Migrant dies in Channel Tunnel
AFP, CALAIS: A man was found dead yesterday in the Channel Tunnel, authorities in northern France said, in yet another example of the lengths taken by migrants desperate to reach Britain.
Vehicle shuttle services and Eurostar passenger trains were delayed as one of the six sections of the tunnel was closed for investigations, although it remained unclear how the migrant had died. "Following the discovery of migrants on a freight shuttle, early this morning, the shuttle was immediately stopped," local authorities in the Pas-de-Calais
region said.
Spain detains female IS recruiter
AFP, MADRID: Spanish police arrested yesterday a woman on the Canary Islands suspected of recruiting girls and teenagers for the Islamic State group, the interior ministry said.
The woman, who was arrested on Arrecife on the island of Lanzarote, "maintained direct contact with Daesh operatives in Syria," it said, using an acronym for the IS group. She is "accused of recruiting girls and teenagers, and facilitating their travel to areas controlled by the Daesh terrorist organisation," the statement added.