Heartbreaking and poignant interview with a child
A video has been shared of a French interview with a father and son that is both emotional and heartbreaking.
The boy is asked how he feels and he speaks of his fear of the bad guys and fears they must move. The father then reassures the child but adds that there are bad guys everywhere.
The “precious” conversation took place at the scene of the Bataclan attacks and you can watch it below.
08:42
Osborne: Isil plotting deadly cyber-attacks against UK
Islamist terrorists are plotting to use they internet for “evil” by launching deadly cyber-attacks which could cripple Britain, George Osborne will warn later today, write Steven Swinford, Tom Whitehead, Christopher Hope and Gordon Rayner.
The Chancellor will use a speech at GCHQ to warn that Isil poses a significant “cyber threat” amid concerns that it could kill innocent people by attacking power stations, the National Grid and hospitals.
He will say: “Isil are already using the internet for hideous propaganda purposes; for radicalisation, for operational planning too.
“They have not been able to use it to kill people yet by attacking our infrastructure through cyber attack.
“They do not yet have that capability. But we know they want it, and are doing their best to build it.”
You can read their full report here.
A woman stands in front of a makeshift memorial made up with flowers, candles and messages, on at the Place de la Republique square in Paris
A woman stands in front of a makeshift memorial made up with flowers, candles and messages, on at the Place de la Republique square in Paris Photo: AFP/Getty Images
08:22
Google Maps search for Isil pinpoints Paris rock venue hit by deadly attack
A search for the term “Daech” or Daesh” – the French spelling of the acronym for the Islamic State – locates the terror group at the Bataclan, the Paris rock venue where Islamist suicide bombers blew themselves up after killing 89 people, writes Rory Mulholland in Paris.
The bizarre search result is due to the fact that huge numbers of people have been typing the two words together when looking for information about the horrific attacks on Paris on Friday.
The search engine’s algorithms then associated the two words and placed the terror group at the concert hall, a Google spokesman explained to BFM TV news channel.
‘Syrian’ suicide bomber in Paris attacks may have been French
The Paris suicide bomber whose body was found next to a Syrian passport may have been a Frenchman who had usurped a refugee’s identity, Le Monde reports, writes Rory Mulholland in Paris.
The paper quotes an internal document from France’s security services noting that several cases had been documented of “French jihadists returning from Syria carrying identity papers of third parties”.
The passport bearing the name Ahmad al-Mohammad was found near one of the three suicide bombers who blew themselves up outside the Stade de France.
Greece and Serbia have both confirmed that the document belonged to a 25-year-old migrant from the Syrian city of Idlib who registered as a refugee in their respective countries last month.
Fingerprints from the dead attacker match those of someone who passed through Greece in October, French officlas said.
The discovery of the passport beside the dead attacker has increased fears of Isil infiltrators among the hundreds of thousands of refugees making their way to northern Europe through the Balkans.
If the attacker was not a Syrian, he may have been using someone else’s ID or a fake one.
08:15
Australian police trained to shoot armed extremists on sight
Australian police are being trained to shoot armed extremists on sight rather than the force’s current tactic of “contain and negotiate” following a series of domestic terrorist attacks, writes Jonathan Pearlman in Sydney.
The training programme, based on tactics used by the FBI, has been assigned to officers in the state of New South of Wales, which has the largest force.
“We’re at a point now where the ground has shifted, things have changed and starting with Mumbai onwards, there’s been any number of attacks where you have a mobile enemy force, which moves through places and kills people,” the state’s deputy police commissioner Nick Kaldas told 2UE radio.
“We would be mad to continue to say we will do nothing but contain and negotiate.”
Australian authorities have warned of an escalated domestic terror threat following numerous attacks and thwarted plots in the past year.
Mr Kaldas said the changed police approach was not aimed at situations such as cornered armed robbers who do not necessarily intend to die. Instead, he said, it was designed for situations where “you’re dealing with someone who is there with a preconceived aim of dying and who wants to kill as many people as they possibly can”.
07:50
France stages 128 raids overnight
French police staged 128 raids in the early hours of Tuesday, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said, as authorities stepped up their investigation into the country’s worst-ever terror attacks, AFP writes.
Authorities had made 23 arrests and seized 31 weapons including a rocket launcher in a broad sweep of raids across the country the previous day.
07:10
Militant gang warns of attack on Bataclan
A video believed to be from 2008 has emerged showing a group of masked militants warning door staff at the Bataclan theatre, Paris, that it is a target, writes Charlotte Krol.
The gang of about 10 masked men recorded themselves demanding to speak to the management before threatening door staff, saying: “You will pay the consequences of your actions.
