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EU states clash with MEPs over new security measures

The European Union has failed to strike a deal on common aircraft security measures, including the idea of having armed sky marshals on flights across the 27-nation bloc.

On Tuesday (20 November), all three EU institutions - the council representing member states, the parliament and the commission - kicked off a process known as conciliation, which is aimed at thrashing out their differences over the draft regulation.

The biggest disagreement centres around who should pay the...

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