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'Strong' evidence suggests the Bardo Museum attack in Tunisia's capital in March is linked to the beach shooting in the country's resort of Sousse in June, according to British police, the BBC reported on Wednesday.

"Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism officers say they are now connecting the two attacks based on evidence," the BBC revealed.

Britain will extend its air campaign in Iraq against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants by a year, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on August 4, saying it would use ageing Tornado fighter jets to conduct strikes until at least early 2017. 

Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels have bombed a railway line in Turkey's eastern province of Kars and then fired at repair workers, killing one, the BBC reported.

The attack, which took place on Thursday, is the latest in the surge in violence after a fragile two-year ceasefire between PKK and the Turkish government broke last week.

The two countries have stepped up joint efforts this week to stop Albanian migrants heading for Germany after more than 20,000 arrived over the past few months.

On Wednesday, about 70 asylum-seekers from Albania landed at Tirana International Airport after being deported from Germany.

NATO was holding an emergency meeting at Turkey's request on July 28 to discuss Ankara's military campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Syria. 

Discussions on a third bailout package have started in Athens between Greek authorities and representatives of Greece's international creditors, the European Commission announced on Monday.

A Greek government spokeswoman, however, said that high-level talks would not begin until later this week, according to the BBC.

Turkey has not asked for substantial military help from NATO in its campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Kurdish militants, the alliance's chief said on July 27, a day before it meets to discuss the fighting.

British Prime Minister David Cameron intends to hold a referendum on the country's membership of the European Union around June of 2016, the Independent on July 26 reported.

Negotiations between the Greek government and the country's EU creditors on a third bailout have been delayed, the BBC reported on Friday.

The talks on a new EUR 86 B between Greece and top officials from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the European Stability Mechanism were expected to start in Athens on Friday.

U.S. President Barack Obama has said that his country has been working with Turkey and Jordan to stop the flow of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants into Syria.