Mohamed Abdeslam, the brother of Salah Abdeslam, has again urged the fugitive to give himself up. 

He said that he would rather see his brother in prison than in a cemetery.

He told RTBF television that he believed his brother was still alive. 

The attacks on Paris this month were a strike against France’s joie de vivre, The New York Times says, external, while "the siege of Kenya’s gleaming Westgate mall two years ago was an assault on that country’s rising prosperity, modernity and stability". 

Likewise the terrifying attack on the Radisson Blu in Mali’s capital was a strike on that nation’s fragile efforts to restore peace after years of fighting, according to the newspaper.

It asks: "But in all of these places, the same fundamental question applies: How does a democratic society protect itself from a few determined extremists who can upend an entire nation with a single devastating strike?"

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Police and the security forces kept a close eye over key buildings in Brussels on Sunday, including the city's train station.

French intelligence passed on to Germany details of five meticulously planned bomb attacks - including three at a stadium, one at a bus stop and one at a train station in Hanover – on the same night last week (17 November) that  Germany cancelled their football friendly against the Netherlands, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, external has reported.

A source quoted by the newspaper says that "the threat is still big" and that Germany faces the same problem as France with local jihadists returning from Syria.

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The AP news agency has stories of those who were at the Bataclan concert hall on the night of 13 November. 

It says that a police commissioner and his driver got to the venue before more elite teams, having learned from the police radio that they were near the site. 

According to AP, external: "The commissioner charged inside, traded fire with a gunman, and took him out of action before retreating so that special-operations teams could assemble.

"It was a key action that slowed the pace of carnage, and may have saved scores of lives."

The agency says the commissioners is still recovering from shock. 

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The Belgian government has set up several crisis call centres to provide information about the current security level in the Brussels region.

BBC sports editor Dan Roan says the British Davis Cup tennis team has delayed their departure to Belgium. 

The final, between Britain and Belgium, is due to take place on Friday. 

Earlier, the Sunday Telegraph had reported, external that the team was determined the match should go ahead, despite security measures being taken in Brussels. 

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Eagles of Death Metal, the US rock band whose fans were targeted in the Paris attacks, have spoken about the tragedy that saw 89 people killed at their gig.

All of the band were safe following the attack, but members of the crew and friends were among the victims at the Bataclan theatre.

Frontman Jesse Hughes told Vice people who hid in their dressing room had all been killed "except for a kid who was hiding under my leather jacket".

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The Belgian Federal Prosecutor's officer says a review of the security situation in Brussels - and across the country - is being carried out this afternoon. 

An announcement will be made at 17:00 local time on whether or not to continue with the security lock-down for the capital, said the BBC's Europe reporter Gavin Lee. 

He said: "The maximum security alert will remain in place in the meantime, as Belgian police and security services hunt for suspects linked to the Paris attacks and those said to be planning a similar atrocity in Belgium. 

"A spokesman for the Belgian Federal Prosecutor added that there was no information that explosives had been found during a raid in the city over the weekend, despite reports in the Belgian media, though weapons were found in one raid on a property in the city."  

Journalist Bert Ryman, who works for Belgian broadcaster VRT, says the government has some difficult decisions to make.

"It's one thing to close down a city, if you want, for a weekend but it's another very much more bigger problem if you do that for a Monday morning when a lot of people are having to go to work," he said.

"I heard about a lot of companies emailing their staff saying that if the threat level would still be [at the highest level] and if, for instance, the subway station would not be functioning tomorrow morning, people are advised to stay at home, to work from home." 

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A Belgian soldier and police officers stand next to a military armoured vehicle parked at the entrance of Brussels central train station.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says that the UN will present a comprehensive plan of action to defeat violence and extremism by early next year, Reuters reports. 

Security chiefs have issued a private warning to the British government that its counter-terror forces must be significantly boosted if they are to cope with a Paris-style terrorist attack, The Observer reports., external

It says the message has been delivered to Chancellor George Osborne ahead of a strategic defence and security review, to be announced by Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday. 

The Observer says that senior officers have stressed the importance for the UK Treasury to make a U-turn in the wake of the atrocities in Paris and the growing threat from IS. 

"Visit Brussels,"encourages a sign in Place Flagey. But there are very few people around to read it.

Normally, the square would be full of stalls for the Sunday market. But the security alert has forced the market to shut. Today, the square is largely empty - disturbed only by occasional joggers cutting through to the park.

Next to the square, a handful of people waited for the number 71 tram.

"I'm not scared," said Michel, a retired civil servant, "If the country could survive the 1940s, we can surely get through this."