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| Sports events in Paris region called off in wake of attacks | |  By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - All major sports events in the Paris region have been suspended in the wake of Friday's deadly attacks in the French capital in which at least 120 people were killed and over 200 wounded, French TV ITele reported on Saturday. There were already no matches scheduled this weekend in France's elite Ligue 1 soccer division. A friendly international against England scheduled for Tuesday in London will go ahead as planned, the French Football Federation said. "As we speak the game is on, yes," a spokesman for the federation told Reuters by telephone. ...
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| California rock band's show cut short by attack on Paris venue | |  By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The California-based rock band Eagles of Death Metal was in the midst of a European tour, promoting its fourth album release, when the musicians found themselves caught up in a terror attack at the Paris concert hall where they had begun to perform on Friday. The Bataclan music hall was one of several entertainment sites around Paris targeted by gunmen and bombers who killed scores of people in what President Francois Hollande described as an unprecedented terrorist assault. Early indications were that members of the band, which also goes by the acronym EODM, were all safe.
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| Islamic State claims Paris attacks that killed 127 | |  By Ingrid Melander and Marine Pennetier PARIS (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for a coordinated assault by gunmen and bombers that killed 127 people at locations across Paris that President Francois Hollande said amounted to an act of war against France. Some 40 more people were killed in five other attacks in the Paris region, the official said, including an apparent double suicide bombing outside the Stade de France national stadium, where Hollande and the German foreign minister were watching a friendly soccer international. The assaults came as France, a founder member of the U.S.-led coalition waging air strikes against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, was on high alert for terrorist attacks.
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| World reacts in shock, solidarity after Paris attacks | |  By Alastair Macdonald LONDON (Reuters) - World leaders responded with shock and pledges of solidarity for France following the killing of scores of people in attacks in Paris on Friday night, though there was little action any could immediately take. The United Nations Security Council issued a statement condemning "barbaric and cowardly terrorist attacks" involving assailants using guns and bombs on several venues, including the national sports stadium and a major music venue. Divided on many issues, including on the war in Syria that has fuelled Islamist violence, the United States and Russia both voiced their support in messages to French President Francois Hollande.
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| After Paris attacks, Trudeau mulls Canada military policy | |  By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday it was too soon to say whether the deadly attacks in Paris would prompt him to reconsider his pledge to withdraw Canada from airstrikes against Islamic State militants in the Middle East. Trudeau, who spoke briefly to the media minutes before boarding a plane, said his government would focus on balancing security and freedom amid concern about possible future attacks. Asked whether the gun and bomb attacks on civilians in Paris would cause him to reconsider his pledge, Trudeau said: "It's too soon to jump to conclusions, but obviously governments have a responsibility to keep their citizens safe, while defending our rights and freedoms, and that balance is something the Canadian government, and indeed all governments around the world, will be focusing on." He spoke minutes before he departed for his first overseas trip since taking power less than two weeks ago.
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| New York, other U.S. cities beef up security after Paris attacks | |  By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York, Boston and other cities in the United States bolstered security on Friday night after deadly gun and bomb attacks on civilians in Paris, but law enforcement officials said the beefed-up police presence was precautionary rather than a response to any specific threats. The New York Police Department said officers from its Counterterrorism Response Command and other special units were deployed in areas frequented by tourists, and at the French Consulate in Manhattan. "Teams have been dispatched to crowded areas around the city out of an abundance of caution to provide police presence and public reassurance as we follow the developing situation overseas," the NYPD said in a statement.
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| Amid chaos, Parisians offer refuge to strangers via Twitter | |  People in Paris took to social media to find and offer refuge on Friday night, as the city was gripped by chaos following a string of attacks that left dozens dead. The Twitter hashtag #porteouverte, which means "open door" in English, was being used to offer shelter as authorities urged people to evacuate the streets. "This account will be used for tweeting and retweeting places to stay safe tonight," said a post from @PorteOuverteFRA, a Twitter handle opened within hours of the attacks.
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| Assad says France's "flawed" policy in Middle East partly to blame for attacks | |  BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday condemned Friday's deadly attacks by Islamic State in Paris but said the West's "flawed" policies in Syria, especially that of France, was partly to blame. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a coordinated assault by gunmen and bombers that killed 127 people at locations across Paris. President Francois Hollande said amounted to an act of war against France.
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| Poland says cannot accept migrants under EU quotas after Paris attacks | | | Poland cannot accept migrants under European Union (EU) quotas after the attacks in Paris, Poland's European affairs minister designate Konrad Szymanski said on Saturday, in a sign that Friday's assault may seriously undermine EU refugee policy. In a commentary published in the right-leaning news portal wPolityce.pl, Szymanski said his incoming government did not agree with Poland's commitment to accept its share of an EU-wide relocation of immigrants, and now, "in the face of the tragic acts in Paris, we do not see the political possibilities to implement (this)." "The (EU Council) decision is valid for all EU countries, but its implementation is very hard to imagine today," Szymanski said in a separate interview for RMF FM radio. |
| South Africa's 'Blade Runner' Pistorius starts community service | |  South Africa's "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius on Saturday started performing community service as part of his parole conditions after being released from prison last month, local media reported. The Paralympic gold medallist was freed on parole less than a year into a five-year sentence for the "culpable homicide" of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, who he killed on Valentine's Day in 2013. State prosecutors have appealed the High Court's decision to sentence Pistorius for a lesser offence, calling on the Supreme Court to convict him of murder and send him back to jail.
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| Saudi Arabia's top clerics condemn Paris attack - state media | | | Saudi Arabia's highest religious body condemned on Saturday a coordinated assault by gunmen and bombers that killed 127 people across Paris as contrary to Islamic values. "Terrorists are not sanctioned by Islam and these acts are contrary to values of mercy it brought to the world," said a statement by the Council of Senior Scholars carried by the Saudi Press Agency. |
| Islamic State says France remains top target | |  By Eric Knecht CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for attacks that killed 127 people in Paris, saying it sent militants strapped with suicide bombing belts and carrying machine guns to various locations in the heart of the capital. The attacks, described by France's president as an act of war, were designed to show the country would remain in danger as long as it continued its current policies, Islamic State said in a statement. "To teach France, and all nations following its path, that they will remain at the top of Islamic State's list of targets, and that the smell of death won't leave their noses as long as they partake in their crusader campaign," said the group.
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| Britain's Cameron calls crisis meeting to consider response to Paris attacks | |  By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron convened Britain's emergency response committee on Saturday to discuss the attacks in Paris which left more than 120 people dead, while a terminal at the country's second-busiest airport was evacuated as a precaution. Cameron, who will chair the meeting of the committee, known as Cobra, called the attacks "horrifying and sickening" on his Twitter feed, having said on Friday he would help France in any way he could. Police evacuated the North Terminal at Gatwick airport 30 miles south of London as a precautionary measure after what they described as "suspicious actions by a man who discarded an item at the airport." The man was arrested and bomb disposal experts were called to investigate the item.
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| Syrian passport found near Paris' stadium bomber - sources | | | PARIS (Reuters) - A Syrian passport has been found near the body of one of the suicide bombers who blew himself up on Friday near a Paris soccer stadium, sources close the investigation of the deadly attacks in Paris said. (Reporting by Nicholas Bertin and Emmanuel Jarry; writing by Leigh Thomas, editing by Andrew Callus) |
| Security tightened in Stockholm, Germany game in doubt | | | The first leg of the Euro 2016 playoff between Sweden and Denmark in Stockholm on Saturday will be go ahead with heightened security following the Paris attacks, the Swedish FA (SvFF) said. Germany's friendly against the Netherlands on Tuesday is now in doubt, however, after the Germans spent Friday night at the stadium in Paris following their 2-0 loss to France which took place amid the attacks. Gunmen and bombers attacked restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium at locations across the French capital on Friday, killing 127 people in a deadly rampage that President Francois Hollande said was the work of the Islamic State. |
| France to go ahead with climate change summit - source | | | PARIS (Reuters) - The French government plans to go ahead with a climate change summit it is due to host at the end of the month, a senior French diplomatic source said on Saturday, the day after a wave of deadly attacks in France's capital. Asked whether the high-profile meeting could be put off, the venue changed or cancelled, the source told Reuters "that is in no way under consideration", but added that security could be boosted. Officials from almost 200 nations are due to meet from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11 to nail down a final agreement to limit global warming. ... |
| Belgium urges citizens to avoid unnecessary travel to Paris after attacks | |  Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel asked Belgians on Saturday not to travel to Paris unless necessary, hours after attacks claimed by Islamic State killed 127 people in the city. Belgium also imposed additional frontier controls on road, rail and air arrivals from France in response to Friday's attacks, government officials said. Gunmen and bombers attacked restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium at locations across Paris.
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| Greenpeace India to appeal against order to close over alleged fraud | |  Greenpeace India will appeal against an order to shut over allegations of fraud and falsification of data, the environmental group said on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared economic development a priority and his government has cracked down on non-governmental organisations it says are trying to hamper projects on social and environmental grounds. "We remain committed to upholding our right to dissent," Greenpeace said in a statement.
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| Pope condemns Paris killings as unjustifiable, inhuman acts | |  VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Saturday condemned the killings in Paris as unjustifiable "inhuman" acts that left him shaken and pained. "There is no justification for these things," he said in an extremely sombre voice in a telephone call to an Italian Catholic television station. "This is not human," he said, adding that he was praying for the victims, their families and all the French people. (Reporting By Philip Pullella)
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| Hollande says Paris attacks "an act of war" by Islamic State | |  (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande said on Saturday the attacks in Paris that killed 127 people were "an act of war" organised from abroad by Islamic State with internal help. Hollande said he would address parliament on Monday in an extraordinary meeting and the country would observe three days of official mourning for the victims of Friday's attacks. The attacks at a stadium, concert hall and cafes and restaurants in northern and eastern Paris were "an act of war committed by Daesh that was prepared, organised and planned from outside (of France)" with help from inside France, Hollande said, using the Arabic acronym for Islamic State.
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| Italy heightens security after Paris attacks | |  Italy is adopting heightened security measures following Friday's deadly attacks in Paris, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said, adding the risk of further deadly attacks should not be underestimated. In a television address, Renzi also said Italy stood by France after the attacks, which he said were against "all of humanity" and against "our way of life". Following the address, Renzi was to preside over an extraordinary meeting of Italy's national security council.
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| Islamic state video calls on Muslims to carry out attacks in France | |  Islamic State released an undated video on Saturday urging Muslims who are unable to travel to Syria to wage holy war to carry out attacks in France, a day after gunmen and bombers killed at least 120 people in Paris. There are weapons and cars available and targets ready to be hit," said an Islamic State militant, flanked by other fighters, in the video.
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| China shows unusual pictures of its fight against terror | | | Chinese state media on Saturday showed rare pictures of its armed forces on what it said was a mission to root out militants in the far western region of Xinjiang. China's government has repeatedly blamed attacks in the far western region of Xinjiang, home to the mostly Muslim Uighur people, and other parts of the country on Islamist militants. "France's Paris was hit by its worst terrorist attack in history, with hundreds dead and injured. |
| Massive crowd protest in S.Korea against Park's labour reform plans | |  Tens of thousands protested against South Korean President Park Geun-hye's labour and education policies on Saturday in one of the largest street rallies in recent years, prompting police to use water canons and barricades to stop the crowd. A militant labour federation, with a diverse membership spanning trucking, construction, autoworkers and public teachers, organised the rally as the crowd converged in central Seoul and tried to march towards the presidential Blue House. Rally organisers demanded Park step down.
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| French president Hollande's televised address | |  (Reuters) - Following is a translation of the televised address by President Francois Hollande during the deadly attacks in Paris on Friday: "My dear compatriots, As I speak, terrorist attacks of unprecedented proportions are underway in the Paris area. Two decisions will be taken: a state of emergency will be declared, which means that some places will be closed, traffic may be banned , and there will also be searches which may be decided throughout Ile de France (greater Paris). The state of emergency will be proclaimed throughout the territory (of France).
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| Russia suspended after overwhelming IAAF vote | |  By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - Athletics' governing body has voted overwhelmingly to suspend Russia from the sport for widespread, state-sponsored doping and the ban will include the 2016 Olympics unless the country can demonstrate a major change in their approach and controls. After a three-hour teleconference on Friday, hosted by its president Sebastian Coe, the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) council voted 22-1 in favour of the sanction, with the Russian representative not able to vote. The report alleged "systemic" collusion between Russian athletes and both the country's federation and anti-doping authorities and a "deeply-rooted culture of cheating" that enabled athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs without fear of being tested.
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| Reaction to IAAF suspension of Russian federation | |  Reaction to the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) council's vote on Friday to provisionally suspend Russia from the sport for widespread, state-sponsored doping. The ban will include the 2016 Olympics unless the country can demonstrate a major change in their approach and controls. "The decision is positive news for clean athletes worldwide." - Ben Nichols, spokesman, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - - - - "Obviously, this is the only outcome acceptable to clean athletes and while it is somewhat promising, the real test now is to ensure full justice and accountability for their actions before being allowed to compete again." - Travis Tygart, Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) - - - - "Council examined this matter very thoughtfully, fully aware of the extraordinary action we ultimately decided to take.
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