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Four planes flying across Europe targeted by bomb threats

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Flights from London, Manchester, Copenhagen and Israel affected but no explosives found after touchdown Europe live – latest updates Four planes have landed safely after bomb threats were made across Europe, including for two flights that departed from the UK, according to reports.

What the coverage shows

All three outlets frame the story as a cluster of suspected bomb threats affecting multiple European flights within hours. The Independent and Newsweek both lead on the count of four flights, while The Guardian US lists the origins as London, Copenhagen, Manchester and Israel and, in its extract, uniquely notes that all the flights landed safely and were being monitored by local security forces. Newsweek is the only outlet in this set to mention Poland, Spain and Bulgaria together in the extract.

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