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Isis: US says no sign Daesh has missing radioactive material

The US State Department said on 17 February it was aware of reports that radioactive material has gone missing from a storage facility near the southern Iraqi city of Basra but has seen no sign that Islamic State (Isis) or other militant groups have acquired it. Feb 19, 2016

Zero Days: Director says US government secrecy trend appalling

The US government developed a cyberwar capacity to cripple Irans military defences, power plants and other infrastructure in case diplomatic attempts to curtail its nuclear programme failed, a documentary film shown in Berlin says. The film Zero Days by veteran documentary maker Alex Gibney, being shown in competition for the Berlin International Film Festivals top Golden Bear prize, says the USs National Security Agency (NSA) developed a cyberwar programme dubbed Nitro Zeus that it hoped would bring Iran to its knees in the event of hostilities. Feb 18, 2016

Eagles of Death Metal perform their first concert since Paris attacks

The name Eagles of Death Metal was back in lights above a Paris concert hall on 16 February, for the first time since one of their concerts was targeted by Islamist gunmen in November. The band headlined their first gig in Paris after 90 people were killed during their show at the Bataclan concert hall on 13 November, in a series of attacks on the French capital. Feb 17, 2016
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