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Cameron and Europe: PM postpones long-awaited speech on EU strategy Cameron and Europe: PM postpones key speech on EU strategy
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David Cameron has postponed a long-awaited speech on the UK's relationship with Europe due to the on-going hostage situation in Algeria. David Cameron has postponed a long-awaited speech on the UK's relationship with Europe due to the ongoing hostage crisis at a gas facility in Algeria.
The British prime minister was expected to set out his vision for the UK's future role in the European Union, including the prospect of a referendum. Mr Cameron said the UK should prepare "for the possibility of bad news" after Britons were among foreign nationals taken hostage at the plant.
He described the situation in Algeria as "very uncertain and very fluid". The prime minister was to set out his vision for the UK's future role in the EU, and the prospect of a referendum.
The Conservative leader had been under pressure from many of his MPs to give a binding commitment to a vote on Europe. An Algerian military operation is ongoing. The situation remains unclear.
Mr Cameron said we faced "a very bad situation".
Algerian forces have moved against Islamic militants holding hostages at a gas facility in eastern Algeria, the state news agency reports.Algerian forces have moved against Islamic militants holding hostages at a gas facility in eastern Algeria, the state news agency reports.
Reports quoting militants said at least 34 hostages and 14 kidnappers died.Reports quoting militants said at least 34 hostages and 14 kidnappers died.
Militants also told Mauritania's ANI news agency that seven foreign hostages were still alive after the Algerian military raid. The Conservative leader had been due to give a speech in the Netherlands and was under pressure from many of his MPs to give a binding commitment to a vote on Europe.
Nearly 600 Algerian workers and four foreign hostages - two from Scotland, one from France and one from Kenya - were freed during the operation, APS reported.
Militants had earlier said they were holding 41 foreign nationals. They were believed to include British, Japanese, US and Norwegian citizens.