Belgium holds emergency security council meeting to address drone sightings – Europe live

Security services believe state actor, ‘probably Russia’, to be behind drone flights at military bases and airportsThe Belgian government will hold an emergency meeting of the national security council this morning to discuss the recent drone sightings that disrupted the operations at Brussels airport and caused concern after flying over military bases in the country.As our Brussels correspondent Jennifer Rankin says in our top story, the Belgian government has not said who it thinks is responsible for the drones, but a source told the Belga news agency that the security services had “little doubt” that a state actor was behind recent sightings, “very probably Russia”. The point was reported to have been made at a meeting to prepare Thursday’s national security council, reported Le Soir. Continue reading...