Terror is trying to crash the party in the city of light. French prosecutors are investigating an Iran linked group called Ashab al-Yamin after a foiled bombing at a Bank of America office in Paris. The group has been calling for attacks on Jewish businesses across Europe and has already been linked to arson in London and Amsterdam. Police managed to stop the attack at 3am after spotting a suspicious propaganda video online.

It is a total vibe killer for the eighth arrondissement. The chic streets around rue de la Boetie are now crawling with armed guards. High-end retail and banking hubs are on high alert as the sectarian violence from Syria starts to leak into European capitals. In Syria itself an argument between two men in a Christian town led to a wave of burned furniture and damaged homes.

While the diplomats talk about hydrological warfare and engineered thirst the people on the ground are just trying to keep their shops from being torched. The Ashab al-Yamin group is becoming a major headache for European interior ministers who are struggling to protect schools and religious sites. For the global elite the message is clear: the world is getting a lot more dangerous and your favorite neighborhood in Paris is no longer safe.