23/11/2015 BBC News at Six

David Cameron offers military support for French air strikes

against Islamic State in Syria while pushing for Britain to join in.

After a visit to the theatre, which saw the largest loss

of life in the Paris attacks, the Prime Minister calls for Britain to

I firmly support the action that President Hollande

It is my firm conviction that Britain should do so, too.

Brussels remains in lockdown and on high alert for the third day

running, amid fears of a terror attack.

Here meanwhile the Prime Minister commits an extra

Also tonight: spending for military hardware

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David Cameron has offered France use of an RAF airbase in Cyprus

and air-to-air refuelling services, to help in its bombing campaign

against so-called Islamic state targets in Syria.

After laying a wreath at the Bataclan Theatre in Paris, site of

the majority of the deaths in last week's terror attacks, Mr Cameron

said he supported the French military strikes and it is his firm

conviction that Britain should also join in the fight against

Later in the Commons, he unveiled the government's five-year defence

review, which promises an increase in spending.

Here's our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg.

As if it needed pointing out, the batter -- Bataclan. Words in Paris

were clearly harder to find. For months, Paris has been bombing

Syria, now for vengeance as well. TRANSLATION: We will intensify our

strikes, we will choose targets that will do as much damage as possible

to this terrorist army. Just hours before he unveiled a bigger, more

John military, the promised it crystal clear, he wants to join

France in their -- more agile military. I firmly support President

Hollande to strike Isil in Syria and it is my firm conviction that

Britain should also do so. Sending our planes to bomb so-called Islamic

state in Syria would be the first action of what one Cabinet minister

described as a new military phase. More planes, more troops ready to go

and more interventions around the world potentially. This, from the

same Prime Minister whose last defence review led to this, RAF

Nimrod scrapped, smashed up, put beyond use. Today, though, promise

of the case for strikes in Syria this Thursday and more modern forces

for years to come. The threats we face today go beyond this evil death

cult. From the crisis in Ukraine, to the risks of cyber attacks and

pandemics. The world is more dangerous and uncertain today than

even five years ago. While every government must choose how to spend

the money it has available, every penny of which is hard earned by

taxpayers, this government has taken a clear decision to invest in our

security and safeguard our prosperity. How will he apply

lessons learnt in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, to

Britain's role in the escalating war in Iraq and Syria, to ensure that

further disastrous mistakes are voided? Britain does need strong

military, security forces, to keep us safe. And to take a lead in

humanitarian and peacekeeping missions. Questions Downing Street

will try to answer, as they make the case. In Syria. There is growing

confidence behind the gates that ministers are more likely to get the

support they need to start bombing Syria. But today is also about a new

assertiveness of the Ministry of Defence and with that extra cash.

But more spending their means budgets elsewhere will be even

tighter. And thousands of Ministry of Defence staff will lose their

jobs. As part of billions of pounds of efficiency savings. Otherwise

known as cuts. Under this Prime Minister, we have seen a decimation

of defence in Scotland, two out of three airbases have ceased flying

operations, there has been a disproportionate cuts to units and

manpower. Tory ministers promised an Army super best -- super base in

West Lothian and doubling army numbers in Scotland. Instead, that

was dropped. The government hopes British planes can join these French

flyers setting off for Syria. In their words, ministers want to

project our values around the world. In other words, to protect and

intervene where they see fit. So as we've been hearing, the

Prime Minister has been outlining the Government's plans for defence

spending for the next five years. There'll be an extra ?12 billion

for equipment, a new fleet of maritime patrol aircraft and

two rapid-reaction brigades by 2025. He also confirmed

a new terror contingency plan, with up to 10,000 military personnel

available to support the police in Our Defence Correspondent Jonathan

Beale reports. RAF jets and drones have been

hitting the group known as Islamic The attacks

in Paris have spurred calls to Today's defence review says

the threat from IS has increased. But it's not

the only security concern. The British Army has been

on exercise in the Baltics, The defence review also highlights

the threat posed by Russia. And the need to prepare Britain's

Armed Forces for the worst. We've already committed

in Afghanistan a few years ago. That was where the bulk

of the army's effort was going. We've been reconfiguring the army,

already. And preparing a force that is more

flexible, more adaptable, that can Where our allies need help and where

we need to defend our interests. In this strategic defence

and security review, the Government says there will be

an extra ?12 billion for equipment. Bringing the total over

the next decade to ?178 billion. Out of that, the RAF will be getting

the new stealth fighter, the F35. The new carriers will have

24 these jets by 2023. The Navy will have

at least eight new anti-submarine The first of these will be

in service by the middle While

the Army will be buying hundreds of new armoured vehicles to form

two rapid-reaction strike brigades. The delivery of all this

equipment will take time. The biggest single cost, though,

will be replacing the four submarines that carry

Britain's Trident nuclear weapons, up from around ?20 billion,

to more than ?30 billion. This equipment,

like the new aircraft carriers here will need fully-trained crews,

the Armed Forces lost thousands of personnel in the last defence

review and some branches are now They have all got to be manned,

they all need to have intelligent men and women either on the ground

in the land environment, in the air piloting these aircraft, on-board

these extremely capable ships. And we've got to create

a critical mass that will continue to attract and then retain some

of the brightest and best, who will step up to contribute to

the of this country. who will step up to contribute to

the security of this country. And it's not just

the police who are training This review says 10,000 troops could

be called on, The demands on our Armed

Forces have not diminished. The Belgian capital, Brussels,

is still on high alert, for a third day with schools, shops

and the underground metro system remaining closed following renewed

warnings of possible attacks. Police have arrested another five

people, taking the total Belgian prosecutors say a man has

been charged with involvement in the Paris attacks earlier this month.

A key suspect in the Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam,

James Reynolds is in Brussels for us tonight.

No sign of this unprecedented security clamp-down coming to an end

to develop and in the last few minutes. Important to stress that

the person charged has not yet been named. We know that this city is

still incredibly nervous and many people are simply deciding it is

safest to stay at home and let the police do their work.

This city is searching for a terror cell.

It was the wrong night for this driver to get close to the police.

At night, security forces carried out raids in several neighbourhoods.

The government has shut down the metro and closed the

This morning, Gabriel risked a trip to the park with

They've got their heads covered and looked frightening to him.

The police patrol possible targets, including this train station.

The government has told everybody to stay away from crowds,

but the people in this line can't help being in one place.

They're queueing up for the train to Paris.

They are being checked very closely, when they get to the front

Investigators believe that nine men were involved in the Paris attacks.

Last Wednesday, the police killed the group's suspected ringleader

The only surviving attacker is Salah Abdeslam and the police

believe he fled to Belgium.

The authorities fear that he or others may be ready

Salah Abdeslam comes from this neighbourhood in Brussels.

This afternoon, its residents felt uneasy.

Wherever you go in the world, bad people, this man who didn't want

The police will have to do their checks.

Their operations have yet to uncover the main suspect.

The city may not be able to return to normal, until it finds him.

How long can this capital live under a state of maximum alert?

It's been described in court as the "largest burglary in English

Four men have gone on trial in connection with the multi-million

pound jewellery raid in Hatton Garden in London last Easter.

Valuables and gems, worth an estimated ?14 million

Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford is at

Daniel, the prosecution is alleging this robbery had been

Yes, opening day of what will be a riveting case. The jury heard that

the plot had been actively planned for almost a year, including several

Friday night is plotting in Islington pub. And that millions of

pounds worth of gold bars, diamonds, jewellery, watches and cash are

still missing. It was the Thursday night before the

Easter bank holiday weekend, the start of what was to be the biggest

burglary in English legal history. Four men unloading a transit van and

according to the prosecution, caught on CCTV entering the building

through the rear fire exit. Once in the building, the prosecution say,

they disabled the lift on the second floor and dropped down from the

ground floor to the basement where the safe deposit vault is. There,

bejewelled three holes in a massive concrete wall. But then hit the back

of the metal safe-deposit cabinets. So, the prosecution say, on that

first night, the men failed to get right through into the vault and

leaving through the back door again, they drove away, empty-handed. But

some of the men went back, two nights later to finish the job. The

prosecution say they took an estimated ?40 million of diamonds,

gold bars, ingots, jewellery, watches and cash. Only a third of it

has been recovered. Four men have pleaded guilty to the record

breaking burglary, the ringleaders, the prosecution called them, men who

brought a great deal of experience in serious acquisitive crime.

Including 76-year-old Brian Reader who was called the Master by the

other men. And went to the burglary by bus. The men on trial today were

Kyle Wood, accused of being in the building when the drilling took

place, Paul Lincoln, another alleged conspirator, John Harbison, who is

accused of moving some of the stolen property and Hugh Doyle, also

accused of helping move the jewellery. But Hugh Doyle on the

right and the other three in this trial denied all the charges against

them. The case for the prosecution continues tomorrow.

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