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FRANCE

Extended state of emergency

France plans to extend a state of emergency declared after the Paris terror attacks to cover the period of the Euro 2016 football tournament and the Tour de France cycle race, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Wednesday. The measure giving the state heightened security powers was imposed following the Nov 13 jihadist attacks that left 130 dead, and was already extended by three months in February until May 26.