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A three-day operation targeting the UK's common travel area - through which British and Irish citizens can pass freely - led to 51 arrests of suspected immigration offenders and smugglers, said the Home Office.

He says the militants have expanded their areas of operation and methods of attack.

Reagan also backed, long before Nafta, a North American free-trade area.

"While we are following multiple lines of enquiry right now, it's vital that we get to hear from anyone who saw a man acting suspiciously in the area at the time," he added.

The Israeli government said the teams have been permitted to search beyond the so-called "yellow line" in the area controlled by Israeli forces in Gaza.