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Students to undergo terror attack drills in France

French schools are to hold three security drills a year, including one in which an alleged assailant enters their premises. France's education minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem...

Armed police force woman to take off burkini on beach in Nice

Pictures have emerged of armed French police making a woman remove some of her clothing on a beach as part of the controversial burkini...

‘The town isn’t here any more”: Quake hits central Italy

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck central Italy, levelling buildings as people slept, with one mayor saying his town "isn't here any more". The quake...

Gibraltar warns of hard Brexit ‘existential threat’ to its economy

A "hard Brexit" by the UK from the European Union would pose an "existential threat" to Gibraltar's economy, the territory's chief minister has warned. Fabian...

Russian trio disqualified from Beijing Olympics after re-analysis of samples

Russia's appalling doping record continues to bring shame on the country as three more of its athletes were belatedly disqualified from the Beijing Olympics...

Nice joins wave of French towns banning burkinis

The city of Nice, still shaken by last month's deadly extremist attack, has joined a growing list of French sites to ban the body-covering...

German minister pushes for partial face veil ban

Security officials from German chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc are proposing a ban on wearing the burka and other face-covering veils in schools, courts,...

Francois Hollande thanks Pope for ‘words of comfort’ over Islamic attacks

French president Francois Hollande has visited Pope Francis to thank him for his words of comfort after a spate of Islamic extremist attacks across...

Pokémon Go characters banned from French village

A French mayor has banned the virtual presence of Pokemon Go characters in his whole village for security reasons and ordered the game's creator...

Greece determined to seek war reparations from Germany

Greece's prime minister has vowed to exhaust diplomatic and, if necessary, legal means to wrest reparations from Germany for its brutal occupation of the...

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