Italy convenes security committee after mass bomb threats sent to schools
Italy's Interministerial Committee for the Security of the Republic held a technical meeting at Palazzo Chigi this afternoon after a mass e-mail containing bomb threats was sent to schools across Italy yesterday and today. The meeting was attended by Undersecretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and delegated authority for the security of the Republic Alfredo Mantovano, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, Education and Merit Minister Giuseppe Valditara, and the committee's technical members. According to initial figures cited by the government, 3,778 schools received threats via e-mail today. Authorities recorded 77 evacuations, and in 36 of those... [Continue Reading]
Breaking-360LiveNews | 13 Nov 2026 10:02 LONDON
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Microsoft 365 outage continues globally as Outlook and Teams remain disrupted
Microsoft services including Outlook and Teams remained disrupted on Friday as the company worked to restore stability to systems used by businesses and government agencies around the world. In its latest update, Microsoft said efforts to improve serviceability were not progressing as expected. The outage affected users across multiple regions, with reports also emerging from the United States and Asia-Pacific.Microsoft said it was identifying alternate workstreams that could increase capacity in the face of sustained traffic management imbalances. The company had earlier said a number of servers were unexpectedly unavailable, and that the problem was not being driven by a... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 13 Nov 2026 04:59 LONDON
Italy's CISR to set joint protocol for alert management
Italy's Interministerial Committee for the Security of the Republic (CISR) is holding a technical meeting this afternoon to draw up a joint operational protocol for the management of alerts. The protocol is already operational and is intended to apply across all public administrations. The guidance says buildings should not be evacuated unless there is concrete evidence that danger exists. A simple mass email is not enough on its own to justify evacuation under the protocol, according to the source text. The arrangement does not remove prefectural authority. A Prefect may still order evacuation measures if they have specific and concrete... [Continue Reading]
Breaking-360LiveNews | 12 Nov 2026 13:03 LONDON
Italy on second day of school bomb threats as government moves to set common protocol
A fresh wave of emailed bomb threats reached several schools in Italy on Thursday morning, prompting some to evacuate while others were checked by authorities. The messages were signed with the same name that appeared in Wednesday's mass emails to 6,300 Italian schools. The latest threats extended a disruption that had already affected hundreds of schools the previous day.Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called government representatives and opposition leaders to Palazzo Chigi in Rome on Thursday morning to discuss the situation. Her office said Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto and Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi would urgently brief parliament.... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 12 Nov 2026 12:29 LONDON
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Thousands of schools in Italy, Scotland and Northern Ireland hit by bomb threats as hoax probe widens
Some 6,300 schools in Italy and more than 700 in Scotland and Northern Ireland have received bomb threats in a wave of messages that authorities say appear to be hoaxes. In Italy, a number of buildings were evacuated as a precaution after a single email was sent on Wednesday to the inboxes of state schools. Officials said private schools were not affected.Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said checks so far had not indicated any evidence of concrete danger, and described the reports as appearing linked to a strategy intended to cause alarm and concern. Italy's education minister, Giuseppe Valditara, said the... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 11 Nov 2026 19:01 LONDON
Sydney teenager spared jail over terror plot planning after court finds low risk of reoffending
A Sydney teenager has avoided jail after admitting he had considered a mass terror attack and researched bomb-making instructions and possible targets. The case centred on planning that included the Sydney Opera House area and the finishing line of the Sydney Marathon. A Supreme Court judge said there was very little chance of the boy reoffending and imposed a three-year community corrections order instead.The boy was 14 when he was arrested at his Western Sydney home in August 2024 by federal police and later charged with committing acts in preparation for a terror attack. He was 16 at the time... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 09 Nov 2026 02:59 LONDON
France probes bogus bomb threats against airlines for possible foreign-power links
French prosecutors have opened an investigation into a series of fake bomb threats targeting commercial flights in Europe over the past week. The probe is examining whether foreign powers may have been involved in sending the threats, according to the Paris prosecutor's office. Several of the incidents concerned flights passing over French territory, adding a cross-border security dimension to the case.The investigation is focused on identifying the authors of the emails that spread the false claims and on determining whether they have any potential links to foreign powers. The French government has also said it is looking into the origin... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 07 Nov 2026 17:59 LONDON
Wave of fake bomb threats disrupts European airline operations
A wave of fake bomb threats has disrupted airline operations across Europe over the past four days, affecting a dozen carriers and forcing emergency responses on multiple flights. The threats, sent by phone and email, have all proved false so far, but they have still triggered full security procedures. Those measures have included diversions, searches after landing and checks carried out in mid-air.According to the confirmed details, there have been 32 bomb threats in total, with some flights escorted by military jets and others rerouted to airports in different countries. One Aer Lingus flight was forced to land at an... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 06 Nov 2026 16:30 LONDON
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Bomb threats spread to European newsrooms amid passenger flight scare wave
Newsrooms in Ireland, Bulgaria and the United Kingdom have reported bomb threats linked in the messages to a wider wave of hoax alerts disrupting passenger flights across Europe. In Ireland, staff at the national broadcaster were evacuated after receiving a threat, while Bulgaria's Nova TV and the British broadcaster Sky also said they had been targeted. The messages were sent on Friday local time and referred to a broader campaign of attacks on transport across Europe.The emails were reportedly signed by a person calling themselves "Mikhail Andropov" and carried the heading "Message to the West". The wording portrayed the threats... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 06 Nov 2026 15:30 LONDON
