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Paris attacks give momentum to fight against ISIL

The Paris attacks continue to add urgency to the international fight against ISIL. The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, arrived in Paris on Monday

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France

Syringes, plastic tubing and a black Renault Clio: French terror probe progresses

Hunting accomplices to the Paris terror attackers and on the trail of Islamist militant networks, French police want to leave no stone unturned

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France

Bush vs Hollande: can you tell their speeches apart?

They are two speeches made in the wake of two terrorist atrocities. But while the circumstances may have been similar, the two presidents who made

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Economy

France seeks to reassure business as tourists cancel trips

The French economy minister has reassured business leaders that security measures put in place after the Paris terror attacks are not designed to

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Europe News

France ask for EU help after Paris attacks

France has used EU law to seek help with military missions from fellow member states. The French government on Tuesday invoked a previously unused

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France

Joie de Vivre: Terror attacks won't stop Parisians enjoying their city

Paris will never forget the attacks that stunned the world. But as tributes are paid to the 129 people whose lives were cut short, a spirit of

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French MPs sing La Marseillaise in response to Paris attack

President Francois Hollande said that France’s constitution needed to be amended to better deal with crisis situations as he addressed both houses of

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Parisians united in defiance and grief

After the most deadly attack on European soil since the 2004 Madrid bombings, Parisians were united in their defiance and grief on a third national

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France

France calls for aid from the EU to fight Daesh as John Kerry flies into Paris

US Secretary of State John Kerry has flown into Paris to meet with President François Hollande for the first time since the deadly Paris attacks of last Friday. Also on Tuesday, France became the firs

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France

EU's Schulz expresses solidarity with Hollande at Versailles

President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz, who was present at Versailles to hear French President Francois Hollande’s special address to

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France

Security operations to continue across France

Security operations are to continue across France as the country comes to terms with last Friday’s attacks in Paris. Police swooped on 168 locations

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France

Paris students return to school after trauma of terror attacks

Students in Paris have returned to their studies after a weekend of trauma following Friday’s terror attacks. One school, Lycee Voltaire is in the

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France

Hollande vows to place security ahead of austerity

French President Francois Hollande says he is determined to destroy ISIL, the extremist group that has admitted killing scores of people in attacks

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World

Spies must change tactics to face new 'hybrid war'

President Francois Hollande says France is at war. In swift response to the deadly events in Paris the country has already launched massive

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World

"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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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