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Nigeria: Blast in Yola kills 32 and wounds 80

Security officials continue to sort through the wreckage of a blast that hit the Nigerian city of Yola on Tuesday (17 November) at 8pm local time. More than 30 people are believed to have died, with 80 being taken to hospital with serious injuries, both the Red Cross and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said. Nov 18, 2015

Two suspects killed in French police raid in north Paris

Calm has returned around the apartment in Saint Denis, 800m from the Stade de France stadium, where authorities confirm two terror suspects including a woman have been killed. Three people have been arrested - the first ones since the attacks. Nov 18, 2015

Britain develops cyber-attack powers to take on digital terrorism

British spies are developing an offensive cyber capability to attack terrorists, hackers and rogue states, finance minister George Osborne said on Tuesday (17 November) after warning Islamic State (IS) militants wanted to launch deadly cyber-attacks of their own. Osborne said IS fighters were trying to develop the ability to attack Britains infrastructure such as hospitals and air traffic control systems with potentially lethal consequences. In response to this threat and others, Britain was creating its own offensive cyber capability so spies could launch counter attacks, he said. Nov 17, 2015

G20: Britain to hire 1,900 more spies to combat IS

Britain will increase its intelligence agency staff by 15 percent and more than double spending on aviation security to defend against Islamist militants plotting attacks from Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday (16 November). Nov 17, 2015
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