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US mulls banning laptops on all international flights

US Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly says the US might ban laptops from aircraft cabins of all flights into and out of the country.

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The United States might ban laptops from aircraft cabins of all flights into and out of the country, John Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security, says.

In an interview on Fox News on Sunday Kelly said the US plans to "raise the bar" on airline security, including tightening screening of carry-on items.

"That's the thing that they are obsessed with, the terrorists, the idea of knocking down an airplane in flight, particularly if it's a US carrier, particularly if it's full of US people."

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