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Bomb threats warning 'the clock is ticking' disrupt TV channels across Europe
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Straits Times World, NBC News Top Stories, Sky News World, Deutsche Welle World, Channel NewsAsia Latest, Chronicle Live, South China Morning Post Asia, WalesOnline, Bristol Post, Liverpool Echo, New York Times World, The Guardian UK, BBC News Europe, Deutsche Welle All News, CBC World, and ABC Australia are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 3 Nov 2026, 10:32 UTC. 40 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Bomb threats warning 'the clock is ticking' disrupt TV channels across Europe”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
DUBLIN/LONDON, Nov 6 - Bomb threats warning \"the clock is ticking\" were sent to TV stations across Europe on Friday, prompting evacuations and programming to be suspended.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by ABC Australia
Seven flights and cruise ship disrupted in Europe by bomb threats
- Picked up by ABC Australia
- New development reported by CBC World
String of bomb threats reported on flights in Europe cause diversions, emergency landings
- Picked up by CBC World
String of bomb threats on flights, cruise ship disrupt travel across Europe
- New development reported by Deutsche Welle All News
Multiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
- Picked up by BBC News Europe
- Picked up by The Straits Times World
- New development reported by The Guardian UK
Bulgaria confirms bomb threats against flights from Bergamo and Dublin – Europe live
- Picked up by New York Times World
- Picked up by The Guardian World
Seven reported bomb threats against European flights confirmed as false alarms – Europe live
- Picked up by BBC News World
Seven flights across Europe targeted by suspected bomb threats
- Picked up by The Guardian World
Seven reported bomb threats against European flights confirmed as false alarms – as it happened
- Picked up by Liverpool Echo
Map shows European plane bomb threats as UK flight among those targeted
- Picked up by Bristol Post
- Picked up by WalesOnline
Map shows European flights hit by bomb threats including planes from UK
- Picked up by South China Morning Post Asia
Fake bomb threats on flights and cruise ship cause travel disruption in Europe
- Picked up by Chronicle Live
Ryanair bomb threats cause European flight chaos as seven planes targeted
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
- Picked up by Deutsche Welle World
Multiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
- Picked up by Sky News World
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- First reported by ABC Australia
Seven flights and cruise ship disrupted in Europe by bomb threats
- Picked up by ABC Australia
- New development reported by CBC World
String of bomb threats reported on flights in Europe cause diversions, emergency landings
- Picked up by CBC World
String of bomb threats on flights, cruise ship disrupt travel across Europe
- New development reported by Deutsche Welle All News
Multiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
- Picked up by BBC News Europe
- Picked up by The Straits Times World
- New development reported by The Guardian UK
Bulgaria confirms bomb threats against flights from Bergamo and Dublin – Europe live
- Picked up by New York Times World
- Picked up by The Guardian World
Seven reported bomb threats against European flights confirmed as false alarms – Europe live
- Picked up by BBC News World
Seven flights across Europe targeted by suspected bomb threats
- Picked up by The Guardian World
Seven reported bomb threats against European flights confirmed as false alarms – as it happened
- Picked up by Liverpool Echo
Map shows European plane bomb threats as UK flight among those targeted
- Picked up by Bristol Post
- Picked up by WalesOnline
Map shows European flights hit by bomb threats including planes from UK
- Picked up by South China Morning Post Asia
Fake bomb threats on flights and cruise ship cause travel disruption in Europe
- Picked up by Chronicle Live
Ryanair bomb threats cause European flight chaos as seven planes targeted
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
- Picked up by Deutsche Welle World
Multiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
- Picked up by Sky News World
- Picked up by Sky News World
Multiple European flights report bomb threats, days after string of similar alerts
- New development reported by The Straits Times World
Bomb alert diverts Airbus A320 plane flying from Dublin to Rome: French PM
- New development reported by The Straits Times World
New wave of bomb threats hits passenger flights across Europe
- New development reported by The Straits Times World
Bomb alerts force flights to land in France, Bulgaria, Belgium
- Picked up by The Straits Times World
Bomb alert diverts Airbus A320 plane flying from Dublin to Rome, French PM says
- Picked up by NBC News Top Stories
- Picked up by NBC News Top Stories
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
Bomb alerts force flights to land in France, Bulgaria, Belgium
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
New wave of bomb threats hits passenger flights across Europe
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
- Picked up by ABC Australia
New wave of 'hoax' bomb threats hits passenger flights across Europe
- Picked up by ABC Australia
- Picked up by ABC Australia
New wave of bomb threats hits passenger flights across Europe
- Picked up by ABC Australia
Bomb threat diverts Aer Lingus plane flying from Dublin to Rome
- Picked up by ABC Australia
- Picked up by ABC Australia
Third wave of ‘hoax’ bomb threats targets 27 passenger flights across Europe
- Picked up by ABC Australia
Breaking: New wave of bomb threats hits passenger flights across Europe
- Picked up by ABC Australia
Third wave of 'hoax' bomb threats hit 27 passenger flights across Europe
- Picked up by BBC News Europe
- New development reported by The Straits Times World
Bomb threats warning ‘the clock is ticking’ disrupt TV channels across Europe
Same story, different outlets
16 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- The Straits TimesBomb threats warning ‘the clock is ticking’ disrupt TV channels across Europe
- NBC News Top Stories‘Bomb alert’ diverts Rome-bound passenger plane
- Sky NewsEuropean flight diverted after latest bomb threat
- Deutsche WelleMultiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
- Channel NewsAsia LatestBomb threats disrupt Europe flights
- Chronicle LiveRyanair bomb threats cause European flight chaos as seven planes targeted
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- South China Morning PostFake bomb threats on flights and cruise ship cause travel disruption in Europe
- WalesOnlineMap shows European flights hit by bomb threats including planes from UK
- Bristol PostBomb threats mapped as seven European flights targeted
- Liverpool EchoMap shows European plane bomb threats as UK flight among those targeted
- The New York TimesBomb Threats Disrupt Several Flights Across Europe
- The GuardianBulgaria confirms bomb threats against flights from Bergamo and Dublin – Europe live
- BBC NewsBomb threats target seven flights across Europe
- Deutsche Welle All NewsMultiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
- CBCString of bomb threats reported on flights in Europe cause diversions, emergency landings
- ABCSeven flights and cruise ship disrupted in Europe by bomb threats