BREAKING NEWS is that European and US officials have failed to reach an agreement to replace an agreement on sharing air passenger data. The current arrangement is due to expire on September 30. Talks will continue this week to head off any threat to travel disruption next month or in the future. After September 11 2001, European airlines supply US authorities with information on passengers entering the United States including name, address, payment details and telephone numbers. But earlier this year a European court ended the existing deal on a legal technicality and gave the European Union and the US until September 30 to replace it.