Visa’s Biometric Paymentsstudy, which surveyed 14,000 people across Europe, revealed that 73 percent of people think biometric security checks on a payments device is a secure authentication, with fingerprint the preference for 81% of consumers, followed by iris scanning.

Professor Malcolm Chalmers, Deputy Director-General of the UK’s Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has argued that the British public’s decision to leave the European Union would necessitate a significant a shift in UK national strategy and has called for a new Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR).

The European Police Agency Europol released its annual terrorism trend report on July 20.