Police evacuate Eiffel Tower:

Paris police briefly evacuated the Eiffel Tower and blockaded the surrounding area Wednesday after a phone-in bomb threat.

All tourists inside the monument were evacuated after an anonymous caller phoned police Wednesday morning and said a bomb had been placed inside the tower, according to an official with the tower’s management company. The official was not authorized to be publicly named.

Police blocked off the streets below the tower and the bridge stretching across the Seine River to Trocadero Plaza, but started lifting the barricades about two hours later. An officer at the scene told The Associated Press that police found no signs of the threatened bomb.

Some tourists were still walking in the area during the police operation, including a group speaking Russian and carrying a bottle of Champagne. (AP)

Chinese city of Wuhan and have been suspected of links to France’s first confirmed COVID-19 cluster.

The revelation Tuesday by Defense Minister Florence Parly to a Senate investigating committee is a further blow to the credibility of French President Emmanuel Macron’s government as it battles rebounding infections.

Health Minister Olivier Veran is expected to announce new restrictions on

An anti-Brexit demonstrator holds a placard outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Michel Barnier is due to hold talks with his British counterpart David Frost in London Wednesday ahead of a ninth formal round of negotiations next week. (AP)

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to attend the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions at the Houses of Parlia ment, in London, Sept 23. (AP)

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