Former Baywatch actress Donna D’Errico has accused airport security for singling her out for a full body scan because of her looks. The former Playboy Playmate, says she was humiliated and “outraged” by a security guard at Los Angeles Airport who “smirked” after she was ordered to undergo the search.

A suspect device discovered on an Air Berlin flight from Namibia to Germany was a dummy used to test security officials in Germany have confirmed. At a press conference earlier today German interior minister Thomas de Maiziere explained the device was a “real-test suitcase” designed to analyse security.

A suspected bomb with a running clock has been found on an Air Berlin flight from Namibia to Germany. Namibian police intercepted the suspicious object with a detonator and a running clock found in luggage. The discovery follows yesterday’s tip-off that a planned terror attack against Germany was being planned for the end of this month.

Officials at the International Air Transport Association have warned governments around the world not to act unilaterally, as the trade body seeks to minimise the fall out from the Yemeni bomb plot. “Effective solutions are not developed unilaterally or in haste,” said director general Giovanni Bisignani.

Security officials in the United States have identified Saudi-born extremist Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri in connection with a failed attempt to fly bombs on cargo planes. Considered one of al-Qaida’s most radical adherents, al-Asiri is also believed to be behind the 2009 Christmas Day plot which saw Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab board a passenger aircraft with a bomb in his body cavity.

French security forces are on high-alert this morning following information from Saudi Arabia suggesting al-Qaeda is preparing an imminent attack on the country. Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said information from Saudi intelligence agencies suggested Europe and “France in particular” were in danger.