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10.46am GMTThe French prime minister’s office has stressed that Manuel Valls’ speech to the French parliament mentioning the opportunity of a chemical weapons attack was “not new information on the status of the threat,just a realistic observation.”“Middle East experts know that Daesh [Islamic State] seeks and uses chemical weapons,” a spokesman told Le Monde. “To not consider this opportunity would be a mistake.” 10.38am GMTThe Guardian’s Rome correspondent has the latest from the security alert in Italy.Italy is searching for five possible terrorism suspects following a warning by US authorities of a possible militant attack, or according to Italy’s foreign minister,Paolo Gentiloni.
Possible targets included St Peter’s Basilica in Rome - the world famous church at the heart of the Vatican - and two sites in Milan: the Duomo, the city’s main cathedral, and the La Scala opera house.
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Source: theguardian.com