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

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  1. Fifty-seven Paris attack victims remain in intensive carepublished at 16:49

    French Health Minister Marisol Touraine tells MPs that 57 people injured in Friday's attacks are still in intensive care in hospitals in Paris and its surrounding suburbs. A total of 221 people are still require treatment in hospital, she says.

  2. Punk band to go ahead with Paris gigpublished at 16:42

    Belfast punk band Stiff Little Fingers will go ahead with their gig in Paris on Tuesday night despite the attacks. 

    Band leader Jake Burns said their experience of musicians avoiding Belfast because of the Troubles in Northern Ireland made them more determined to take to the stage in Paris.

  3. Germany arrests 'not connected to Paris attacks'published at 16:41

    German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere says the arrests of seven people in the Aachen area, near the borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, do not appear to be connected to the Paris attacks.

    "The assessment is not yet completed. But as things stand now, it does not appear to be the case that this is directly related to the attacks in Paris," he is quoted by the Reuters news agency as saying. 

    A man is arrested by police in Alsdorf, near Aachen, Germany (17 November 2015)Image source, EPA
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    Police said at least three of thsoe arrested in Aachen were foreign nationals

  4. Rifles found in Cliopublished at 16:27

    Kalashnikov-type weapons were discovered in the black Clio found parked near Montmartre in northern Paris on Tuesday, says a reporter in Paris on Belgian VTM TV.

    A police officer stands by a Renault Clio with Belgian license plates in Paris on Tuesday 17 November 2015Image source, AP
  5. Brother urges Paris attack suspect to surrenderpublished at 16:22 Greenwich Mean Time 17 November 2015

    The brother of fugitive Paris attack suspect Salah Abdeslam has called for him to turn himself in during a TV interview, reports AP news agency. Police believe Mohammed Abdeslam had no knowledge of Friday's events.

  6. Russia and France 'will work together'published at 15:58

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian navy in the Mediterranean to establish contact with its French counterparts and work together in a campaign against the Islamic State group in Syria. 

    "It's necessary to establish direct contact with the French and work with them as allies," Mr Putin told military leaders, according to AFP news agency.They should plan joint actions "both at sea and in the air", he said. Earlier French President Francois Hollande said the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle would be deployed to the eastern Mediterranean.

    Separately, the Kremlin said the two leaders had agreed to step up co-operation in phone discussions. They are due to meet in Moscow on 26 November.

  7. Police searches continue: what we know so farpublished at 16:10

    Police investigating Friday's attacks in Paris have been searching premises they believe were used by the attackers. Five arrests have also been made in Germany.

    Here's a rundown of the latest developments: 

    • Salah Abdeslam, the suspected eighth gunman who is now the subject of an international manhunt, rented out an apartment and two hotel rooms. 
    •  A car that he rented which may have been used to bring the attackers to and from Belgium is also being inspected.The Belgian-registered black Renault Clio was found parked near Montmartre in northern Paris.
    • Images shown on French media of one of the hotel rooms being examined show syringes and tubes - with speculation they could be bomb-making equipment. 
    • German police have arrested five people in Aachen near the Belgian border.
    • Two men have also been arrested in Belgium. Mohammed Amri and Hamza Attou are being held on charges of terrorist murder and conspiracy - which they both deny.
    • Officials say that 117 of the 129 victims killed in the attacks have now been identified.

    New pictures of suspect Salah Abdeslam have been releasedImage source, Belgian Interior Ministry
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    New pictures of suspect Salah Abdeslam have been released

  8. Hollande to visit USpublished at 16:03

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  9. Don't scapegoat refugees, urges UNpublished at 15:48

    Refugees arrive on the Greek island of LesbosImage source, AFP

    The UN has urged European governments not to backtrack on promises to offer asylum to refugees fleeing Syria in the wake of the Paris attacks, says the BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva. 

    The attacks on Paris should not be allowed to feed prejudice against people, many of whom, the UN says, are themselves fleeing violence by Islamist extremists. 

    The media focus on the possibility that one of the Paris attackers might have entered Europe as a refugee from Syria has filled UN aid agencies with dismay, our correspondent says. 

    After months warning that Europe must share the burden of refugees fairly, the UN fears the EU's modest proposal to relocate 160,000 of the over 800,000 who have arrived this year may now not happen at all. 

  10. Two more arrests in Germany linked to Paris attackspublished at 15:40

    German police say they've arrested two more people near the western city of Aachen in connection with the Paris attacks, German media report. 

    Police said the arrests were made in the town of Alsdorf, north-east of Aachen, near the Belgian border. 

    Earlier, German police arrested two women and one man as they left a job centre in Alsdorf.

    Police spokesman Werner Schneider told German news channel N-TV that it was "much too early to go into detail'' about the identity of those arrested, but said they were foreign nationals.    

  11. 'Muslim hero' stories proved untruepublished at 15:26

    A compelling story about a heroic Muslim security guard stopping a suicide bomber from entering the Stade de France on Friday is making the rounds on social media. But it's not true, BBC Trending report.

    The rumour sprang from a gripping account of the events outside the stadium which was published by the Wall Street Journal, external on Sunday. But the Journal later confirmed its source - identified solely by his first name, Zouheir - was stationed elsewhere in the stadium, and related what he heard from colleagues. No mention was made in the story of his religion.

    But it hasn't stopped social media from crowning him a "Muslim hero". "Zouheir" has been mentioned more than 8,000 times on Twitter.

    Meanwhile, an authentic story of a Muslim hero has emerged from the Paris attacks.

    Fans were evacuated from the Stade de France after a series of explosionsImage source, Getty Images
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    Fans were evacuated from the Stade de France after a series of explosions

  12. Russia hits IS in Syriapublished at 15:17

    Raqqa and Deir al-Zour targeted

    Russia says it has carried out a powerful assault on Islamic State positions in Syria, in an escalation of its air campaign. 

    Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu confirmed French and American reports that Moscow had used long-range bombers and cruise missiles. He said the aircraft had fired missiles at militant positions in Raqqa, the Islamic State group's stronghold, and Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria, while bombers had targeted the north. 

    Earlier, President Putin warned of "imminent vengeance" against IS, following confirmation that the Russian airline crash in Egypt last month was caused by a bomb. 

  13. Two men held in Belgium on terror chargespublished at 15:02

    Lawyers for two men who have been arrested in Belgium say their clients acknowledge going to France early on Saturday and picking up a third man who is now the target of an international manhunt, news agency AP reports. 

    Mohammed Amri, 27 and Hamza Attou, 21, are being held on charges of terrorist murder and conspiracy. 

    Defense lawyer Xavier Carrette says Mr Amri denies any involvement but does admit being in France "to pick up a friend'' - Salah Abdeslam. Carine Couquelet, who represents Mr Attou, says he also denies involvement in the attacks. He says the pair picked up Mr Abdeslam at around 04:00 local time and then returned to Brussels.

  14. Crowds in Paris continue to pay tribute to victimspublished at 14:43

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  15. Bullet holes visible above concert hall attacked in Parispublished at 14:40

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  16. Security checks ahead of England v France gamepublished at 14:25

    UK Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed he will join the Duke of Cambridge at Wembley Stadium for the England v France football match on Tuesday evening.

    Armed officers will be deployed at the international friendly, while England fans have been encouraged to sing the French national anthem before kick off. 

    Police officers search the area outside Wembley StadiumImage source, Reuters
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    Police officers search the area outside Wembley Stadium ahead of the game

  17. Paris sends message of resistance using social mediapublished at 14:17

    French people have taken to social media to defend their inimitable way of life following the Paris attacks, BBC Monitoring reports.

    Under the headline: "The French thumb their nose at Islamic State on social networks",  Le Monde newspaper links to posts, external carrying hashtags like #JeSuisEnTerrasse, #TousAuBistrot and #OccupyTerrasse and showing images of ordinary people sitting on terraces, in bars and restaurants apparently in defiance of fear and in honour of those who died. 

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  18. Key suspect known to have previously been in Austriapublished at 14:06

    Salah Abdeslam is known to have entered Austria in September, Austria's Interior Minister, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, has told Austrian radio.

    He entered Austria from Germany on 9 September with two companions, who have not yet been identified, she said. 

    His identity was established during a routine traffic check and he told the authorities he was going to Vienna on holiday. The minister says investigations into what he was doing in Austria are continuing. 

  19. Possible second man 'on the run'published at 14:02

    Investigators are "wondering about the possibility that a second man who participated in the attacks" in Paris "is on the run", France's Le Monde newspaper reports, external.

    It says "many testimonies" from eyewitnesses said three men were in the car transporting the men who carried out the shootings on the cafes in the 10th and 11th districts.

    One of them is suspected to be Salah Abdeslam, who is on the run and against whom France has issued an international arrest warrant. The second one is Brahim Abdeslam, his brother, who blew himself up in the attack at Comptoir Voltaire. 

    The third unidentified man would be the second man potentially on the run. 

  20. 'French jihadist' claims Paris attackspublished at 13:53

    A French jihadist has made an audio recording claiming Friday's Paris attacks, a source close to the investigation has told the AFP news agency. 

    A police source has told Le Figaro newspaper, external that it is "probably" the voice of Fabien Clain, a French jihadist in Syria.