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EU chief makes bid to break recovery fund deadlock
Finland, Sweden, Hungary, and the Netherlands all voice concerns over the European Union's proposed 750-billion-euro fund to recover from the coronavirus pandemic's economic impact

European Union chiefs sign Brexit deal ahead of parliamentary vote
On Thursday, diplomats from the EU member states will approve the deal in writing. Then, on Friday, January 31, Britain spends its last day in the EU before leaving the bloc at 2300 GMT as clocks strike midnight in Brussels.

Burkina Faso in mourning amid wave of jihadist attacks
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bloodshed

Brussels attacker identified as Moroccan with nail bomb
3rd UPDATE The 36 year old – named by prosecutors only by the initials O Z but by the media as Oussama Zariouh – tries to detonate a suitcase among a group of passengers at Brussels Central station before being shot by a soldier

Trump to attend NATO summit in unfinished HQ – sources
Security and IT systems at the 1 2 billion headquarters in the Belgian capital are behind schedule and so the transatlantic military alliance will only properly move in come September sources say

Flights resume at bomb-hit Brussels Airport under tighter security
6th UPDATE Airport employees and government officials turn emotional as the first flight takes off from the reopened airport

US defends under fire Belgian anti-terror campaign
US Secretary of State John Kerry says Belgium has moved very forcefully to deal with terrorism

Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam captured in Brussels
UPDATED Former small time criminal Salah Abdeslam is believed to be the last surviving member of the 10 man jihadist team that carried out attacks on the Bataclan rock venue restaurants bars and the Stade de France stadium

EU, Turkey strike deal to send back migrants
4th UPDATE Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is now set to formally sign off on the accord at a final meeting with EU leaders

'Brexit' tension mounts as Cameron says 'still no deal'
European leaders have dug their heels in over Cameron s reform demands which include reducing welfare payments to EU migrants and opting out of a commitment to ever closer union

Belgium arrests two over suspected New Year attack plot
The two new suspects were arrested during raids in the Brussels area The raids ordered by an investigating magistrate in Brussels who specializes in terrorism cases turned up neither weapons nor explosives

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Belgium calls for 'European CIA' after Paris attacks
Prime Minister Michel wants an intelligence agency to unmask those with hostile intentions

Goodbye Pope Francis, Davos forum, Thailand's third gender | The wRap
Pope Francis leaves the Philippines Terrorists and regional conflicts to dominate Davos Thailand may soon recognize the 3rd gender

National strike paralyzes Belgium
Striking workers stop public transport while most schools businesses and government offices shut down

Belgium gets new government with Michel as PM
Belgium ends a 5 month spell without a government after the main center right parties agreed to form a coalition with French speaking liberal Charles Michel as prime minister
