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Christmas Eve: Europe on high alert citing terror risk

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Video. Christmas Eve: Europe on high alert citing terror risk

Updated: 24/12/2023 - 18:32 GMT+1

Security surrounding Christmas events has been tightened across Europe amid a heightened terror threat of Islamic extremism.

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