16/11/2015 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello it's Monday, it's 9.15, I'm Victoria Derbyshire,

Shock, anger and fear in France as the country tries to rationalise why

it was hit again by terrorist attacks. A manhunt is under way.

Police have carried out more than 150 raids on addresses across the

country. France has also sent jets to bomb Raqqa in Syria. Plus,

massive investment in UK security amid fears the same could happen in

Britain. We will do everything we can to make sure we keep our people

safe but we live in a very dangerous world.

Raids are taking place across France this morning in search of surviving

members and accomplices of the group behind the Paris attacks.

So far, 129 people are known to have died.

Here are pictures of just 9 of them - as well as many Parisians,

they included people from Britain, America, Belgium and Mexico -

tourists, students, fashion designers, merchandise sellers,

lawyers, mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, sons, daughters -

all killed in 193 minutes of terror across the French capital.

36-year-old Nick Alexander was from Essex - he was selling merchandise

His family say he was "everyone's best friend" and died

His girlfriend Polina Buckley spoke to reporters.

How would you like people to remember him? He was the greatest

person in the world. In the past couple of minutes, two

more of the suicide bombers have been identified. Passport showed one

of them was 25 years of age. One of the attackers at the Bataclan was

28. An eighth man is on the run. The French Prime Minister Manuel

Valls has revealed they believe new terror attacks are being planned

in France and in other European countries following the carnage

in Paris. In an interview this morning he

also said the French intelligence services had prevented several

attacks since the summer. He said the attacks were planned and

organised from Syria. We know that operations were being prepared, not

only against France but other European countries as well. Islamic

State issued a statement, stating clearly these countries were

possible targets. It's emerged that a suspect -

who's on the run - was spoken to by French police hours after

the killings, and then released. Salah Abdeslam, who's 26, is thought

to have rented a car in Belgium that was found near the Bataclan theatre,

where 89 people were murdered. Raids have been carried out

in various locations across France, Our reporter Jim Reed has

the latest. We were quite close to the stage,

just dancing. People were screaming, shouting and screaming. Firing

indiscriminately into the crowd. It lasted an eternity, it was probably

an hour. As Paris comes to terms with the worst terror attack since

the Second World War, the investigation is moving quickly.

Reports that at least one of the suicide bombers had a ticket to the

game and tried to get inside before being challenged by security.

It was here that police found the Syrian passport near the body of one

of the attackers. Officials have said it was used to travel the

migrant route but no direct link has been made with the attack and at

this stage there is the possibility it was planted, forged or stolen.

Around the time of the stadium attack, gunman struck at six

different locations in the east of Paris. Most of them were cafes and

restaurants. I thought it was a firecracker then it got louder.

There was a pile of bodies on the left-hand side, about four that had

been sitting at the tables on the right-hand side. On Sunday the focus

was on this car, suspected to have been used as a getaway vehicle.

French media said police found abandoned in the outskirts of the

city with three rounds of ammunition and assault rifles. It was in the

Bataclan concert venue that there was the greatest loss of life. ATI

confirmed dead with dozens more in a serious condition. New footage

emerged of the moment shooting broke out. A second car has been traced to

this man, one of three brothers suspected of being involved in the

attacks. A manhunt is under way for the 26-year-old, reportedly stopped

by police shortly after the attacks driving in another car North to the

Belgian border, but he was let go. The international connection now

appears to be key. Police made a series of arrests in Brussels,

detaining several men including the older brother of Salah Abdeslam. The

names of the other attackers are starting to be released. This

brother from the same family blew themselves up outside this bar.

In Paris last night it was about the victims far more than the

perpetrators. Funerals will take place in the coming days. 129 are

now confirmed the dead from at least 13 different countries. More than

300 have been injured, many very seriously.

The Paris prosecutor is seeing one of the suicide bombers was a French

national, born in a presumed suburb, and was known to French

anti-terrorist police and had been known since 2012, and had been the

subject of an international arrest warrant since 2013. A little bit

more about another of the suicide bombers... It is the same one,

actually. Placed under formal investigation for terrorist

conspiracy. France has responded to the attacks

in Paris on Friday by launching its biggest bombing raid yet against the

self-styled Islamic State group. A wave of French jets struck

a number of targets in the Syrian city of Raqqa, which is controlled

by the militants. The French govt says they have the

right to self defend themselves, after the Islamic State group said

it carried out the Paris attacks. Jeremy Corbyn has suggested those

extra strikes from France will probably not make any difference. He

said the answer has to be a political settlement in Syria though

he acknowledged this would be very difficult to achieve.

Here, the government has announced extra funding for security

and intelligence staff at MI5, MI6, and GCHQ - which will allow them to

It's the biggest increase in security spending since the July

David Cameron says "protecting the British people is my

number one duty as prime minister " and that the new recruits will

help in a "generational struggle" against extremism.

In an interview on Radio 4 this morning he also said

the government has been aware of groups of militants in Syria

potentially sending people back to carry out attacks in Britain.

It is very important that we carry on with our lives. What these

terrorists want to do is change our way of life and destroy our way of

life and we should be vigilant. In a free society you never have 100%

security but you also have the people and the police working

together to keep us safe. Remember that but remember that our freedom

depends on showing resolve and carrying on with our way of life,

which is exactly what we want to do. The biggest loss of life was at the

Bataclan Theatre. Michael O'Connor was caught up in the attack. It was

just like an automatic rifle firing into the crowd. People falling all

over the place, screaming, pushing to get away. It was so fool as well.

Once I realised what was going on, my first instinct was to get me and

my girlfriend out of there. I don't think I heard the attackers shouting

or saying anything, they were just firing indiscriminately into the

crowd. When they had emptied the magazine, everybody got up and tried

to make another --, they be loaded and started firing into us again.

People were wounded and conscious but not crying out, trying to stay

quiet. I could see lots of other people who were obviously dead. At

one point we could tell there was activity on the balcony, we were

whispering to each other that we would be OK. I thought I was going

to die. At one point, because I could not see properly, it sounded

like they were firing down from the balcony into the main area. I

thought at some point they would shoot us as well. It was towards the

end of a song. It sounded like firecrackers. People did not know

what was going on. Thought it was part of the gig. Right up to the

front of the stage, the lead singer ran off. At that point we realised

this was not part of the show. This was reality. When they ran off stage

there were gunshots, everything was quiet and the lights went on.

Everybody dropped to the floor, people were hugging each other,

protecting each other. It was really distressing. Could not believe what

was happening. The gunfire continued. There was not any

screaming, just silence, there was not even the echo of guns, these

bullets kept hitting people. Everybody was silent, people were

lying there, it felt like it was about ten minutes but it was

probably about two minutes. People starting to crawl away. There was

not a point where we could run, we were just crawling toward the fire

exit. Some people were frozen with fear, not moving, it was disturbing

that you were climbing over people, people just like you. I turned round

to see where the sound came from and as I turned round, there were rows

of people dropping to the floor. We followed. We looked up and just saw

this guy walking around the edge of the room with a rifle, we both

thought that was it for us, but thankfully after that, the doors

opened and we were close enough that we got out fairly soon. People and

governments across the world have pledged solidarity with France and

have been spontaneous tributes as well. Here are some of them.

My message to the French people is simple. This is an attack not just

on Paris but not just on people of France but an attack on all of

humanity and the values we share. All of the places where people were

killed were places where people were having fun and there is no one in

this world that should have the right to stop us doing what we love.

Just to let you know this is being reported by Reuters, Belgian police

have carried out a raid in the Brussels district where some of the

suicide bombers are said to have lived.

Coming up: We will hear from David Cameron on the Paris attacks,

talking from the T20 summit in Turkey. We will hear what he says

life. And as the Prime Minister warns of further attacks in Paris

and across Europe, we will be live in Paris with Ben Brown in a few

minutes. A manhunt is underway for one

of the key suspects of the Paris terror attacks in

which 129 people were killed. Police are searching

for Brussels-born 26-year-old It's emerged that he was questioned

in the hours afterwards Two more of

the attackers have just been named. The authorities are already looking

for him after he broke bail in 2013. A Syrian passport was found

near his body. France has hit back

against the Islamic State militant group in response to the Paris

attacks, launching air strikes against their stronghold

in the Syrian city of Raqqa. The defence ministry said 20 bombs

were dropped in the raid overnight, hitting targets including

a command centre, a munitions depot In the UK more money is to be

made available for the security David Cameron says

an extra 1900 officers would help in what he called a generational

struggle against extremism. He's also told the Today programme

that Britain should consider also I support the action in Syria.

It is happening anyway. The question is,

should we go further? I have always said I think it

is sensible that we should. ISIL don't recognise

a border between Iraq and Syria and neither should we.

I need to build the argument, I need to take it to Parliament,

I need to convince more people. We won't hold the vote unless we can

see Parliament would endorse the A 16-year-old has been arrested

on suspicion of attempted murder after a police officer was attacked

in East London. The officer was stabbed

in the stomach while responding to reports of anti-social behaviour

in Tower Hamlets. Scotland Yard said

the constable is in a serious but stable condition in hospital.

Around 60 flood warnings remain in place across Britain this

morning, but the most serious risk is believed to have passed.

Torrential rain over the weekend has caused flooding in parts of Cumbria,

Lancashire and Yorkshire. Good morning. The French national

team will travel to England today for the international friendly. They

did have the offer for the game not to go ahead after the English FA

suggested they could cancel the game, but all 23 players wanted the

game to go ahead. Just like many sports stadiums across the world,

the Wembley arch will be lit up with the colours of the French flag to

show solidarity with the French people. Elsewhere in sport, Lewis

Hamilton says that he will work hard to try and understand why he is now

losing team is the sadist team-mate Nico Rosberg. Nico Rosberg racked up

his second victory against Lewis Hamilton in quick succession after

winning the Brazilian Grand Prix yesterday. And Andy Murray begins

his ATP world tour finals campaign against David Ferrer out this

afternoon. It will be interesting to see how Andy Murray get done because

he has been preparing for the Davis cup final, which starts next week,

on play, but this surface is a hard court so it will be interesting to

see if he can step up to that challenge. -- on clay courts. Thank

you. Inevitably our programme is dominated by events in Paris at the

weekend. Let's go live to the capital and Ben Brown. What has the

French Prime Minister been saying this morning? Manuel Valls has been

saying that we have got to live with this terrorist threat. We have to

fully live, but live with this threat, and that is the message that

people here in Paris and around France are beginning to get. They

have the attacks, the Charlie Hebdo killings, in January at the

beginning of this year, and all the terror that followed them. And now

the year is ending with more terrorism, even more deadly. Manuel

Valls said Islamic state cannot win the war against us but this

terrorist organisation is seeking to weaken and divide us. Here in Place

de la Republique, in the heart of Paris, is where people have been

coming to lay flowers and light candles in memory of the dead, but

also leaving slogans saying that France will not be weekend or

divided by this terrorism and they will stand up to it and defy it.

What more can you tell us about the identity of the attackers?

Interesting because new details have just emerged in the last few minutes

about two of the suicide bombers. One of them who blew himself up

outside the stadium where President Hollande was during the France

friendly match with Germany, the star to France, that was Ahmad Al

Mohammad. -- Stade de France. A Syrian passport was found by his

body and if that is authentic, he was 25 years old and born in Syria.

We are just getting that information now from the Paris prosecutors

office, and the identity of another suicide bomber has been given, Samy

Amimour, 28 and from France. This is interesting and very significant

because this man was born in Paris and was known to the French

intelligence services, we are hearing. He was actually placed

under formal investigation in October 2012 for terrorist

conspiracy. He was right on their radar. He broke bail in 2013. An

international arrest warrant was issued for him. Three of his

relatives have now been detained but this was a man who was on the radar

of French intelligence, so yet more questions for them. And how would

you describe the atmosphere today? Still very tense, Victoria. When we

arrived here on Saturday morning, the city was pretty empty. Just in a

few hours after the attacks, people frightened, nervous, staying in

their homes and afraid to go onto the streets. And yesterday more

people did come out onto the streets and they did want to attend vigils

at the various scenes of the six attacks, lighting candles, laying

flowers, showing solidarity. Then there was panic last night when

people thought there had been a new attack right where we are in Place

de la Republique, and people started running. Hundreds of people running,

they thought for their lives. People are so on edge, really. There was

not only gunfire but there were rumours that there had been some

shooting and so they ran. There were extraordinary scenes in cafes with

people diving under tables and lying on the floor because they thought

new attacks had started. And particularly because one of the

suspect is still on the run, 26-year-old Salah Abdeslam. Police

have said that he is dangerous and should not be approached if seen.

That is adding to the sense of nervousness and tension here. Thank

you. Ben Brown live in Paris. It is probably worth repeating what the

Paris prosecutor is telling us this morning about two of the suicide

bombers. As we were saying, a 28-year-old French man, Samy

Amimour, charged in 2012 in a terrorism investigation, and placed

under judicial supervision, but he dropped off the radar and was the

subject of an international arrest warrant. Another of the suicide

bombers who blew himself up outside the Stade de France, tried to get

in, found with a Syrian passport, by the name of Ahmad Al Mohammad. 25

and born in Syria. The prosecutors are saying fingerprints from the

attacker match those of somebody who passed through Greece in October.

And three members of the family have been in custody since early Monday

morning. The very first attacker to be formally identified was Omar

Mostefai, a 29-year-old French man, born just South of Paris and we have

been finding out more about him. I'm in Chartres,

which is a town about an hour south of Paris, and we are

outside the house of Omar Mostefai. It's here he lived in around 2012,

but we've been on the trail It started when we were

in Courcouronnes, the town just south of Paris, 15 kilometres south,

and part of the Banlieux. I spoke to people there,

and they kind of painted a picture of a bit of a

street rat, bit of a kind of local Arrested eight times by police,

involved in petty crime. But I spoke to a friend

of his who said he was a nice guy, just one of the lads,

used to drive around in cars and just generally hang out, nothing

particularly menacing about him. But something seems to have happened

in 2010 when he came here to Chartres and he was flagged by the

government as a possible radical. In 2012, his brother at least thinks

he may well have gone to Algeria, and from there possible he even

went to Syria, but I've got to say We've been on the trail

of this young man and it seems that it's gone from street rat to

dangerous, dangerous radical. Still to come, we will be live in

Paris where we will get political reaction on the terror attacks.

Let's speak to Norman Smith about reaction here and in particular what

David Cameron has been saying on the radio this morning. What would you

draw from what he has said? A number of interesting lines. The most

striking thing is that he said there have been seven thwarted terrorist

plots in the UK in the last six months alone. They are not on the

scale of what happened in Paris but seven is an awful lot in six months

and that underlines the nature of the threat we now seem to face. He

also announced there would be beefing up of security services and

extra cash to take on 2000 more spies, bluntly. The budget for

aviation services will be doubled, so more security officers at

airports, more scanning, more research will technology to go into

scanning equipment. And there will be a review into a number of

airports in the Middle East and North Africa which are used by a lot

of British travellers, just to see if the security there is up to date.

And on top of all that, the investigatory powers bill, which we

have talked a lot about, giving the security services more power to look

at our emails, internet and data usage, there are indications that

David Cameron might speed that up through the Commons. What is

absolutely critical in many people's mines will be whether we are going

to start bombing and joining in the air in Syria. The indication from

David Cameron is no, not now, because there simply is no

parliamentary majority for it. Labour MPs are opposed, the SNP, the

Liberal Democrats, all opposed. But this is the thing. There are signs

that the West, Britain, America and France, are willing to strike a deal

with President Putin because the language has changed. If a deal can

be done with Putin said that Russia focuses all its efforts on attacking

IS, all its diplomatic efforts there, that could potentially mean

some Labour MPs think they have a diplomatic route and we could be

willing to support military action if there is a diplomatic route. Just

listen to what David Cameron said on the wireless this morning about

relations with Russia. It sounds much more conciliatory. Of course we

are using our military power in Iraq, directly combating Isil and

they have lost 20% of the territory that they held, but we are also

using our military power to stop in their tracks threats to this

country, as we did with Hussein and in helping the Americans with

so-called Jihadi John, who were all in Syria. On the issue of going

further, I support the action in Syria. We are part of the enablers

for that. It is happening anyway. The question is whether we should go

further and join that action. I have always said that I think it is

sensible that we should. Isil do not recognise a border between Iraq and

Syria and neither do we but I need to build the argument, take it to

Parliament, convince more people. We will not hold that vote unless we

can see that Parliament would endorse that action, because to fail

on this would be damaging. It is not a question of damaging the

Government. It is not damaging our country and its reputation in the

world. I will build the case, but in the end Parliament must decide. So

air strikes and joining in, in the immediate future, no. David Cameron

is not going to risk it, not just because of the personal blow to his

own authority but the diplomatic risks. It would be a political coup

for Islamic state. The view in Government circles is that if they

can get Putin on board, if they can get some broad agreement reached,

then he can go back to the Commons and say, look, I want you to support

air strikes but I have a diplomatic plan as well. Many Labour MPs are

saying they will not support air strikes unless there is a clear

diplomatic plan. If David Cameron and Obama can hammer out a

diplomatic plan, then it is quite possible that David Cameron will

come back to the Commons and say, look, here it is, now will you back

air strikes? David Cameron addressed that this

morning but there are differences because we are an island. That is a

fairly significant factor. When you speak to the police they say the

availability of guns in Britain is much less, particularly automatic

weapons. The other thing David Cameron spoke about is we have

different border controls. They have an agreement so that in the rest of

Europe when you are in, you are in. But let us not be naive, we have

seen terrorism on the streets already, and we should expect more

police on the streets, more presence at sporting events, such as the

coming football match. I wonder whether the Chancellor will need to

think again about cuts to police budgets because you can imagine the

Home Secretary will be saying to him, hang on a second, you cannot

seriously be talking about cutting police numbers. We are getting more

details about the suicide bombers all the time. The French Daugherty

is identifying another two of the attackers. -- French authorities.

One of the attackers came from Turkey, he was found with the Syrian

passport alongside him. Still not clear if that passport was genuine

or not. His family are saying that he went to Syria two years ago.

More information coming in all the time. Let us speak to a

French-Algerian journalist who specialises in Islamic politics. How

do you respond to what happened? My first thought was I was glad I was

not there. I go back and forth an awful lot. My sister, my brother, my

friends live in Paris. My first reaction was to say, thank God I am

safe. I will make sure family and friends were caught in this tragedy,

I spoke to my sister and she said she was about to go out with

girlfriends around that time. They got lazy about it and they remained

away from the capital. I also spoke to my younger brother, who lives in

Paris, and told him to stay at home because there was no indication at

that point that the attacks were over. There could be further attacks

and, as it happens, there is an ongoing crisis, with one of the

terrorist at large, with one of the accomplices. It is very much an

ongoing threat and I wanted to make sure, he is a distinctive looking

young man, there was always going to be a risk of him being arrested or

being the victim of violence because of retaliation attacks. Rate. That

is interesting you talk about retaliation, is that an

inevitability? There are always going to be people who will want to

link the attacks and try to stigmatise entire communities

because of the background of the perpetrators, of the attacks. To

give you some staggering figures, after the Charlie Hebdo attacks,

within hours they work grenade and arson attacks in France against

mosques. In the six months, physical assaults against Muslims have

increased by 500%. There was an increase of 100% of verbal abuse,

with women wearing headscarves being targeted particularly, including

children who refused to do the minute of silence because they did

not feel that they were with Charlie Hebdo. They were pulled out of

classrooms and taken to police stations. We are talking about

children aged 8-12. This feels different, don't you think? It feels

very different. It was indiscriminate, particularly

sinister because of the targets. It is very easy to attack civilians.

The danger of -- the nature of these attacks makes it the most cowardly

possible. I think there will be a different feeling to Paris. There is

a determination to put a resilient front and say, never again but we

heard that slogan in January. There was marching across Paris. It was

highly symbolic. It was necessary, but I think the French will expect

more than token a stick marches. They expect the government to do

much more than that, including intelligence, proper intelligence.

Let me ask you about some of the information coming out this morning,

that one of the men went to Syria a couple of years ago and was on the

radar of the authorities, under judicial supervision until 2013,

then dropping off the radar. Indeed. There is something depressingly

familiar and predictable about the profile of the terrorists, not only

those involved in these attacks but also invariably, they tend to be

young French men of North African background who live on housing

estates, very much deprived areas. They tend to come from troubled

backgrounds, involved in petty criminality. They have a track

record of radicalisation. It includes spending time abroad.

Countries where we can have an affiliation. There is still a heck

of a leap from growing up in a deprived suburb and then 20 years

later turning up with a suicide vest and a Kalashnikov to kill Muslims,

Christians, French people, at a rock concert. There is indeed, but there

are clues that you cannot ignore, and that includes the radicalisation

aspect. Invariably, these young people are known to security

services. I think the radicalisation aspect makes them particularly

interesting for the security services, people who should be

monitored properly. Trips abroad to countries like Syria, that is not

innocent. It takes a handful of sociopaths from that background to

absolutely reek havoc. These are people who, in their minds, have

nothing to lose. There is a tacit agreement that they are prepared to

kill as many people as possible and die themselves. May I just add that

after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, we have heard from the Prime Minister

of France, he spoke very frankly and bluntly about an ethnic, territorial

and social apartheid in France. The high-rise estates, characterised

with delinquency, discrimination and poverty. It is a fertile ground for

people to become liable to carry out the radicalisation. The French

interior minister is about to hold a press conference in Paris, we will

cross live when he begins. Why do you think Paris again? To be

perfectly honest, I'm sure there are many reasons, but there is also an

intrinsic link, it seems, between foreign policy and domestic

affairs, and there is certainly a relation there between France's

decision to tackle an extremely serious, global problem, that is

barbaric, radicalisation linked to groups like Isis, strikes in their

territory, eastern Syria, western Iraq, and the perception that it is

an unjust crusade, and yet another attack on Muslim countries, that in

itself, we know that groups like Isis have mastered the art of

communication and they can certainly use that as a propaganda tool, to

recruit vulnerable minds. Thank you for talking to us. This news is

coming into us. It is from a source in David Cameron's office. Britain

foiled the attack -- foiled an attack on the UK in the last month.

British authorities foiled an attack on the UK in the last month. That is

being reported by Reuters. We will bring more answers to that. We are

going to speak now to people living in France because it is not just a

global effort going on but also a network of collaborators. As that

recessed takes place some community leaders have said they fear a sinner

may -- they fear a lot of hatred coming towards French Muslims.

Letters park to a member of the foundation for ethnic understanding.

-- let us speak. Is a backlash inevitable against some Muslims

living in Paris? Thank you for your invitation. Yes, of course we are

fearing backlash. Honestly speaking, we have already witnessed some

rallies in the north of France against Muslims, we have seen masks

that have been tagged with racist slogans. -- mosques. At the same

time, we need to bring a new narrative into society, saying that

we have failed to answer the Charlie Hebdo attack, we have failed to

bring a long-term solution in terms of foreign policy, the mess the

conveyors, we need to bring back those issues to the table of

politicians and ask them, and demand some real solution on those topics.

What do you think of your President's response, to send more

French jets to drop bombs on Islamic State's stronghold in Raqqa? I wake

up this morning and I have seen this news and I was taken aback. Do we

really think sending weapons and bombing a city like Raqqa will solve

the issue? We know that the terrorist attack happened from

people who were born and raised in this country. I don't think bombing

Daesh is the solution, I don't think it is right to do that and not think

about the situation that happens because of President Assad. We need

to look at our foreign policy and see where we failed, because we

failed. Thank you for talking to us. This reported by Associated Press,

the latest on the attacks in Paris. A French official says the suspected

mastermind of the attacks was also linked to thwarted train and church

attacks, they have identified him as a Belgian man and they say he is

believed to be linked to various attacks on a Paris bound high-speed

train and Paris church. The official was not authorised to be publicly

identified. The suspected mastermind is a Belgian man. He is believed to

be linked to the watered attacks. At the moment, seven people are in

custody in Belgium suspected of links to the attacks. An

international arrest warrant has been issued for a Belgian born

Frenchman believed to be involved as well.

A lot of rain in the last 48 hours, with dramatic footage of rivers

breaking their banks, cars getting submerged and a lot of flooding

across northern areas. This picture is Yorkshire and the river cruise at

very high levels. The bad news is more wet and windy weather

throughout this week with more chance of flooding, but then

something colder with wintry showers later. That is a long way off so I

will go back to the here and now. Monday is breezy with severe gales

developing in northern Scotland through the afternoon. Wintry

showers over the Scottish mountaintops and rain to lower

levels. A cold things in the northern half of the country and

mild in the South. Wetter weather coming in too much of England and

Wales, including areas in the North that have already seen flooding.

That storm is bringing severe gales that slowly move away. Both weather

systems clear away, but then we say hello to the next area of low

pressure hurtling into south-western parts of the country throughout

Tuesday, bringing more wet and windy weather in areas where we do not

need any more rain. Temperatures on the mild side in the southern half

of the country but quite cool in the North with temperatures in single

figures. Into the middle part of the week, we see the next area of low

pressure moving in. This one has a sting in its tail, bringing gales to

northern parts of the UK. Then this next area of low pressure brings in

more wet and windy weather. Keep tuned to the weather forecast and

keep up to date on the flood weather warnings.

Thank you. Good morning. It is ten o'clock on Monday. I am Victoria

Derbyshire. Welcome to the programme

if you've just joined us.. Standing in solidarity - the whole

of Europe is set to fall silent in an hour's time as people across

the continent pause for a minute's silence to remember the victims

of the Paris terror attacks. I just turned round to see whether

sound came from and everybody was just dropping to the floor, row

after row, so we followed suit. I remember looking up from the floor

for just a second and seeing this guy walking around the edge of the

room with a rifle. Meanwhile, seven of the Paris attackers are

identified as the manhunt for an eighth continues. Police have

carried out 150 raids on suspected Islamist militants. Meanwhile France

retaliates for the attacks, carrying out a wave of air strikes on Raqqa

in Syria, the stronghold of the so-called Islamic State. In the UK,

it has been revealed that seven security attacks were foiled in the

last six months and one in the last month. Good morning. The main news

so far this morning: A manhunt is under way for one of the key suspect

in the Paris terror attacks, in which 129 people were killed.

Police are searching for 26-year-old seller Abdul and -- Salah Abdeslam.

He was born in France. Police are also searching for Omar Mostefai,

who broke bail in 2013, and Ahmad Al Mohammad, whose Syrian passport was

found next to his body. The mastermind of the attacks has been

identified as a Belgian man called Abdul Hamid Abood. French police

have carried out 150 raids across the country since Friday night.

Several people have been arrested and weapons seized. The French Prime

Minister Manuel Valls says the attacks were planned from Syria and

more were being prepared. We know that operations were being prepared

and are still being prepared, not only against France, but other

European countries as well. Islamic State issued a statement on Saturday

in which they claimed responsibility for the attacks, and it stated

clearly that these countries were its possible targets. France has hit

back against the Islamic State militant group in response to the

attacks, launching air strikes in their stronghold of the Syrian city

of Raqqa. 20 bombs were dropped overnight targeting munitions depots

and a training camp. It has emerged that Britain prevented a tax on the

UK last month, following knowledge that more money will be made

available for MI5, MI6 and GCHQ. David Cameron said 1900 officers

would be involved in what he called a generational struggle against

extremism. He also told the Today programme that we should continue

considering air strikes in Syria. I support air strikes in Syria and we

are part of the enablers of that. The question is whether we should go

further and support the action. I think we should. Isil do not

recognise a border between Iraq and Syria and neither should we but I

need to build the argument, take it to Parliament and convince more

people. We will not hold that vote unless we can see that Parliament

would endorse that action. A 16-year-old has been arrested

on suspicion of attempted murder after a police officer was attacked

in East London. The officer was stabbed

in the stomach while responding to reports of anti-social behaviour

in Tower Hamlets. Scotland Yard said the constable is

in a serious but stable condition. Around 60 flood warnings remain

in place across Britain this morning, but the most serious risk

is believed to have passed. Torrential rain over the weekend has

caused flooding in parts of Cumbria, The French national team travel to

England today after turning down an offer to withdraw from

tomorrow's friendly at Wembley, Like many sports stadiums

around the world, the Wembley arch will be lit up

in the colours of the French flag. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg beat

his team mate Lewis Hamilton for the second time in a row,

winning the Brazilian Grand Prix. Rosberg started on pole,

led at the first corner, Hamilton sealed the Championship

title last month. Andy Murray begins his ATP World

Finals campaign later today. Murray hasn't had the ideal

preparation for this event. The world number two is also looking

ahead to the Davis Cup final against Belgium

and faced the challenge of having to That is all the sport for now. Thank

you. The French Interior Minister has just begun a press conference in

France. They present a threat against our country. I have

announced that six French citizens have been identified. 34 were

prevented from leaving the country. And including the imam is, the

preachers of hate. For months now, the services of the Interior

Ministry have gathered the necessary means and measures in the cultural

centres and also locations of face to prevent this. The procedure is

under way and will be examined by the Council of ministers, these

measures. The judicial framework, the state of emergency, will allow

us to amplify this work in the long term, to prevent attacks and protect

French citizens. I have an exceptional mobilisation within the

scope of emergency measures so that we carry out a search of households

and homes. Over the past 48 hours, 100 targets have been identified.

Individuals have been identified since last night. The police and

gender armoury are working in coordination with territorial

services and have carried out 68 searches of individual houses and

suspects following accusations. This will speed up and this is important

and essential our investigations over the radicalised objectives and

also to give us the information. The state of emergency has been applied.

The searches were into loos, Leon -- Toulouse, Lyon and throughout

France. Not a single area will be left alone within the maximum alert

where the forces of the law are mobilised within my authority. I

would like to give the first 24 individuals that have been detained.

18 drugs and stupefying drugs have been found. We have also found

telecommunication means that would have been used. For example an

object has been identified that would have been used for the

trafficking of arms and drugs. We have managed to find a Kalashnikov,

three automatic pistols, and an anti-bullet fest. Under the

direction of the Republic's prosecutor and judiciary, we have

orders to search the household of a number of people. We found a number

of automatic pistols and military uniforms and rocket launchers. The

judiciary police is carrying out its investigation as we speak. As you

know, there could be a connection, a link with terrorists. Everything

gathered last night will be studied with regard to a terrorist link.

This is just the beginning. These actions will continue. The reply of

the Republic will be solid and total. Those who want to hurt the

Republic, they will be attacked. They will be dealt with, and those

who help them, therefore as the Prime Minister has reminded us this

morning, we are applying all investigation means to dispel the

radical Imams who dispel hatred and putting them under house arrest.

They have been targeted. Ladies and gentlemen, this terrorist barbarism

has opened a war against us. There are no other options except one and

this is the one the French have adopted. And the French Government

is applying a response from the Republic against those who wish to

destroy us. The terrorists will never destroy the Republic because

the Republic will destroy them. Thank you. That was the French

Interior Minister. Various details about the identities of the suicide

bombers. He talked about 68 searches of suspects' houses across France.

Weapons and ammunition that have been seized including pistols and

rocket launchers. Here, Downing Street sources are saying that

security services prevented one attack in the UK in the last month

and earlier today the Prime Minister said that seven attacks were

prevented in Britain in the last six months. Frank Gardner, our security

correspondent, is here. Would that be pretty typical for what has been

thwarted? Well, the number of attacks they are thwarting is far

higher this year than it has been in the past. It is right back to the

intense period around 2005 and 2006 and possibly worse. They are resting

one person on average every day on suspicion of terrorism offences,

which is really alarming. The pace of the arrests, the pace of the

threat, it is unprecedented. The scale of the thwarted attacks that

David Cameron referred to there is tiny compared to what has happened

in Paris. They would still be damaging. If those attacks had gone

through, I am sure it would have been very bad for anybody involved,

but they are not on the scale of Paris. Nothing that we have seen

here, apart from 7/7, is on quite that scale. There was the liquid

bomb plot, which was huge, but these are relatively minor. I think that

the intelligence agencies in Britain and probably in other countries have

probably lulled themselves into the idea that the most likely threat

will come from lone operators, people like the people that attacked

Lee Rigby in the streets of wallets, who will be radicalised, yes, but

not predicting on a watch list and will suddenly be spurred into

action. But we have seen from Paris that this was carefully planned and

coordinated and almost certainly directed from Raqqa in Syria, so

that is back to the Al-Qaeda model of a centralised direction, sending

out teams from overseas, the Middle East, the wider Middle East.

The government has announced they are increasing the manpower of the

intelligence agencies, that is GCHQ, MI5, MI6, by 15%. 1900 new

intelligence and security officers are going to be added. A huge part

of the challenge is to break these in critical applications, break into

them, if they can communicate with each other, they cannot be detected.

The challenge for any government is to make sure those powers are not

abused, if they get the bill through, it is very important they

are not abused by councils, snooping on people where they live, seeing if

they are putting out their rubbish on time and things like that. The

thing it does not address is community policing, that is quite

dangerous because one of the big success stories is that communities,

not necessarily Muslim communities, have been very good at feeding up

information if they think they are concerned about somebody being

radicalised, leaving a bag unattended, that is a really ported

part of intelligence gathering. There is a limit to how much you can

intercept traditional intelligence gathering, a lot of it is the public

being public spirited. If you reduce community policing there is a risk

you will lose those eyes and ears on the ground. Can I ask you one final

question about weapons and ammunition and the kind of things

that were used in Paris, where they are coming from and why it is so

easy to get them across, and is it possible that kind of weaponry could

end up in Britain? It is not impossible, Britain has been speared

the kind of big marauding terrorist attacks we have seen in Paris twice

this year. That is partly because it has tighter border controls, we are

not part of the agreement which allows free passage of people across

borders without checks. The weapons come from the Balkans. It is very

easy for them to cross borders in the EU. The Germans got lucky, they

stopped the car where the boot was full of AK-47s. Unfortunately they

did not think to inform the rest of Europe, even though this person had

Paris in his Saturn Avenue. Who knows if that would have thought of

them. -- in his GPS navigation device. Weapons like this appear in

all these attacks, they have not so far appeared on the streets of

Britain. But we are not immune to it. There was the IRA connection a

long time ago. But nobody is being complacent about this. What do we

know about the identity of the men who carried out the attacks? Seven

have been named. One is Salah Abdeslam, he was spoken to by police

hours after the attacks and is thought to have rented a car. Two

other suspects are his brothers. One of them blew himself up near the

Bataclan. A third brother is reported to have been arrested by

police in Belgium. Another has been named as the

attacker who died at the stag do France.

A Syrian passport was found near his body. Then there is a 28-year-old

from near Paris, also thought to have died, blowing himself up at the

Bataclan. He was charged in 2012 over claims that he planned to

travel to Yemen. He was going to be placed under judicial supervision

and then dropped off the radar. Our correspondent is in the centre of

Paris. We are here at the Place de la Republique, the place where

people came in January to express their defiance. They have come back

here after the killings, they have lit candles and left flowers,

leaving messages saying that France and the French values of democracy

and liberty will not be beaten by terrorist attacks like the one we

saw on Friday night. The death toll currently stands at 129. This is

still very much a city on edge. Very tense, very nervous. Last night

people heard rumours that shots had been fired. It was a false alarm.

People were running for their lives and taking cover under tables in

cafes, to give a sense of panic in this city. I am joined by senior

French politicians to discuss the aftermath of these killings. Thank

you to both of you. What are your thoughts in the wake of these

terrible attacks that have left so many dead in this beautiful city?

They are terrifying attacks. It is the most violent attack we have had

in our country since the Second World War. It was a very coordinated

action. We need to think about how we can resist this new type of

terrorism. Even though we're used these kind of attacks, I must say.

Francois Hollande said this is a war against terrorism, do you agree with

that? In January we had a very big attack, but it is the first time it

was so bad, and I think you need to think differently in France, to

fight this. You need to think differently in the Europe, we need

to have something different because now the problem comes from Syria and

Iraq, and you need to have Europe fighting these people who come here

to kill us. You need to fight this. You need to have the same thinking,

the same solidarity between Europe, Russia and America. Some people have

asked questions about the French intelligence services, one of the

suicide bombers was known to them. Have there been failure is

questionable I would not say that, we had discussed about the

coordination of security services. We have discussed having a modern

security service. We need to analyse, get back to Parliament and

discuss together how we can find out different solutions because the next

attacks might be different, everything is flexible, we need to

react in that way, to get security services to adapt. Do you think

there will be more attacks? I do not know, we are engaged in a war

against Islamic State in Syria, foreign policy, we need to think

about how we can react in the Middle East, how we can get together,

otherwise every state can close its borders. Do you think there could be

more attacks? Yes, everything is possible, I think it is possible,

you can never say, it is something for a long time, because a big

problem in the world, it is very difficult for us to say but I think

we could have more attacks. Many thanks to both of you. There will be

a minute's silence in France and across Europe later today to

remember the dead, and Francois Hollande will be addressing a joint

session at both houses of the French parliament later. The Prime

Minister, David Cameron, who is at the Jeep 20 summit, has told a press

conference the summit had agreed important steps to cut off terrorist

financing and counter extremist ideologies. He told a press

conference the summit has collectively agreed important

steps. Raids are taking place at locations across France. The Prime

Minister said the authorities were using a state of emergency to

question people who were part of the radical jihadists movement. Our

reporter has the latest. They were just randomly shooting

first in the dark. We were quite close to the stage,

just dancing. We heard a bang, there was shouting and screaming, firing

indiscriminately into the crowd. A random massacre, it lasted a

lifetime, and eternity. It was probably an hour. As Paris comes to

terms with the worst terror attack since the Second World War, the

investigation into what happened on Friday appears to be moving quickly.

In the north of the city, at the stadium, reports that at least one

of the suicide bombers had a ticket to the game and try to get inside

before being challenged by security. It was here that police found a

Syrian passport near the body of one of the attackers. Officials have

confirmed it was used to travel the migrant routes through Greece. No

direct link has been made with the attack and at this stage there is

the possibility it was planted, forged, or stolen. Around the time

of the attack, there was six strikes in and around the east of Paris.

There was a firecracker, it went on and then it got louder.

Also -- on Sunday the focus was on this black car, used as a getaway

vehicle. The police found abandoned in the outskirts of the city with an

initial the back-seat. It was in the Bataclan concert venue there was the

greatest loss of life. More than 80 are confirmed dead there with dozens

more in a serious condition. New footage emerged of the moment

shooting broke out as the band played. A second car used in this

attack has been traced to this man, Salah Abdeslam, one of three

brothers suspected of being involved in the attacks. A manhunt is under

way for the 26-year-old, who was reportedly stopped by police,

driving in a car north to the Belgian border. The international

connection appears to be key. Police made a series of arrests over the

weekend in Brussels. They detained several men including the older

brother of Salah Abdeslam. The names of the attackers are slowly being

released, including another man from that same family. He blew himself up

in a bar. Another 150 police raids have taken

place on militant targets across France this morning in cities from

Paris to Grenoble to Toulouse. But in Paris last night it was about the

victims rather than the perpetrators.

Still to come, as the UK be supped security, we will speak to a

counterterror advisor. A manhunt is under way for one

of the key suspects of the Paris terror attacks in

which 129 people were killed. Police are searching

for Brussels-born 26-year-old It's emerged that he was questioned

in the hours afterwards Two more of the attackers have

been named this morning. One was Samy Amimour,

he was born in France, and the authorities were already

looking for him after he broke bail in 2013 on terror-related charges,

and Ahmad Al Mohammad, a Syrian French police have carried out more

than 150 raids across They seized what they described as

an arsenal of weapons including a rocket launcher.

24 people have been detained and 38 weapons have been seized.

In the last few minutes the French Interior Minister gave

We found a number of military uniforms and rocket launchers.

France has hit back against the Islamic State militant

group in response to the Paris attacks, launching air strikes

against their stronghold in the Syrian city of Raqqa.

The defence ministry said 20 bombs were dropped in the raid overnight

hitting targets including a command centre, a munitions depot

Islamic State have claimed there were no casualties as a result of

the strikes. It's emerged that Britain prevented

an attack on the UK last month, It comes as more money is to be

made available for the security David Cameron says

an extra 1900 officers would help in what he called a generational

struggle against extremism. The Prime Minister also told

the Today programme that Britain should consider also joining air

strikes on Syria. I support the action in Syria. We

are part of the enablers for that. It is happening anyway. The question

is whether we should go further and join that action. I have always said

that I think it is sensible that we should. Isil do not recognise a

border between Iraq and Syria and neither should we but I need to

build the argument, take it to Parliament and convince more

people. We won't hold that vote unless we can see that Parliament

would endorse more action. A 16-year-old has been arrested

on suspicion of attempted murder after a police officer was attacked

in East London. The officer was stabbed

in the stomach while responding to reports of anti-social behaviour

in Tower Hamlets. Scotland Yard said the constable is

in a serious but stable condition. Around 60 flood warnings remain

in place across Britain this morning, but the most serious risk

is believed to have passed. Torrential rain over the weekend has

caused flooding in parts of Cumbria, The French national team travel to

England today after turning down an offer to withdraw from

tomorrow's friendly at Wembley, Like many sports stadiums

around the world, the Wembley arch will be lit up

in the colours of the French flag. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg beat

his team mate Lewis Hamilton for the second time in a row,

winning the Brazilian Grand Prix. That secures Nico Rosberg's second

place in the drivers championship. Andy Murray begins his ATP World

Finals campaign later today. Murray hasn't had the ideal

preparation for this event. The world number two is also looking

ahead to the Davis Cup final against Belgium

and faced the challenge of having to That is all the sport. Stories of

people who managed to survive the attacks in Paris have emerged. We

are joined now by a woman from Perth who survived the Bataclan attack.

How are you? Shaky and jumpy but glad to be home. Tell us where you

were in that venue when you heard the shooting began. We were right at

the very front, to the left of the state, at the end of the barrier.

What did you think was happening when you first heard the sounds? I

knew it was gunfire, I knew we were under attack. Did you? I think a lot

of people thought it was part of the stage show, that it was fireworks. I

didn't feel like that. I knew it was a gun going off. What did you do? I

looked over and I saw bullets hitting the bottom of the stage. My

friend sort of smiled and looked like a lot of people were doing in

the confusion. Instantly there was a second blast of bullets. At this

point the band looked very confused. People started grasping and they

automatically ducked down. I said to Christine, that is gunfire, run, get

out of here, and we just ran. Where did you head to? We were about ten

feet away from the exit, and if we had gone left, that exit would have

taken us out into the street. We went right, into the backstage area,

which is a maze of different rooms. And you ended up where? First of all

we ran into this larger room. It looked like an equipment room. There

was a little alcove and we thought, if we get our shoes off, we can run

quicker. We had boots on and we were trying to get them off. We were in

this little alcove and there was another door. We tried it and it was

a door to a cupboard. There was another one we tried that was locked

and the third one we ran down a couple of stairs, we tried that door

and it opened and we ran in. It was the seller. We realised we were

trapped. Could you hear what was going on in the menu above you? Oh,

yes. It was just stampede and screaming and gunfire. You did not

know if you had got to a place of safety because you did not know

where the gunmen would go after that. No. Nothing felt safe at that

moment in time. We went to run back out of the room but it was silly to

stay in there, we were trapped, get out. As we went to run out, the door

swung open and two other guys came running in. We shouted no, and we

realised they were in the same situation as ours. They just shut

the door. The room had one of those automatic sensor lights that just

kept flickering on and off and we could not get it to go out. We

thought we were going to have to smash it with our shoes or

something. One of the Italian guys managed to get it off and we just

ran to the very back of the seller and we crammed ourselves into the

smallest space. We just waited in darkness. As you said, when that

door open and you either shouted or thought no, for that second you

thought potentially they were gunmen? Yes. Wow will stop -- wow.

And how long were you in that cellar for crouched against the back wall?

We did not get out until 1am. How did you know to get out? Did

somebody come and find you? We heard somebody speaking in English, are

you the police? Really the police? They confirmed they were. We don't

know where that person was hiding but it was close to us. Then the

Italian guys, who could speak very good French, told them that we were

there, please get this out, two men and two women. When you are merged,

could you see into the main gate area? No. They completely surrounded

us and told us not to look down and to keep looking forward and we did

not need to see anything. Obviously you do look down. We were shaking

and we were looking where our feet were going and there was just blood

everywhere. We knew that people were very injured very close to where we

had been hiding. How do you reflect on what happened and the fact that

you managed to escape? I feel a little bit guilty. You know... There

were only four of us in that room. There was another room on the other

side. It was similar to ours and there were 25 people crammed into it

and luckily they all managed to escape as well after two hours.

Worth their people out there that could have been in the room with us?

-- could there have been people out there? It is every man for himself

at that point. We had to be so quiet and we could not move. If anyone of

us had moved we were potentially getting four people killed. Yes. And

what do you think towards the men who did this? I mean, it is just the

most cowardly thing to do, to walk in and shoot people in the back.

That is what they did. They don't discriminate. There were people of

all religions in that building. All races, all having a good time,

uniting together in music. That is the last thing that you expect to

happen to you. Does it make you think any differently about the

weight you will... I think we are losing the connection but I will

allow -- plough on. Does it make you think differently about the way you

will live the rest of your life or is it too soon to think like that?

It will certainly make you conscious. I don't think you can

ever be as carefree again. We were walking down the street the other

day and a guy made a sudden hand movement and we jumped out of our

skin. It will take a while to get over loud noises. I have seen the

footage of when the gunfire opened, when it all started, and that

just... That scared me. I cast again, it was like reliving it. We

have to get back to being normal. I don't think anyone is safe again but

we can't have any fear. Thank you so much. I am really grateful for your

time. She said that you have to get on with things but for her she will

be less carefree. David Cameron has said today that he his prepared to

make compromises with Russia in order to defeat the so-called

Islamic State and find a political solution to the civil war in Syria.

He has been speaking on the radio for Today programme. Of course we

are using our military power in Iraqi, against Isil, and they have

lost about 25% of the territory that they held. We are also using our

hard military power to stop in their tracks the threats to this country,

and we did with Hussein and indeed helping the Americans with so-called

Jihadi John, who were all in Syria. On the issue of going further, I

support the action in Syria. We are part of the enablers for that. It is

happening anyway. The question is should we go further and join that

action? I have always said that I think it is sensible that we should.

Isil don't recognise a border between Iraq and Syria and neither

should we. I need to build the Osmond, take it to Parliament and

convince more people. We will not hold that vote unless we can see

that Parliament would endorse that action because to fail on this would

be damaging. It is not a question of damaging the Government. It is a

question of damaging our country and its position in the world. I will

build the case but in the end Parliament must decide. David

Cameron is meeting President Putin at the G20 summit in Turkey today.

In the last few moments he has told a press conference that they have

agreed important steps to cut off terrorist financing and counter

extremism ideologies. We will hear more from that press conference on

BBC News. MI5 and MI6 and GCHQ will also get more funding to recruit

nearly 2000 extra officers. David Cameron has urged President Putin to

work with the international community in Syria. Let's talk to

Liam Fox, former defence secretary, who wants Britain to take part in

air strikes against Syria. Also with me is Yasmin Qureshi, who believes

air strikes are not necessarily the answer. We also have two security

experts, Chris Phillips from a police unit that supports the

counterterrorism strategy of the Government, and Simon Trundle, a

terrorism advisor. Welcome to all of you.

Is Britain at War with Islamic State? I have been reticent about

this term, war on terror, because it is suggesting it is finite and it

suggests you can win a war on terror. I described in my book that

we lived with the fear of the IRA, resort bombings, we saw what

happened in Hyde Park, these are not new in terms of a particular

phenomenon on, but what we are seeing is a different way it is

being perpetrated. You are correct, Britain should have been involved in

the air strikes, if they are a threat to the United Kingdom, and we

have a way to degrade that threat, we should be taking it. And

alongside that, parallel, diplomatic strategy that there is the

information space, that is to do with the idle logical -- ideological

battle, dealing with that side of things, then there is the physical

battle space, and I think there will be a growing question as to whether

the international coalition is working. They do have a territory

they are operating from that needs to be denied to them. Bearing in

mind what we've seen at the weekend, why are you still against air

strikes against Islamic State in Syria? At the Foreign Affairs Select

Committee we had an enquiry into this and we published a report.

Talking to the experts on the ground and people who know what is

happening in Syria and Iraq, for months we have been doing strikes,

bombing in Iraq and Syria. Britain has not been bombing Syria. I don't

have a problem with bombing the people who carry out these actions

but the question is what we will achieve at the end of it. We have

been bombing for months on end. But Isis is becoming stronger and one of

the reasons is because President Assad needs to be dealt with as

well, he is barrel bombing, he is killing, most of the people fleeing

from Syria are fleeing from President Assad. Until we deal with

him, and we come with a proper solution. Some are suggesting air

strikes as a panacea. It is not. A lot of people need to concentrate

their minds on this. You need to stop people joining them and stop

giving them a lot of publicity and allowing them to go on the Internet

and put out horrific things that they are doing which is trying to

frighten people. Nearly 2000 security and intelligence jobs

created. How much difference will that make? I feel guilty about

putting a negative to positive because it is a good thing, but

three years ago we had them in place and the security services have

reduced the number of people. Back up to the capacity we had? We need

to be careful about knee jerk reactions. We need these people all

the time. Not just after an attack. It takes time to train these people

and get them in a position where they can do their job properly. How

prepared is the UK for Paris style attack? A lot of work has been done

by the security services in preparation for this attack. It is

dependent on intelligence. Hopefully you detect the attack before it

takes place you can respond after the attack by rounding up

supporters. You will never be prepared for every attack. They will

have some success in terms of terrorism like Paris because it is a

very low technology attack. It is men with weapons prodding through

the streets. You cannot respond quick enough. What should citizens

do if they find themselves in that scenario? If you hear something

unusual, move away as quickly as possible. I'm advising people. If an

attack starts off, close down your own entrance, so they are no longer

a target. In terms of the French bombing, they destroyed a training

camp and the munitions base, should Britain be joining in? I think we

should show solidarity and join in, it is absurd that we are attacking

them on one side of a nonexistent border but not on the other side. I

think it is part of how we deal with them. Would make Britain more of a

terrorist target? This is the mistake people make, these people

hate us because of who we are, not because of what we do. What they

said about France is, because of the intervention in Syria, that was a

target. What about places that have been targets before? This sort of

justification does not watch. These people have a very vicious ideology

that is married to a religious fundamentalism and we must not allow

the excuse to be made that it is our fault. You disagree? I agree with

the fact it is not a justification, but I think it is a very simple

thing to say that it is because they hate our way of life. Whenever these

things happen, whether in London or Paris, these people always say, they

give their explanation, if you think about all this terrorism that has

been happening in the last number of years in the Middle East, most of

the people who have died have been Muslim people. Hundreds and

thousands of them have died. The issue here is, they say it is our

intervention. The bombers of the London Underground were

third-generation British. It was not someone else's country. We need to

understand why jihadists are jihadists. They hate our values, our

history, who we are as a country. They are using a perverse form of

Islam to justify this and it has happened before in interventions.

September the 11th in New York happened before there was any

American intervention. We must understand and not make excuses. I

want to bring viewers this breaking news being reported by Reuters,

Belgian police have arrested the wanted suspect, Salah Abdeslam. This

is the French national who was actually stopped and questioned

after the attacks on Friday night, but the French police stopped him on

the border and let him go. Thank you for coming on the programme, all of

you. Surely these pictures of people gathering to observe a minute's

silence to honour the victims of the attacks.

Francois Hollande will lead the tributes in France in recognition of

the many who lost their lives. People gathering across France to

pay tribute and these images show you the Place de la Republique, the

main gathering point. This is the silence in London.

The Minister would like to thank you for your solidarity and solidarity

of the British government is very important. That is the French

embassy. In Trafalgar Square people are beginning to gather as well.

Floral tributes have been laid as you can see. Bringing you that use

again, being reported that Belgian police have arrested the wanted

suspect, Salah Abdeslam. Back to Ben Brown in Paris.