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"There has been too much tolerance for too long"

Terror attacks on Charlie Hebdo, the Jewish Museum in Brussels, Madrid commuter trains, and now the latest in Paris all have links to one Brussels

16/11/2015

France

French show solidarity by attending memorial services

Security surrounding the memorial services was tight after the events of Friday night, but that did not stop thousands of people turning out to join

16/11/2015

France

'We will eradicate terrorism' Hollande vows in defiant response to Paris slaughter

French President Francois Hollande has called for a single coalition including the United States and Russia to vanquish ISIL militants in Syria, in

16/11/2015

France

Muslims in France pray for peace

Muslims throughout France have been showing solidarity with their fellow citizens. There are around five million followers of Islam in the country

16/11/2015

France

Hollande fights to keep France together, destroy 'factory of terrorists'

France’s Socialist president has invoked a national political truce, for unity, while the government combats jihadist terrorism in the wake of the

16/11/2015

France

Who were the people behind the Paris bomb attacks?

Here is what we know about the Paris attackers and suspects, so far. Key suspects still at large Salah Abdeslam Age: 26 Nationality: French (lived

16/11/2015

France

Europe falls silent for France

France, much of Europe and further afield fell silent for a minute at midday Central European Time on Monday in memory of the victims of the Paris

16/11/2015

Economy

France fears economic impact of Paris terror attacks

Beyond the appalling human cost – quite naturally the focus of everyone’s attention – France is bracing itself for the economic impact of the Paris

16/11/2015

Culture news

Hollywood in solidarity with the 'film loving French'

The film industry used the occasion of the Governors Awards to reflect on Friday’s slayings in the French capital. Director Spike Lee “This thing is

16/11/2015

Culture news

Madonna pays tribute to the victims of the Paris massacre

Madonna paid tribute to the victims of the Paris massacre during a concert in Stockholm. . @Madonna pays emotional tribute to victims of

16/11/2015

France

Questions asked over Syrian passport found by body of a Paris suicide bomber

The reported discovery of a Syrian passport near the body of a suicide bomber outside the Stade de France on Friday seems to have raised more

16/11/2015

France

Parisians gather in Place de la République despite the state of emergency

Officials may have urged Parisians to stay home and off the streets yet defiant crowds still gathered in Place de la République, just as they had

16/11/2015

France

Thousands in Paris attend memorial service for Friday's terror victims

The bell of Notre Dame tolled as around 3.000 people attended a special memorial service for the victims of Friday evening’s terror attacks. Among

16/11/2015

France

Guns, God and grievances: Belgium's Islamist 'airbase'

16/11/2015

France

Tributes from around the world for Paris victims

Tributes have poured in from all four corners of the planet in the wake of the Paris attacks. In Berlin, the rain didn’t stop mourners from gathering

15/11/2015

France

Paris: what is the story behind the Syrian passport?

The reported discovery of a Syrian passport near the body of a suicide bomber outside the Stade de France on Friday seems to have raised more

15/11/2015

France

French Islamic community fears backlash following Paris attacks

Barbes is a Parisian neighbourhood with a high percentage of Muslim residents. As in other parts of the French capital, the streets were quiet

15/11/2015

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Imagine... street musician honour Paris dead

Street musician Davide Martello plays John Lennon’s Imagine near the Bataclan hall, scene of a massacre in Paris on Friday.

15/11/2015

France

Paris: the faces behind the headlines

Impromptu shrines are springing up across Paris. Candles and flowers have been left at the places where scores of people were killed and injured last

15/11/2015

France

Paris attacks: just some of the victims from more than 15 countries

15/11/2015

France

Paris attacks prompt artists to pick up their pencils

Much has been written already about the consequences and implications of last Friday’s attacks in Paris. However, some of the most insightful comment

15/11/2015

France

Belgium: two people detained on terror charges over Paris attacks

Two people have been detained in Belgium on terrorism charges related to Friday’s attacks in Paris, Belgian prosecutors said on Monday. The pair are

15/11/2015

France

Parisians united in grief hold vigils at scene of attacks

Paris is a city in mourning, gripped by fear and shock following the brutal killing of innocent lives in Friday night’s series of attacks across the

14/11/2015

France

France 'at war' with Daesh, says PM Manuel Valls

“War” – the word used by both French President François Hollande and his prime minister following the Paris terror attacks. Speaking on French TV on

14/11/2015

France

'We came to help out!' Unexpected support helped hospital cope with Paris attacks

14/11/2015

France

Paris Attacks: who were the attackers?

14/11/2015