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

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  1. 'Algerian arrested' over alleged Paris warningpublished at 14:35

    An Algerian asylum seeker has been arrested in Germany after allegedly warning fellow migrants last week of an imminent attack in Paris, a spokesman for the prosecutor has said.

    The Associated Press reports that the unidentified 39-year-old man was detained at a refugee shelter in the western German town of Arnsberg, after two Syrian men contacted police on Saturday. 

    According to Werner Wolff, a spokesman for the Arnsberg prosecutors office, the witnesses were told by the man that Paris would be subjected to "fear and terror".

  2. Details of bomber's passport 'unverified'published at 14:13

    Earlier, French prosecutors said one of the men who blew himself up at the Stade de France had a Syrian passport bearing the name Ahmad al-Mohammad.

    They said they had established (via fingerprint matching) that the bomber had come to Europe with migrants via the Greek island of Leros in October, but not whether the passport was genuine. 

  3. Man 'held in Serbia with same passport as bomber'published at 14:12

    Serbian police have detained a migrant with a Syrian passport bearing the same details as one found on one of the bombers, according to the Serbian newspaper Blic. 

     "A document with the same name and same data, but with the photograph of another man, was found on Saturday on another migrant in the [reception] centre in Presevo and that person was held for questioning," the paper reported, without giving a source. 

    "It is believed that these two men were not linked. However, the case will be examined because it is certain that both of them have bought fake Syrian passports at different times from the same counterfeiter in Turkey."

  4. Le Pen: 'At least one migrant was among terrorists'published at 14.02

    More from FN leader Marine Le Pen...

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  5. Le Pen urges 'immediate halt' to reception of migrantspublished at 14:01

    Marine Le Pen, head of the far-right National Front (FN) party, has called for the "immediate halt of all intake of migrants in France" following the Paris attacks. The decision should be made "as a precaution" for the "security of the French", she adds.

  6. Bomber's father 'travelled to Syria to bring him home'published at 13:56

    Samy Amimour's father returned to Paris without him, Le Monde reports

    The French newspaper Le Monde has republished an account originally published in December 2014., external

    It describes the journey of a 67-year-old Parisian man to Syria in June 2014, in the hope of persuading his son to leave the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) and return to France.

    His son refused to leave and the father returned home without him.

    While pseudonyms are used in the article, Le Monde writes that the son is in fact Samy Amimour, identified as one of the suicide attackers who blew themselves up at the Bataclan theatre.

  7. Bataclan survivor: 'I was saved by my wooden leg'published at 13.55

    An extraordinary story from BBC correspondent Gavin Lee about a man who survived the Bataclan attack because of his prosthetic leg.

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  8. Background on the fight against Islamic Statepublished at 13:46

    An article by the BBC's Jonathan Marcus looks at how the fight against the jihadist group, Islamic State, could change after the Paris attacks.

  9. 'No arrests' in Brussels police raidpublished at 13:31

    The police raid in Brussels, which was aimed at catching Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam, ended without any arrests being made, the Belgian prosecutor's office tells the AFP news agency.

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    The operation is over and the result is negative. No-one was arrested.

    Eric Van Der Sypt, Spokesman for Belgian prosecutor's office

  10. Reports of Belgian mastermind 'unconfirmed rumours'published at 13:16

    Reports that a Belgian man is suspected of having masterminded the Paris attacks are unconfirmed "rumours", prosecutors in Belgium tell the Reuters news agency. 

    French officials earlier said they were investigating links between the attackers and Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a Belgian now based in Syria with the jihadist group Islamic State (IS). 

    Abaaoud has played an important role in planning attacks in Europe, officials believe.

    Undated image taken from the Islamic State online magazine Dabiq showing Belgian Abdelhamid AbaaoudImage source, Dabiq
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    Abdelhamid Abaaoud was pictured in Islamic State's online magazine, Dabiq

  11. Brussels police operation 'finished'published at 13:10

    The major Belgian police operation in the Brussels district of Molenbeek has finished, local mayor Francoise Schepmans tells Belgium's state broadcaster RTBF.

    Belgian police officers on Rue Delaunoy in Molenbeek, Brussels (16 November 2015)Image source, AFP
  12. Belgian authorities release five suspectspublished at 13:03

    Belgian prosecutors say five of the seven suspects arrested in Brussels over the weekend in connection with the Paris attacks - including Mohamed Abdeslam, the brother of one of the suicide bombers - have been released. A judge still has to decide whether to continue holding the other two suspects.

  13. Islamic State 'celebrating' Paris attackspublished at 12:53 Greenwich Mean Time 16 November 2015

    BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner tweets...

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  14. Bomber's brother 'only just learnt of his death'published at 12:48

    Mohamed Abdeslam's lawyer, Natalie Gallant, said he had only learnt in the last hour how his brother Brahim died. Her client's focus was now on the rest of his family and on retaining the job he has had for the past 10 years, given the widespread reporting about him and his brothers, Ms Gallant added.

  15. Belgian authorities release bomber's brotherpublished at 12:44
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    The Belgian authorities have released the brother of one of the bombers in the Paris attacks. 

    A lawyer for Mohamed Abdeslam told the BBC that he had been freed without being charged. 

    Mr Abdeslam's brother Brahim blew himself up in the Comptoir Voltaire bar, while his other brother, Salah, is considered a key suspect in the attacks by French police.

  16. 'Police snipers on the roof' in Brussels districtpublished at 12:28

    The BBC's Matthew Thompson, who is in Molenbeek, tweets...

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  17. Belgian police 'searching for key suspect'published at 12:26

    The major operation by Belgian police in Brussels is aimed at finding Salah Abdeslam, one of the key suspects in the Paris attacks, Belgian prosecutors tell the AFP news agency. 

    But they are unable to confirm whether Mr Abdeslam is inside a house surrounded by officers in the the Molenbeek district.

    The 26 year old Frenchman, who was born in Belgium, is said to have rented a VW Polo car that was found near the Bataclan concert hall, where 89 people died, and is believed to have been used by attackers. His brother, Brahim, has been identified as attacker who died near Bataclan concert hall.

    On Saturday he was in a vehicle with two other men near the Belgian border when it was stopped by police, officials said, but was released after checks.

  18. Full coverage of the Paris attacks from the BBCpublished at 12:25

    As well as following our live updates you can also find all of the BBC's news stories, analysis and videos about the Paris attacks here on this special page.

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  19. Paris attacker 'seemed separate' from refugees - Greek officialpublished at 12:10

    The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse has been looking into the background of one of the men who blew themselves up in Paris. The French authorities say the man had a Syrian passport bearing the name Ahmad Al Mohammad, and that he came to Europe with migrants via the Greek island of Leros in October. 

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  20. 'I feel guilty for surviving'published at 12:08

    One survivor of the Paris attacks has told her story to the Victoria Derbyshire programme

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