The bodies of the three Irish holidaymakers killed in Tunisia could be flown home as soon as today.

Despite its long tradition of religious moderation, Tunisia has long been a fertile recruiting ground for jihad, with a terror export industry stretching back to the mujahideen of Afghanistan, writes Simon Speakman Cordall

Authorities in Tunisia are quizzing seven suspected associates of gunman Seifeddine Rezgui, the 23-year-old student who shot dead 38 people on the beach in the resort of Sousse on Friday.

The First Minister has offered her “deepest condolences” to the families of four Scots killed in the Tunisian massacre following official confirmation of their deaths.