The French parliament will be asked to extend by several months emergency powers introduced in 2015 to counter the threat of terrorist attacks, President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday after talks with security chiefs. Emergency rules giving French police wider search and arrest powers were introduced after Islamist gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people in and around Paris in November 2015. The attack in Manchester, claimed by Islamic State, killed 22 people and wounded dozens more. He also gave instructions for a task force comprised of all the French security services to be swiftly established to coordinate actions against attacks. Collomb said security had been stepped up at the star-studded Cannes Film Festival being held in the south of France.

Source: dna May 24, 2017 19:51 UTC