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Home Office spent £35k on ads to deter small boat migrants - but targeted tourists instead

Exclusive: Adverts told people ‘don’t risk your life’ and ‘seek asylum in the first safe country you reach’

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2023

Blistering barnacles! Tintin mystery in Brussels after bust of Hergé vanishes

The disappearance of a bust of the comic book artist in his Belgian birthplace was thought to be an act of decolonisation

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2023

The EU is making overtures for a post-Brexit defence collaboration with the UK – but London isn't listening

Michel Barnier, the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator, has suggested that the time is now right for the UK and EU to sign a treaty on defence and foreign policy cooperation.

The Conversation · Aug 8, 2023

African Union, ECOWAS condemn ‘attempted coup d'état’ in Niger

The African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday condemned an “attempted coup d'état" in Niger and called for President Mohamed Bazoum to be liberated amid reports that members of the presidential guard were holding him inside his palace. The EU's foreign policy chief said…

France 24 · Jul 26, 2023

Belgium court finds six guilty of murder for 2016 Brussels bombings

A court in Brussels has convicted six men of murder and two others on terrorism charges for the 2016 jihadist bombings in the capital that killed 35 people, concluding Belgium’s largest-ever criminal trial.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 26, 2023

Six men guilty of murder over Brussels terror attacks that killed 32 people

Both the Brussels and Paris attacks were claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023

Belgian court convicts suspects over role in 2016 Brussels attack

Six men have been convicted for two coordinated attacks claimed by ISIL that shook Belgium’s capital.

Al Jazeera · Jul 25, 2023

Six convicted over Brussels terror attacks that killed 32

Islamic State terrorists found guilty of attacks at airport and on metro

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2023

Six men guilty of murder over Brussels terrorist attacks in 2016

Islamic State bombers killed 32 and injured more than 300 in attacks at subway station and airport

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2023

Belgian court finds Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam guilty of murder in 2016 Brussels bombings

A jury on Tuesday found six people guilty of terrorist murder for extremist attacks in 2016 that killed 32 people, Belgium’s worst peacetime violence, according to Belgian media.

France 24 · Jul 25, 2023