Theresa May has defended her decision to scrap relocation powers from measures designed to monitor terror suspects amid Labour claims that the move was a “mistake” that could have led to the likes of “Jihadi John” joining “Islamic State” or other groups in the Middle East.
After a EU leaders meeting in Brussels it has been agreed there needs to be stricter checks on travellers entering the passport-free Schengen area and greater information-sharing as part of a revamped counter-terrorism strategy.
In the aftermath of deadly attacks in France and violent confrontations in Belgium, the European Union is launching new anti-terrorism projects with Muslim countries and increasing its intelligence sharing.
According to a Paris prosecutor 12 people were killed on Wednesday as armed men stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine targeted in the past for its cartoons on Islam.
Bloomberg have reported, terrorism related arrests in the United Kingdom increased by 40 percent in 2014, following a surge in numbers of British nationals travelling to Syria and Iraq to join Islamic State (IS)
At least 126 people were killed when Taliban gunmen stormed a school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar taking hundreds of students hostage in the bloodiest insurgent attack in the country in years.
Theresa May said there have been 40 terror plots foiled by British security services since the 7/7 attacks, outlining that the UK is “engaged in a struggle on many fronts”.
