Michael Rogers, the head of the NSA, said encryption apps - which hide the content of messages from security services - make preventing terror attacks 'much more difficult'.

The explosions come just a day after the Belgium Interior Minister warned of possible revenge attacks after the arrest of Paris massacre suspect Salah Abdeslam in the city last week.

French national Reda Kriket has been charged with membership of a terror organisation, after police discovered a cache of assault rifles, handguns and explosives at his home in Paris.

Armed police swooped during a daylight raid in Uccle, Brussels as part of continued investigations into the atrocity, which left 130 people dead and hundreds wounded.

An Algerian Islamist suspect was killed and four police officers were wounded in the shooutout, which led to Abdeslam's arrest three days later in Forest, Molenbeek, after a four-month manhunt.

Although Belgium's national terror threat centre was told about the photo in October, security officials failed to take a closer look, it has been claimed.

Thousands of 'snowflake' students are to be issued with brightly coloured wristbands printed with their address and emergency contact details this Freshers Week.

Shocking footage shows the victim, a 42-year-old man, being set upon outside the Nite Trax club, in Chapeltown Road, Leeds, shortly before 1am on August 29, last year.

Megan Robertson (pictured) was found slumped in her bedroom by her sister, after complaining about the side-effects of anti-seizure tablets, Wakefield Coroners Court has heard.

MBE nurse Enid Stevens was taken to A&E in St James's Hospital in Leeds, West Yorkshire, with a spinal fracture. She was wheeled out into a corridor and left there for six days.

Josh Harrison, from Leeds, said it is the easiest time in history for young people to get a job. He was responding to a blog post by entrepreneur Jack Parsons, 24.

The patient, who hasn't been identified, was moved from Leeds to a hospital in Liverpool for treatment after being diagnosed with MERS - a respiratory illness spread by contact with camels.

Tiger Roll took an encouraging first step back on the road to the Randox Heath Grand National when just pipped for fourth in the Boyne Hurdle at Navan.

The bookmaking industry are close to announcing a plan to bet on Saturday's Virtual Reality Grand National with any profits made going to the NHS Charities Group.

Soldiers were pictured alongside the aircraft this afternoon and then seen scoping out the site, which is less than a mile from Aintree Hospital in Merseyside.

DOMINIC KING: It's the jarring sight of the Blue Anchor that first strikes you. This huge pub, a furlong from the Melling Road, is usually such a bouncing venue for the three days.

Laurie Lee died in 1997. A couple of years ago, David Parker, who made a documentary, found his recordings of Lee in a mis-labelled box and presented them to Penguin

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The Prime Minister will vow to 'mobilise the full breadth of our new freedoms' on Brexit night - as his Bill paving the way for Britain to leave the EU was finally passed by Parliament yesterday.

Essex Police said a 22-year-old man was arrested in Northern Ireland on Sunday on suspicion of manslaughter and facilitating unlawful immigration.

The new Chancellor was beaming as he sat next to the Prime Minister despite the fact that yesterday he saw his boss Sajid Javid purged from the government.

Miguel Federico Ajqui-Ajtzalam was picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday after originally being arrested in New York last Thursday. NYPD released him despite ICE detainer.

The official Treasury 'Red Book' predicts that cash saved from EU contributions will total £42.3billion over the next five years.

Two men detained in the immigration detention unit in Gadsden, Alabama, threatened to jump from a ledge with bed sheets tied around their necks on March 20 because of coronavirus fears.

Etihad has partnered with Australian company Elenium Automation to test the new technology, which will be trialled at the end of April and throughout May at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Ronan Hughes, of Co Armagh in Northern Ireland, is due to appear at Dublin's High Court on Tuesday charged with 39 counts of manslaughter, as well as immigration offences.

Tania Farah, 33, has been married to one of Britain's most celebrated athletes for almost a decade. Now she is joining Sir Mo and taking to the track herself.

EXCLUSIVE: The extent to which Mo Farah's controversial former coach Alberto Salazar left the Briton exposed to potential embarrassment is revealed.

EXCLUSIVE BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: The heated marketing row that casts a shadow over Team GB's preparations for the Tokyo Olympics is expected to be resolved next week.

Dean Ray scored a deal with Sony Music after he was declared the runner-up on  The X Factor Australia in 2014. 

Samantha Jade has seemingly struggled with body confidence since her steady rise to fame from the X Factor in 2012.

Natalie Bassingthwaighte appears to have sustained a nasty injury while in self-isolation with her family.

Top Gear has given fans their first look at the all-new presenting lineup, as Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff join forces ahead of the new series' launch on Sunday.

Paddy McGuinness, 45, joined Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris in Top Gear all-new presenting lineup on Sunday night. Viewers have taken to Twitter to reveal how impressed they were with the trio.

Paddy McGuinness has proudly posted a series of Instagram pictures of his favourite 'meals' - including a bizarre combination of cocktail sausages and a Wagon Wheel biscuit.

The RHOC star, 31, appeared in great spirits as she treated herself to a hair salon visit at The Style Lounge in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, on Wednesday afternoon.

Top Gear America will return with new hosts Dax Shepard, Rob Corddry, and Jethro Bovingdon and MotorTrend announced Tuesday it will be available to stream via their app next year in the spring.

Speaking to MailOnline and other publications, the TV presenter, 56, claimed he found it 'fantastic' to not work with his The Grand Tour co-presenters in his new travelogue series Our Man In Japan.

In a candid interview on This Morning via video link, Christine, explained she is 'struggling' with keeping her kids at ease at home and daughter Penelope, in particular, is finding it tough.

The heatwave is over and is being replaced with lower temperatures, a cool breeze and patchy mist and fog in the UK in to this evening, according to a Met Office meteorologist.

Heavy rain across parts of Britain may coincide with peak travel times during the afternoon and early evening leading to difficult driving conditions, meteorologists warned.

The Met Office earlier issued a severe 'yellow' warning for rain in Northern Ireland and Scotland and warned that the wet weather could cause travel disruption.

For five years the Met office and Ireland's Met Eireann have run the Name Our Storms campaign. This year one of the storms even has a Love Island link and is set to be named Maura.

Temperatures have remained approximately one or two degrees warmer across the UK today as southerly winds bring a late warm spell dubbed the 'Indian summer heatwave'.

Warm air from Spain will bring dry and sunny weather across the UK this weekend, starting on Friday, according to the Met Office, with temperatures soaring.

Soggy September is continuing as flood alerts and rain are forecast for the rest of the week, with meteorologists  issuing wet weather warnings across the UK throughout the weekend.

Floods caused chaos on Sunday as rivers burst their banks and roads overflowed as parts of England and Scotland as the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain.

Thunderstorms and winds of up to 50pmh are making their way across the UK today and tonight. The autumnal weather will see lightning strike right across southern England, before moving across to Wales.

The Met Office forecast a warm plume from the continent to bring sunny spells, with highs of 19C (66F) by Thursday. But Government weathermen said polar air is set to arrive from the weekend.