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The three countries said they had "no choice" but to bring back the sweeping measures against Tehran "as a last resort" over its "continued nuclear escalation" and lack of cooperation.

But in the space of a few weeks the attacks put some of the country's leading underworld figures and their associates back under the police spotlight.

"We have to be a country capable of defending every last inch of our territory so no one comes to mess with us," Chávez said at the time.

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says his country has no intention of attacking EU or Nato member states but warned of a "decisive response" to any "aggression" directed towards Moscow.

One morning, on their way to the training pitch, they were confronted by a large pinboard with good luck messages from primary school children around the country.