Summary

  • State of emergency across France could be extended for three months

  • Mastermind behind French attacks named as Belgian Abdelhamid Abaaoud

  • French President Francois Hollande says he is committed to "destroying" Islamic State

  • French security officials believe Belgian militant planned attacks

  • French prosecutors identify two more of the attackers - as hunt continues for another key suspect

  • All times in GMT

  1. Closing summarypublished at 22:58

    We are going to pause our live coverage for now, but you can continue to follow developments on the BBC News homepage and on Twitter, external.

    Here are today's key developments:

    Francois Hollande speech

    The investigation

    • French prosecutors identified Moroccan-origin Belgian Abdelhamid Abaaoud as the mastermind behind the Paris attacks. Abaaoud is thought to be in Syria.
    • Prosecutors also identified one of the attackers as Ahmad Almohammad. Almohammad, a Syrian passport-holder, reportedly entered the EU via Greece along with refugees.
    • Two of the seven people arrested in Belgium on Saturday were charged with terror offences. Five have been released, including a brother of two of the suspected assailants.
    • Mohamed Abdeslam, whose brother Brahim blew himself up and whose other brother Salah is wanted by police, said he had no idea where Salah was and no advance warning of the attacks.
    • French police are still hunting for Salah Abdeslam, thought to be one of the gunmen. Reports he had been detained during a raid in the Belgian town of Molenbeek turned out to be false.  
    • Italian police were alerted to look out for a black Seat car thought to be connected to the attacks that may have crossed into Italy. 

    The fight against Islamic State

    • Francois Hollande called the attacks an "act of war"and vowed to "destroy" IS.
    • IS issued two new propaganda videos from Iraq, celebrating the attacks in Paris and threatening Washington DC.  
    • US President Barack Obama ruled out sending in US ground troops to fight IS in Iraq and Syria. Mr Obama called the attacks "a sickening setback" but said the US would "intensify" air strikes.
    • The Pentagon said it would step up intelligence sharing with France in the wake of the attacks.
  2. Trump 'would consider closing US mosques'published at 21:56

    US Republican presidential candidate and businessman Donald Trump has said he would consider closing mosques in the US. 

    "I would hate to do it, but it's something that you're going to have to strongly consider," Mr Trump told MSNBC.

    He said the US would have to "watch" and "study" mosques because "lots of talk is going on" in them, and warned that US citizens would have to prepare to give up certain civil liberties.

    Over the weekend, Mr Trump suggested that the situation in Paris would have been different if some of the victims had been armed.

    Donald TrumpImage source, Reuters
  3. French nationals could be put under house arrest - AFPpublished at 21:52

    French nationals returning from Syria could be put under house arrest and subject to tough surveillance, AFP reports, citing a government source.

    Addressing the French parliament earlier today, President Francois Hollande outlined a series of measures designed to combat extremism, including extending France's current state of emergency and giving authorities more powers to deport foreign nationals deemed to pose a threat.

  4. Police operation in Strasbourg 'over'published at 21:39

    A police operation taking place in the Neudorf area of Strasbourg this evening is over, according to local media, and Salah Abdeslam "was not found there".

    French media had reported a "large" operation after a witness thought they saw the suspect in Friday's attacks.

    A police spokesman confirmed to the BBC that there was an ongoing operation in the eastern French city, but would not give any details.

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  5. IS 'has 24-hour help desk'published at 21:34

    IS has a "24-hour help desk" available for messaging, recruiting and planning, according to a report by NBC News, external.

    The desk is for "helping would-be jihadists use encryption and other secure communications in order to evade detection by law enforcement and intelligence authorities," counter-terrorism analysts affiliated to the US Army told the broadcaster.

  6. 'Permanent state of emergency'published at 21:22

    Left-leaning French newspaper Liberation's Tuesday front page focuses on Francois Hollande's announcement that the state of emergency will be extended for three months:

  7. Red, white and bluepublished at 21:21

    The BBC's State Department correspondent Barbara Plett tweets from the US embassy in Paris.

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  8. Postpublished at 21:21

    More from BBC Trending on Syrian reaction to the passport found at the scene of the Stade de France attack.

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  9. Justin Trudeau: Canada will have 'robust role' fighting ISpublished at 21:09

    Canada's new leader Justin Trudeau said on Monday at the G20 summit in Turkey that Canada would have a "robust role" in fighting IS.

    He still intends to withdraw Canadian warplanes from the US-led mission against IS in Iraq and Syria, despite the Paris attacks, CBC reports:

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    We made a clear commitment in the campaign to stop the bombing mission by Canadian jets and replace it with a role for Canada that is still a serious military role, but leaned more towards training of local troops to be able to bring the fight directly to ISIL... That's the commitment we made very clearly throughout the campaign and we have a mandate to do that.

    Justin Trudeau, Canadian Prime Minister

    Justin Trudeau at the G20 SummitImage source, Getty Images
  10. On now: BBC Panorama live from Parispublished at 20:47

    Tune in to BBC One in the UK and BBC World elsewhere for a live edition of Panorama, broadcast from Paris.

    If you're in the UK you can watch live here.

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  11. John Kerry: 'We are all Parisians'published at 20:24

    US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in France to meet with French officials and embassy staff. 

    Mr Kerry spoke shortly after arriving to pay tribute to the city.

    "As history knows, Paris has seen even darker days and overcome them," he said "No one should doubt that the light still shines in the City of Light."

    "We are all Parisians."

     He said the US embassy in Paris would be lit up tonight in the red, white, and blue of the French flag.

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  12. US state governors plan to refuse refugees following attackspublished at 20:12

    At least 13 Republican state governors in the US say they intend to suspend programmes to resettle Syrian refugees in the wake of the attacks in Paris. 

    Reports that one of assailants in Paris entered Europe through Greece posing as a refugee have strengthened calls from some quarters for tougher restrictions.

    The state of Alabama has so far not taken in any Syrian refugees, external, but the southern state's governor Robert Bentley has said that he "will not place Alabamians at even the slightest possible risk of an attack on our people".

    In Michigan, where it has been reported that 200 Syrians have been resettled in the past year, Governor Rick Snyder said he will suspend the acceptance of new refugees pending "a full review of security clearances and procedures".

    Alabama, Texas and several other states issued similar statements but a State Department spokesman said the legality of the move was unclear.   

    "Whether they can legally do that, I don't have an answer for you," Mark Toner said. "I think our lawyers are looking at that."   

    States saying no:

    • Texas
    • Michigan
    • Louisiana
    • Indiana
    • Arkansas
    • Alabama
    • Massachusetts
    • Ohio 
    • Arizona
    • Mississippi
    • Iowa
    • Illinois
    • North Carolina
    • Wisconsin
    • New Hampshire

    Speaking at the G20 meeting on Monday, President Obama said the US would continue to accept refugees, including Syrians, following "rigorous" security screenings.

    "Slamming the door in their faces would be a betrayal of our values," he said.

    Read more here.

  13. Twitter account set up to remember victimspublished at 19:16

    A Twitter account has been set up to commemorate victims of the attacks in Paris.

    The account, @ParisVictims, external, which was set up by the US news site Mashable, is being used to post images of those who died with details about their lives.

    Anyone wanting to send an image or tribute can use the hashtag #enmémoire.

  14. Omar Ismail Mostefai: Life in the banlieuepublished at 18:48

    Omar Ismail Mostefai, a 29-year-old Frenchman of Algerian origin, was among the three gunmen who killed 89 people at the Bataclan concert hall - the worst single attack of the night.

    Mostefai was known to French security services and was identified by the print on a severed finger found at the scene.

    The BBC's James Longman visited Courcouronnes, the Paris suburb where Mostefai grew up, and spoke to a former gangster who says he knew him.

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    In a dark street in a Paris suburb, I meet with a former Courcouronnes gangster. He asks me to call him Dominic. He gets out his phone and we sit together on a wall waiting for a video to load. 'I'll show him to you,' he says.

    You can read the full piece here.

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  15. Harvard buildings evacuated after bomb threatpublished at 18.22

    Harvard University in the US has evacuated several buildings after receiving an "unconfirmed bomb threat".

    There is no suggestion the threat is connected to events in Paris, but cities around the world have been on high alert since the attacks on Friday.

    New propaganda videos released on Monday by the Islamic State group threatened an attack against the US capital, Washington DC.

  16. French footballers 'had doubts' about England fixturepublished at 18:08

    The captain of France's football team has said the players had doubts about playing England in a friendly in London on Tuesday, but were told they had to by the president of the French Football Federation. 

    "The president made the best decision, I think, to play this game," Hugo Lloris told a news conference at Wembley Stadium. "The French nation is more important than French football team." 

    France were playing Germany at the Stade de France on Friday when suicide bombers targeted the stadium. Midfielder Lassana Diarra lost a cousin in one of the shooting attacks elsewhere in Paris, while forward Antoine Griezmann's sister escaped unhurt from the Bataclan theatre. 

    "The last three days were a bit dramatic. We were in mourning all together," Lloris said. "We will try to escape from it for 90 minutes. There will be a lot of emotion from the players, but it will be a great moment of solidarity."

    Hugo Lloris speaks to reporters at Wembley StadiumImage source, AFP
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    Hugo Lloris speaks to reporters at Wembley Stadium

  17. Eiffel Tower lit up in colours of the French flagpublished at 18.03

    France's most famous landmark, the Eiffel Tower, has been illuminated in the tricolour colours of the French flag. 

    The tower was reopened to visitors on Monday after closing in the wake of the attacks.

    Landmarks around the world were lit up in red, white and blue over the weekend, including the London Eye, Rio's Christ the Redeemer Statue, and the spire of New York's One World Trade Centre.

    The Eiffel Tower is lit with the blue, white and red colours of the French flag in Paris, France, November 16, 2015,Image source, Reuters
  18. Jeremy Corbyn 'not happy' with shoot-to-kill policypublished at 17:55

    British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has indicated he wouldn't give the order for the British police or army to shoot to kill if he were prime minister and faced with a Paris-style attack

    In an interview with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg on Monday, he said:

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    I'm not happy with a shoot-to-kill policy in general, I think that is quite dangerous and can often be counter-productive. I think you have to have security that prevents people firing off weapons where you can.

    Jeremy Corbyn

    Asked whether he could ever support military action against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, Mr Corbyn insisted it was a "hypothetical question".

    You can watch the full interview here.

    BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg reports that Mr Corbyn may be facing a showdown at Monday's meeting of Labour MPs over his comments.

  19. Armed police to guard Wembley stadium for England v Francepublished at 17:27

    Armed police will guard Wembley Stadium for a friendly between England and France on Tuesday night, the Metropolitan Police has said.

    "We want everyone coming along to the match to know that officers will be out there in increased numbers, to keep them safe," Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Terry said in a statement. 

    The additional security was "purely precautionary and "not as a result of any specific intelligence", he added.

    The Duke of Cambridge was not scheduled to attend the football match, but decided to after Friday's attacks.

    Wembley stadium is lit up in the French Tricolore in remembrance of the victims of Friday's attacks in Paris (16 November 2015)Image source, Getty Images
  20. Paris attacks: Is France united?published at 17.14

    Police in France have carried out scores of raids across the country following Friday's attacks in Paris, and the government is using a state of emergency to question suspected jihadists.

    But while France is united in grief, there are concerns of growing divisions in society. The BBC's Matthew Price reports from the streets of the French capital.

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    Paris Attacks: Is France united?