<p align="justify" class="title">The United States has updated its advice to travellers heading for Europe, warning of an increased terrorist threat over the Christmas and New Year holiday season.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Washington has a long-standing warning to its citizens to beware of extremist attacks in European cities, and in recent years it has expressly warned of dangers at festive events.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"Last year, mass casualty attacks occurred at a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany in December and a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey on New Year's Eve," the latest warning noted.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Last year, a jihadist attacker crashed a truck into Christmas merrymakers in a Berlin market, killing 12 people, while a New Year's Eve attack in Istanbul left 39 dead.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The state department warned that recent attacks in Britain, Finland, France, Russia, Spain and Sweden show that both the Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group remain active and capable.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"While local governments continue counterterrorism operations, the department remains concerned about the potential for future terrorist attacks," the statement said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"US citizens should always be alert to the possibility that terrorist sympathisers or self-radicalised extremists may conduct attacks with little or no warning." </p>
<p align="justify" class="title">The United States has updated its advice to travellers heading for Europe, warning of an increased terrorist threat over the Christmas and New Year holiday season.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Washington has a long-standing warning to its citizens to beware of extremist attacks in European cities, and in recent years it has expressly warned of dangers at festive events.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"Last year, mass casualty attacks occurred at a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany in December and a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey on New Year's Eve," the latest warning noted.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Last year, a jihadist attacker crashed a truck into Christmas merrymakers in a Berlin market, killing 12 people, while a New Year's Eve attack in Istanbul left 39 dead.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The state department warned that recent attacks in Britain, Finland, France, Russia, Spain and Sweden show that both the Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group remain active and capable.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"While local governments continue counterterrorism operations, the department remains concerned about the potential for future terrorist attacks," the statement said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"US citizens should always be alert to the possibility that terrorist sympathisers or self-radicalised extremists may conduct attacks with little or no warning." </p>