UK changes travel advice for (Britons going to)France & Germany, says threat of terrorism now 'high'

[Turborama]

Source: AP

LONDON — Britain's Foreign Office has upgraded its travel advice for France and Germany, warning Britons going to those countries that the threat of terrorism there is high.

Before Sunday's change, the government's travel advice for France and Germany was that the threat from terror attacks there was "general."

The update came shortly after the U.S. State Department issued a travel alert warning Americans of potential terrorist threats in Europe and urged them to be vigilant in public places.

Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May said that the threat of terrorism in the U.K. remains unchanged at "severe," meaning an attack is highly likely.

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Britain upgrades European travel advice due to rise in terror threat

Haroon Siddique
guardian.co.uk, Sunday October 3 2010 15.14 BST

Britain has followed the United States in upgrading its travel advice for Europe and warning of a heightened risk of terrorist attacks.

The foreign office said there was "a high threat of terrorism" in Germany and France, having previously identified a "general threat".

The new advice comes after British security and intelligence sources said last week that a plot to launch "commando-style" attacks on Britain, France, and Germany had been intercepted and foiled by drone attacks on militants based in Pakistan.

The foreign office is warning that "attacks could be indiscriminate, including in places frequented by expatriates and foreign travellers".

More: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/03/european-travel-advice-terror-threat