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Unprecedented Security Ahead of Euro 2016 in France

10/06/2016 GMT

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Massive security measures for the Euro 2016 football tournament - which kicks off today

Massive security measures for the Euro 2016 football tournament - which kicks off in Paris today. Also police in Bangladesh arrest hundreds in crackdown on Islamist extremists.

A look at the massive security measures for the Euro 2016 football tournament - which kicks off in Paris today. 

Also on the programme: police in Bangladesh arrest hundreds in crackdown on Islamist extremists; and how  birds fly thousands of kilometres to find their way home. 

Photo: Euro 2016 installation, in Bordeaux.  Credit: AP)

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