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France

Hate crimes against Muslims rise following Paris attacks

Anti-Muslim incidents including attacks on women and hateful graffiti have flared up across Britain and France in the week since Islamist militants

23/11/2015

France

Device 'resembling suicide belt' found in bin in Paris suburb

Device resembling suicide belt found in Montrouge, same French suburb phone data puts suspect Salah Abdeslam in on night of Paris attacks.

23/11/2015

France

'I'd be happy for an imam to speak at the funeral,' says father of Bataclan victim

In Venice, further proof has been given that the Paris attacks have touched people far and wide. Crowds of people, among them Italian Prime Minister

23/11/2015

Europe News

Strasbourg steps up security after Paris attacks

After the Paris attacks, the European Parliament has stepped up its security measures in Brussels and Strasbourg. Security is also tight ahead for

23/11/2015

France

France to clamp down on the financing of terrorism

France will ask for a new EU directive on money laundering and terrorist financing to be pushed through at a swifter pace. At a press conference in

23/11/2015

Economy

French service sector slows as Paris attacks hit hotel trade

As feared, the first economic indicators after the Paris terror attacks suggest a slowdown in activity especially in France’s service sector. The

23/11/2015

France

David Cameron offers France immediate assistance in its Syrian air campaign

British Prime Minister David Cameron has been to Paris for breakfast and talks with French President Francois Hollande. Cameron visited the Bataclan

23/11/2015

France

François Hollande begins a week of intense diplomacy in search of an anti-ISIL coalition

As France prepares to up its military offensive against ISIL in Syria with the arrival off the coast of its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles

23/11/2015

France

Eagles of Death Metal give emotional account of fatal Paris attack

Eagles of Death Metal have given an emotional first interview since the fatal gig at the Bataclan in Paris, when gunmen stormed the venue, killing 89

22/11/2015

France

'Not in my name' - demonstrators denounce violence after Paris attacks

Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in Europe to denounce violence, in the wake of the Paris attacks. Crowds filled the streets of

22/11/2015

France

Paris: suspected ISIL scout arrested in Turkey

Police in Turkey have arrested a man suspected of scouting out potential targets in Paris for the self-titled Islamic State group ahead of last

21/11/2015

France

Paris attacks: vigils held across city to remember victims, one week on

Vigils have been held to remember the victims of the Paris attacks, one week on. Crowds gathered across the city, as people struggle to come to terms

21/11/2015

France

Hasna Aitboulahcen did not detonate a suicide vest during the St. Denis shoot out

Hasna Aitboulahcen,one of the bodies found after the dawn raids in Paris did not detonate a suicide vest as was first thought. Witness accounts

20/11/2015

France

Paris: tight security as Muslims attend Friday prayers

Muslims across Paris have attended Friday prayers, one week after the terror attacks which claimed the lives of 130 people. Security was tight around

20/11/2015

Economy

Beaujolais Nouveau launched on cue as wine producers show solidarity with Paris

A happier image of Paris: the traditional November arrival of the latest vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau. The third Thursday of the month just after

20/11/2015

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: France reacts to Paris attacks

In this edition of Europe Weekly: France reacts to the terror attacks in Paris, which came just ten months after Charlie Hebdo and claimed the lives

20/11/2015

My Europe Series

Parisians angry, frightened after terrorist killings, but resolute

In the heart of Paris, a few days ago, journalist Daniel Psenny videoed the back of the Bataclan concert venue from his apartment window, people

20/11/2015

France

Darkness, fear and unity: a few days in Paris

20/11/2015

France

Third body found in wreckage of Paris apartment stormed by police

More details about two of the Paris attackers killed in the dawn raids on Wednesday have emerged. The woman who blew herself up has been identified

20/11/2015

Europe News

EU mulls tighter border checks after Paris attacks

The EU is looking to tighten the external borders of the bloc’s passport-free Schengen Zone as interior ministers met in Brussels on Friday. Those

20/11/2015

Cinema

'Eyes that Burn' an intimate look at the impact of war and death

‘Eyes that Burn’ opens in 1986 as a young woman arrives at Roissy Airport to collect a military trunk that is being returned to her. The trunk

20/11/2015

France

EU ministers in emergency meeting to discuss tackling terrorism

European Union Justice and Interior Ministers are undergoing crisis talks in Brussels to discuss new and improved measures for tackling extremism.

20/11/2015

France

Refugees and the Paris attacks: what you need to know

In the aftermath of the Paris attacks as the police and security services all over Europe are seeking out masterminds and assailants of the mass

20/11/2015

France

Excessive speed caused deadly train derailment in France

Excessive speed caused the derailment of a high speed French TGV train, in which 11 people were killed. Train operator SNCF said it entered a bend at

20/11/2015

France

France vows to 'destroy' ISIL after deadly Paris attacks

France is vowing to “destroy” the ISIL militant group after last Friday’s attacks in Paris, which left 129 people dead and hundreds injured. In a

20/11/2015

France

Officials confirm Abdelhamid Abaaoud killed in dawn raids

Officials have confirmed that Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected mastermind of last Friday’s attacks was killed in the dawn raids in St. Denis on

19/11/2015