attack

United Kingdom

Parsons Green attack: Police raid west London restaurant as CCTV footage of suspect released

Officers 'confiscate items' at Hounslow chicken shop hours before CCTV footage is released showing the bombing suspect before the attack.

United Kingdom

UK threat level downgraded to severe from critical

As the investigation into Friday's blast on a London train progressed, the UK lowered its security threat level from critical to severe, meaning another attack remains highly likely but is no longer expected imminently.