Summary

  • A suspect has been charged with terrorism offences in Belgium for involvement in the Paris attacks

  • Crowds of people in Paris mark one week since the attacks with applause and dancing

  • French officials say the cousin of the presumed ringleader of the Paris attacks did not blow herself up in Wednesday's police raid in the Saint-Denis suburb

  • It has emerged that the suspected ringleader of the attacks had been able to travel from Syria to France undetected

  • French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has said France will maintain controls along all its borders with fellow EU countries for as long as the imminent threat of attacks remains

  • All times GMT

  1. Bullet holes and smashed windowspublished at 19:08

    Bullet holes and smashed windows are pictured at the back of the house where the raid by security forces took place in Saint-Denis on Wednesday.

    Bullet holes and smashed windows are pictured on the back side of the house after an intervention of security forces against a group of extremists in Saint-Denis, near Paris, on WednesdayImage source, AP
  2. Another large blastpublished at 19:03

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  3. 'Two killed'published at 18:56

    At least two bodies were found in the apartment in Saint-Denis after the shootout with police, but they have not yet been identified, Mr Molins told the press conference. Among the dead was a woman who blew herself up.

  4. Raid 'followed tip-off'published at 18:48

    The raid in Saint-Denis was carried out after police received a tip-off on Monday that Abaaoud was in France, said Mr Molins. Tapped telephone conversations, surveillance and witness accounts suggested it could be the case.

    Paris Prosecutor Francois MolinsImage source, AFP
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    Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins

  5. 'Incessant fire'published at 18:40

    Raid in Saint-Denis this morning

    Mr Molins said heavily armed police squads initially were thwarted by a reinforced door to the apartment in Saint-Denis north of Paris where the terror cell had holed up, and faced nearly incessant fire as they worked to enter.

  6. 'Controlled explosion'published at 18:38

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  7. 'We're off and we're starting'published at 18:35

    Mr Molins' news conference is now over - in it he gave more details of the investigation into Friday's attacks. He said police found a phone with a message sent by one of those who attacked the Bataclan reading: “We are off and we’re starting."

  8. 'Loud bang' heard in Saint-Denispublished at 18:28

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  9. Salah Abdeslam and Abbaoud 'not arrested'published at 18:27

    Mr Molins said eight people were arrested in the raid on Saint-Denis, but fugitive suspect Salah Abdeslam and presumed mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud were not among them.

  10. Five thousand bullets shotpublished at 18:22

    Mr Molins said 5,000 bullets were fired during the raid this morning in Saint-Denis.

  11. Paris attacks cell used 'several' propertiespublished at 18:19

    Cell which carried out Friday's attacks used "several" premises rented in the names of the Abdeslam brothers, Mr Molins says.

  12. Saint-Denis cell was 'ready to act'published at 18:16

     Mr Molins says the cell neutralised on Wednesday was "ready to act".

  13. Three vehicles used in attackspublished at 18:14

    Three vehicles hired by the Abdeslam brothers were used in the attacks, Mr Molins says.

  14. Paris prosecutor begins press conferencepublished at 18:10

    Paris prosecutor Francois Molins is starting his press conference.

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  16. Witness describes "scenes of war"published at 18:03

    An eyewitness who was sitting outside La Belle Equipe bar in the 11th district says he and his girlfriend experienced "scenes of war".

    Simon Phillips, a dual French and British citizen, told the BBC: "Endless bullets were sprayed by the gunmen. My girlfriend and I had to act dead so as not to be shot." Read more of his account here.

  17. Sweden seeks terror supectpublished at 17:42

    Swedish authorities have said they are looking for a man on suspicion of "preparing terrorist acts".

    The man's identity was not revealed and he is not thought to be linked to the Paris attacks. 

    The announcement comes on the same day the authorities raised the country's terror threat level from three to four on a five-point scale.

  18. Jeb Bush calls for ground troops against ISpublished at 17:31

    US Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has said the US must commit ground forces to the Middle East to fight the Islamic State. 

    Mr Bush did not elaborate on what any ground intervention might look like, but has previously said forces ought to be used to help identify bombing targets, AP reports.

  19. Hundreds attend Molenbeek vigilpublished at 17:17

    Residents of the Brussels suburb of Molenbeek have turned out for a candlelit vigil in memory of the victims of the Paris attacks:

  20. French strikes 'kill 33 IS militants'published at 17:08

    Thirty-three Islamic State militants are reported to have been killed in the three days of air strikes by French and other jets in IS's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa according to the biggest monitoring group reporting on the ground.

    Most of the casualties have reportedly been at checkpoints in and around the city, because the installations which were hit had already been abandoned, the BBC's Jim Muir in Erbil says.