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Today at six, a nationwide security operation in France, as police step

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up their investigation into Friday's terror attacks.

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Overnight there were more than 160 raids after investigators identified

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five of the attackers and focused on their support networks.

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TRANSLATION: We are at war - a new type of war against the new enemy.

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Police have also identified this man as the suspected mastermind -

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he is a Belgian of Moroccan descent who is now thought to be in Syria.

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Across France and throughout Europe, a minute's silence was observed to

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remember those killed in the attacks.

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David Cameron has urged Russia's President Putin to work

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more closely with Europe in the fight against Islamic State.

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A young mother who disappeared nearly a quarter of a century ago -

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And 60 flood warnings remain in place across the UK,

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but the most serious weather risk is believed to have passed.

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And on Reporting Scotland at 6.30 - the country joins the rest of Europe

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to show solidarity with Paris in the wake of Friday's terrorist attacks.

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And victims of child abuse threaten legal action

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to force the remit of the government inquiry to be widened.

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Good evening from Paris, where earlier today, thousands of people

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silence for the 129 people killed in the terror attacks three days ago.

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Overnight and during the day, there has been

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168 raids were carried out across France.

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There have been raids in Belgium, too.

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Prosecutors say they have now identified five, possibly six, of

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the suspected attackers, all of whom are known to

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have travelled to Syria at some point, and they are still hunting

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First tonight, our Europe editor, Katya Adler, has the latest

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After the tears and the screens... A minute of silence for those murdered

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on Friday. Lead in Paris by the French president.

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on Friday. Lead in Paris by the across the country. And

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Ending almost everywhere in France with a heartfelt burst of

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patriotism. At this station in Paris, people told me the moment of

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reflection was hugely important. TRANSLATION: We are

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reflection was hugely important. attacks were aimed at us, at my

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generation. It could have been the, it could have been him. We never

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thought this would happen to, us but terror has come to, us here at home.

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This is the man investigators now believe coordinated the attacks,

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27-year-old jihadist Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who has been linked to

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other attacks in Europe. He was born in Brussels and filmed here in

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Syria, where a he is still thought to be. The focus of the

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investigation is outside France now, with strong links to Syria and

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increasingly Brussels' Molenbeek district. Police launched a big

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operation here today, hunting for the missing eighth gunman from the

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Paris attacks, the brother of one of the suicide bombers. They did not

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Paris attacks, the brother of one of find him. But another brother came

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forward with this message about France, most wanted. TRANSLATION: We

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did not think for a moment that our brothers were involved. We are

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thinking of the victims. Of the families of the victims. You must

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understand as well but we have a mother. A family. And they are still

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her children. Meanwhile, in France, police have identified the remains

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of two more of his accomplices. One of them, Samy Amimour, worked as a

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driver on the number of them, Samy Amimour, worked as a

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Paris. Overnight police described anti-terrorist raids across the

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country, taking more than 100 house arrests. The authorities here are

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nervous. There could be plans for further attacks. At an extraordinary

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meeting of the French parliament today, President Hollande said

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France was at war. TRANSLATION: Our enemy in Syria is Islamic State. It

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is not a question of containing butt of destroying this organisation. The

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president wants to silence critics who say he is weak and has failed on

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security. He called today for the state of emergency to be extended by

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three months and four changes to the French constitution to better tackle

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terror. After a long weekend filled with anguish, today on Monday it was

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back to work for Paris Ian is, but far from back to normal. They are

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constantly on their smartphones trying to analyse everything that

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has happened. There are lots of robust statements from the French

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government but here on the straight, people worry the security

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of their country is far from guaranteed. You see policemen and

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soldiers all over central Paris now. The government promises even more.

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But tough political talk of a war on terror makes some Parisians nervous

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that this could raise the risk of more violence here at home. Lots of

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the President's colleagues have been coming out today to underline the

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need for more extraordinary powers. The state of emergency in France is

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still in force, and that has given more powers to police and security

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forces to pursue suspects. The president repeated today that

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France was at war, Manuel Valls said France was dealing

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with a "terrorist army", which was preparing attacks

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in other European countries. A fuller picture is emerging of

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those who carried out the attacks Seven

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of them are known to have died. Three were suicide bombers - at the

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Stade de France, the stadium north of Paris where a football match was

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taking place on Friday night. One was a Belgian man,

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known to French officials. Another had travelled through Europe

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from Greece - he is said to arrived Three gunmen attacked the

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Bataclan Theatre. One had previously been charged with

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terror offences and was wanted The other was also known to

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the authorities. And in the shootings at nearby

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restaurants and a bar, the man who blew himself up came from Belgium

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and was also wanted by police. Our security correspondent

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Gordon Corera has the latest French officials are suggesting this

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man, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, may have been the mastermind

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behind the Paris attack. It would not have been his first

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attempt to hit France, he is also thought to have been behind the

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attempted attack on a high-speed train this August, stopped only

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when the gunman was wrestled to He is 27 years old,

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a Belgian of Moroccan descent who lived in the same Brussels

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neighbourhood He claims he narrowly escaped this

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police raid in Belgium in January. He said he was sent to carry out

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an attack and that He said he then escaped back to

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Syria and it seems others involved in carrying out the Paris

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attack also came from there. One of the men who attacked

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the Bataclan Theatre, Samy Amimour, came from this suburb and lived

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in this apartment block. In 2012,

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he was put under investigation for links to terrorism and

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the following year he disappeared. It emerged today that Amimour's

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father had tried to bring The family flat was one

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of those raided by police overnight His neighbours told me they had

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not seen him here since he left. Others involved in the attack

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also seem to be linked to Syria. A Syrian passport, almost certainly

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fake, was linked to a suicide bomber The fingerprints match

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a refugee who arrived on the Greek He then claimed asylum in Serbia

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and seems to have made A leading French terrorism expert

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told me the flow of jihadists back from Syria was

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particularly dangerous. Approximately 1,000 have been there,

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some of them have already come back. You go to Syria and you can train

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there, you can learn how to shoot, you can learn how to use

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a suicide belt for instance. So, yes,

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basically you learn the basics Today police raids took place

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in the Molenbeek district where Abaaoud and two of the Paris

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attackers came from. They were searching for the

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remaining gunmen but drew a blank. And so the investigation

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and the manhunt goes on. Given the focus which has been

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sharpened on the Brussels area and the Belgian connection with these

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attacks, we can now go to Ian Pannell, who has been there for us

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today. What has been the response of the Belgians to the finger of blame

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which has been pointed at them by the French, in effect? In terms of

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events here today on the ground, it was a fairly large police operation

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in this district of Molenbeek, directed at trying to find out

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weather Salah Abdeslam was hiding out in a house in the vicinity. We

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heard a couple of shots, it could have been gunshots, stun grenades or

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tear gas. We saw bomb disposal units moving from house to house, officers

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up on the roof, but obviously they failed to find probably the most

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wanted man in Europe. As for the criticism, the Belgians themselves

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have been fairly forthright in admitting that they do have a

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problem. This particular district of Molenbeek, which is a fairly central

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neighbourhood, has a problem in that it has proven to be the kind of

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place where jihadis, and would-be attackers, have found some place to

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hide. It is a problem because the Belgian security forces have been

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unable to spot it and intercept it. But it is fair to say it is not just

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Al Jim Wych have a problem, it is also other countries across Europe.

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-- it is not just Belgian which has a problem.

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The authorities here in Paris confirmed today that the number

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There were some reports yesterday that the number had risen,

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but it hasn't, and there are more than 40 people in intensive care

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Some of those who survived the attacks

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Our Paris correspondent Lucy Williamson reports now on the latest

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Around the corner from the Bataclan today, they remembered them,

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There were no crowds, no candles to mark this minute's silence.

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Just a lone survivor sitting with Friday's horrors in his head.

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Very slow, every three or four seconds they shoot somebody.

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They verify if the person was alive or not,

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These images, these stories, are now the collective memory of a nation.

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It is different to previous atrocities here because,

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in these attacks, the target was everyone and the line between

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Marisha and her friend ran when they heard the gunfire, straight

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We weren't walking out of that building.

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Just, you don't survive things like this.

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All we could hear at that point was a stampede of people running

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Which could only have been people hitting the floor,

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But amid the emerging stories of survival and of loss,

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there are other endings still waiting to be written.

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Four days on, husbands, friends, daughters all missing and families

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leaving this official crisis centre empty-handed as around them,

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This is where you come when there is nowhere else to go,

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when a minute's silence is just another minute of waiting for news

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about whether to mourn them, whether they are gone.

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The time here in Paris is 7.15, 6.15 back in the UK.

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A nationwide security operation is underway across France as police

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step up their investigation into Friday's terror attacks.

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And still to come - the international response to the

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attacks and a renewed diplomatic drive to confront extremism.

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And coming up on Reporting Scotland at 6.30pm...

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We'll have more from Paris a little later in the programme.

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One very powerful symbol of remembrance in Paris this evening, a

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short while ago, the Eiffel Tower was lit in the French national

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colours, that on this day when many thousands of people in Paris and

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across France and other European countries stood for a full minute

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silence. It was bad mistake French time. The Eiffel Tower now being

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used as a powerful symbol of remembrance and solidarity. That is

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the scene in Paris just now. Two men have been cleared

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of murdering Nigel Barwell and his

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brother-in-law, Thomas O'Reilly, were found not guilty by a unanimous

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jury at Birmingham Crown Court. 18-year-old Nicola Payne

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from Coventry disappeared as she crossed wasteland near her

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parents' home in December 1991. Nicola Payne was 18 when she

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went missing in Coventry, a young Today, the two local men who had

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been accused of murdering the teenager walked free from the

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court, flanked by their families. Brothers-in-law Nigel Barlow and

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Thomas O'Reilly, seen on the left A family representative gave their

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reaction to the not guilty verdicts. Both our father, uncle and the whole

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family have suffered for the past 24 years from suspicion and innuendo

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hanging over our family's head. For more than two decades, police

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have searched for Nicola Payne. On the afternoon she disappeared,

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Nicola set out on a familiar journey that should

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only have taken a matter of minutes across this piece of wasteland known

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locally as the Black Pad. But she never arrived

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at her parents' house. For John and Marilyn Payne,

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the agony continues. We have lived daily

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in the anguish of not knowing what And worse than that, to this day,

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not even knowing where she is. The way police recorded some

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of the evidence 24 years ago during their investigation

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of Nicola's disappearance was Tonight,

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the West Midlands force said Sian Lloyd, BBC News,

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Birmingham Crown Court. A 16-year-old boy has been

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shot dead in Liverpool. Lewis Dunne was found on a towpath

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in the Vauxhall area of the city He was taken to the

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Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Merseyside Police said he had been

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shot in the back and have launched This is the western extreme of the

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Leeds Liverpool Canal. Late last night, Lewis Dunne was on the tow

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path here when he was shot and killed. All day, forensics officers

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have been working up and down the tow path, looking at the root of the

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killer or killers would have used after the shooting. By both have

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been looking for a gun. -- diverse. There has been a suggestion that

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there was a prearranged fight between two gangs last night but

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police will not be drawn on that. They have been talking to date. The

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system Chief Constable of Merseyside Police said no mother or father

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expects to bury their child at the age of 16 years. I believe somebody

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knows who has done this and would ask them to search their conscience

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and do the right thing. Police are appealing for the killer or killers

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to give themselves up. Thank you. Around 60 flood warnings remain

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in place across Britain this evening but the most serious risk

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is believed to have passed. The Environment Agency issued severe

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warnings, indicating a risk to life, for Cumbria over the weekend, but

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these have since been downgraded. There was some flooding in

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the Kendal area and in Lancashire. Strong winds and rain are now

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heading towards Scotland. Let's go back to

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our top story tonight, Thank you. The attacks on Friday

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night and the growing impact of Islamic State have dominated the

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talks in Turkey at the G20 summit of world leaders. David Cameron said

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heads of government had agreed on a range of measures to share

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intelligence more effectively, to try to cut off the terrorists access

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to money. He also held talks with President Putin whose own forces

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have been taking action against IS in recent weeks.

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Our correspondent Vicki Young is in Turkey and she reports

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Not quite smiling for the cameras but a shared

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struggle against terrorism has forced these two leaders together.

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There is no disguising the disagreements.

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President Putin commenting that UK-Russian relations had not

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David Cameron acknowledged the big divide between them has been

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whether President Assad can stay in power in Syria as Russia wants.

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I hope we can close the gap still further but it will

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France has launched another wave of air strikes against Isil in Syria.

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Mr Cameron does not have a agreement from MPs to do the same.

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How frustrating or even embarrassing is it, while you are asking him to

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focus on bombing Isil in Syria, you and the UK is unable to do that?

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There is a strong case for saying that Isil does not stop at the Iraqi

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border and neither should we. I recognise I need to do more to

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build this argument, this case, For now at least, Mr Cameron is

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relying on others to attack Isil's This is the apparent aftermath

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of a Russian air strike. The American president said the aim

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was to shrink Isil's territory to That's one of the challenges

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of terrorism. It's not their sophistication,

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or the particular weaponry that they possess, but it is the ideology

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that they carry with them and their willingnes to die. Here in Turkey,

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security has dominated the agenda. Mr Cameron revealed that UK

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intelligence agencies have foiled seven plots this year,

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with indications that one was There have been hours of talks

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at this summit and they could be inching towards a deal, but as world

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leaders depart, process in Syria. David Cameron says the key to

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Britain's long-term security is the peace process in Syria, but despite

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all the talk of compromise, there David Cameron has called the fight

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against Islamist extremism a generational struggle. The

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government in London and announced extra funding to date for MI5 and

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MI6 and the secret communication centre GCHQ. Laura Kuenssberg is in

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Downing Street. More details on what they have announced in terms of

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funding and what it tells us about the changing nature of the

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government response? We are less than 300 miles from you and for

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British politicians and public this field achingly near. We learned that

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seven terror plots had been foiled and no surprise it was announced

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there will be nearly 2000 more members of the intelligence

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services, airport security will be stepped up here and around the

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world. There will also be more armed police. Most visibly and strikingly

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there will be armed police guarding the England against France football

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friendly at Wembley tomorrow night. The government hopes they will get a

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political agreement on all of the measures but their moves are not

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without controversy. Early I asked the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn if

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he were the withered and here at number ten whether or not he would

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be happy for British officers to pull the trigger -- if he were

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resident here. I'm not happy with the shoot

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to kill policy in general. I think that is quite dangerous

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and I think can often be I think you have to have security

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that prevents people firing There are various degrees

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of doing things, as we know, but the idea you end up with a war

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on the streets is not a good thing. In the light of what has happened in

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the last 70 hours, some people might find that extraordinary, some of his

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own MPs do but there will also be his supporters who say it is

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heartening that he is sticking to principles he has held all his

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political life, the fundamental objections he has two violence in

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any form. As the Prime Minister prepares to give a major speech on

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the threat we face here here in London, his message and the Labour

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leader's could not be more different. Thank you.

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Time for a look at the weather now. Here's Thomasz Shafernaker.

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The weather is about to turn quite stormy, particularly across the

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south of the UK as storm Barney approaches. It has been named

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because it made come with a punch and could be quite vicious across

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the southern part of the country. We also have gales across the North of

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Scotland, 60 or 70 mph, rain sweeping across the South in the

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night but by Tuesday morning it is actually the calm before the storm.

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Tomorrow, this area of low pressure is quite nasty, that will sweep

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across the UK. The morning is not looking too bad but you can see the

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weather go downhill quickly across the south-west. First the rain

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arrives, you can see that in the North in the second part of the

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afternoon, but the wins will be to the South here. Let's look at the

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detail -- the wins. 70 to possibly 80 mph gusts, that is

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pretty disruptive but even in land coming to the rush hour, we could

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have gusts of up to 60 or 70 mph and even across major towns or cities

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which could bring down trees and cause disruption and power outages.

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On Wednesday, much quieter but across Scotland there will be some

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gale force winds and a hint of things to come early next week.

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There's continuing coverage on the BBC News Channel and on BBC News

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But for now, before we join our news teams where

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you are, we leave you with some images of the day's events.

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She had a lot of strength, a lot of determination. Very giving.

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