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Leaving his house in London on Friday morning the newly appointed British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson condemned the fatal attacks in Nice on Thursday as "an absolutely appalling incident." Johnson added that he would be looking into any implications of the attack for the UK. A truck was driven into the Bastille Day crowds killing at least 84 on Thursday evening. The driver, a French citizen of Tunisian origin, was shot and killed by security forces at the scene. French President Francois Hollande has extended the State of Emergency.
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Papua New Guinea's prime minister James Marape declares a 14-day state of emergency in the capital Port Moresby, after 15 people were killed in riots as crowds looted and burned shops, adding that more than 1,000 troops are on standby "to step in wherever necessary" under the emergency decree. SOUNDBITE
"The issue isn't pyschiatry, the issue is radical Islam" says Jordan Bardella, the President of France's far-right party National Rally at a presser two days after a knife attack in Paris left one person dead and two injured. SOUNDBITE
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says "the moment has come" for the European Union and the international community to "recognise the state of Palestine". Speaking on a joint tour of the Middle East with his Belgian counterpart Alexander De Croo, Sanchez adds "Spain will take their own decisions" if other EU states are not ready for the recognition. SOUNDBITE
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