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Kilometres of stands, thousands of salesmen, mountains of mussels and tons of chips... Bargain hunters are in Lille for the biggest flea market in Europe. IMAGES
It's that time of year again. The lights on the world's largest Christmas tree flickered on for the first time on Monday as Dortmund's Christmas market was opened to the public. That's right, the world's largest Christmas tree can be found in Dortmund, Germany. Standing at a whopping 45 meters, or 147 feet tall, Dortmund's tree is not actually a single tree. In fact, the gigantic tree is build by a construction company out of 1,700 other fir trees and weighs a combined 40 tons.
A 'concrete bomb threat' has caused the match between Germany and Holland to be cancelled and Hannover stadium to be evacuated.
A last minute decision by Belgium's Ministry of Interior suspended the international friendly game between Belgium and Spain scheduled for Tuesday night. Terror threats, however, haven't stopped the England-France friendly that will be played in London's Wembley stadium.
Plumes of smoke or dust clouds rise above the Kabul skyline after a large explosion rocked the airport. It came after a warning by Western nations of an imminent terror threat and as thousands of people gathered hoping for a flight out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. IMAGES
Kabul, Aug 26 (EFE/EPA)-. A growing number of Western nations Thursday have warned their citizens and visa holders in Afghanistan to stay away from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul due to a “high threat” of a terrorist attack amid evacuation operations.The United States' Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the evacuation operations take place "in a hostile environment in a city and country now controlled by the Taliban, with the very real possibility of an ISIS-K attack."Blinken reiterated the intention to meet the Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan, but warned the Taliban that they must honor their commitments and "provide safe passage for anyone who wishes to leave the country – not just for the duration of our evacuation and relocation mission, but for every day thereafter." (Camera: AKHTER GULFAM).B-ROLL OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE KABUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.