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As France emergency rule ends, Macron defends new anti-terrorism law
The law gives the police greater powers to search properties, conduct electronic eavesdropping and shut down mosques suspected of preaching hatred than they had prior to the state of emergency.
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France backs tough anti-terrorism bill after wave of attacks
The new legislation would see many of those emergency powers enshrined in law, with limited oversight from the judiciary.
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Eight wounded in shooting near French mosque – source
Four people were wounded outside the mosque while a family of four in their apartment some fifty metres away took shrapnel.
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Man tries to drive car into crowd in front of French mosque
The man’s motives were unclear, and he had not succeeded in reaching the crowd because of barriers in front of the mosque, police said in a statement.
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France’s Macron says EU door remains open to UK
On Tuesday, May and Macron also said they had agreed on an action plan on counter-terrorism.
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Britain, France to join forces to combat online extremism – May
Britain and France will join forces to press companies to do more to tackle online extremism, Prime Minister Theresa May will say on Tuesday.
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Festivalgoers evacuated in Cannes security scare
The festival has employed tight security following a number of terror-related incidents over the past year.
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Man arrested at Paris train station after threatening police with knife
The country is on alert following the killing of a policeman by an Islamist militant on Thursday.
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Paris gunman was French national - Belgian interior minister
In November 2015 two of the 10 known perpetrators were Belgian citizens and others lived in Belgium.
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Experts say automated accounts sharing fake news ahead of French election
The study to be published Friday and another published on Wednesday add evidence to complaints by officials in France, Germany and the US.
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Islamic State claims Paris shooting, one policeman killed
Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins said the man had been identified, but investigators were still assessing if he had accomplices.
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Duke & Duchess of Cambridge to visit Paris
It will be the Prince William’s first official visit to the French capital since his mother Princess Diana’s death in 1997.
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Suspect in Louvre attack says he did not get orders from Islamic state
Egyptian Abdullah Reda al-Hamahmy, 29, was shot and seriously wounded when he launched himself at a group of soldiers on 3 February.
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French soldier shoots knife-wielding attacker at Paris Louvre
Louvre officials said the museum was closed and that visitors already inside when the attack took place were being kept there.
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Police take three for questioning after anti-terror raids in Brussels
The area where the searches took place was closed off to traffic as special police forces with machine guns moved in.
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'Charlie Hebdo' tribute marks two years of Islamist attacks on France
France paid tribute to the journalists, police officers and shoppers at a kosher store killed two years ago by Islamist gunmen.
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European cities ramp up security for New Year after Berlin attack
Capital cities are enhancing their security measures ahead of New Year festivities.
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Main Islamic State attacks on Western targets
Map locating IS group attacks against Western targets since 2015.
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US strike kills Islamic State militants linked to Paris attacks
The US military said the strike took place on 4 December in Raqqa, the Islamic State's defacto capital in Syria.
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France seeks to extend state of emergency until July - PM Cazeneuve
The socialist government imposed the state of emergency in November 2015 following the attacks on Paris.
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Thwarted terror attack slated for 1 December at key Paris sites
Police sources said that among the targets were France's counter-intelligence services hub in the Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret.
