Britain hires spies, France seeks tougher EU border security after attacks
- 8 years ago
LONDON, Nov 16 After the deadliest attack on Europe in over a decade, Britain said on Monday it would hire more spies while France called for better intelligence sharing and tougher controls on the EU's external borders against arms smugglers and Islamist militants.
Islamic State warned in a new video on Monday that countries taking part in air strikes against it in Syria would suffer the same fate as France - where at least 129 people died in Friday's bloodbath in Paris - and threatened to attack Washington.
The hiring will boost staff at Britain's domestic MI5 security service, MI6 foreign intelligence agency and the GCHQ eavesdropping centre by about 15 percent to around 14,600, likely to be a record number.
The head of Germany's domestic intelligence services called for "orderly procedures" regarding the handling of the daily entry of thousands of asylum seekers in to the country, saying extremists could exploit the sometimes chaotic migration situation.
Islamic State warned in a new video on Monday that countries taking part in air strikes against it in Syria would suffer the same fate as France - where at least 129 people died in Friday's bloodbath in Paris - and threatened to attack Washington.
The hiring will boost staff at Britain's domestic MI5 security service, MI6 foreign intelligence agency and the GCHQ eavesdropping centre by about 15 percent to around 14,600, likely to be a record number.
The head of Germany's domestic intelligence services called for "orderly procedures" regarding the handling of the daily entry of thousands of asylum seekers in to the country, saying extremists could exploit the sometimes chaotic migration situation.