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Tunisia: All 30 British victims return home

The bodies of all 30 Britons who lost their lives after a gunman opened fire on tourists during last Friday's terror attack on the Tunisian beach resort of Sousse have been returned home.

Lisa Burbidge, Stuart Cullen, Claire Windass, Bruce Wilkinson and Christopher Dyer were the final victims to be repatriated and landed at Brize Norton this afternoon.

Thirty-eight people - including 30 Britons - were killed when gunman Seifeddine Rezgui opened fire in the resort of Sousse on June 26.

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Tunisia declares state of emergency

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Tunisia has declared a state of emergency, over a week after 38 foreign tourists - 30 of them British - died in the beach terror attack in Sousse.

A state of emergency temporarily gives the government more flexibility and the army and police more authority, and restricts the right of public assembly.

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