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Paris attacks: France launches anti-IS strikes from carrier

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A fighter jet takes off from the Charles de Gaulle carrier

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Image captionFrance has stepped up strikes on IS following the Paris attacks
France has launched its first missions against Islamic State (IS) militants from its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, military sources said.
The newly-deployed carrier has 26 fighters, tripling French capacity.
French President Francois Hollande has vowed to intensify strikes against IS in Syria and Iraq after the group said it was behind deadly attacks in Paris.
Belgian police meanwhile said they had arrested five more people in anti-terrorism raids.
France stepped up its bombings of IS following the attacks on Paris, in which 130 people were killed.
The latest series of strikes launched from the Charles de Gaulle targeted sites in Iraq, the French military said.
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On Monday, Mr Hollande met British Prime Minister David Cameron for talks as part of a fresh diplomatic push. He will also meet the leaders of the US, Germany and Russia this week.
Mr Hollande said: "We will intensify our strikes, choosing targets that will do the most damage possible to this army of terrorists."
Media captionDavid Cameron: "We will do all in our power to support France to defeat this evil death cult"
Image captionFrench President Francois Hollande and UK PM David Cameron paid their respects outside the Bataclan concert hall in Paris
The two leaders agreed to step up co-operation on countering international terrorism, including increased data-sharing and sharing of airline records.
Mr Cameron offered his support for Mr Hollande and said it was his "firm conviction" that Britain should also be striking IS in Syria.
Earlier, Mr Hollande and Mr Cameron visited the Bataclan concert hall, where at least 89 people were killed.

The Charles de Gaulle

  • France's only aircraft carrier
  • Powered by two nuclear reactors
  • Took 13 years to make at a cost of about $3.5bn (£2.3bn)
  • Weighs 38,000 tonnes, with a runway 195m (640ft) long
  • Has suffered a series of technical problems, with part of a propeller breaking during an early test
In Brussels, the federal prosecutor's spokesman said five people had been arrested following a police operation on Sunday night in the Brussels region and in the Liege region.
These arrests bring to 21 the number of people arrested as part of Belgium's ongoing terror alert.
But Salah Abdeslam - suspected of involvement in the Paris attacks - remains at large.
This is just the start of Mr Hollande's week of diplomacy. The emphasis in each meeting will be slightly different. Aside from the need to assess the US-led military strategy in the Middle East, there are growing calls from European leaders to improve intelligence- and data-sharing.
Security forces in both France and Belgium have been embarrassed by revelations that key suspects behind the Paris attacks moved around freely in the weeks leading up to the assaults, and in the days afterwards, even passing through checkpoints with apparent ease.
And hanging over all the discussion of military and technical co-ordination is the elusive goal of a political solution in Syria that can help eradicate the militants' territory and source of revenue. That's likely to be central to Thursday's talks in Moscow, between Mr Hollande and Vladimir Putin, his fourth national leader in as many days.
As experts point out, France - with its historically cordial ties to Russia, its membership of Nato, and its presence in the Middle East region - is in a unique position to help procure an agreement, and with it greater security at home.
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The Belgian capital, Brussels, meanwhile remains on the highest level of terror alert for a third day.
Universities, schools, large stores, shopping centres and the metro system will stay closed on Monday, following renewed warnings of possible attacks. Soldiers are patrolling the streets of the capital.
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said that everything was being done to return the city to normal as quickly as possible - but the authorities feared a repeat of the events in Paris.
Brussels has been on lockdown all weekend amid a manhunt for Salah Abdeslam.
Image captionBrussels - normally bustling - is under lockdown
Image captionSoldiers are patrolling the Grand Place, one of the city's landmarks
Mr Michel told reporters that authorities feared "an attack similar to the one in Paris, with several individuals who could also possibly launch several attacks at the same time in multiple locations".
France has stepped up security in schools, imposing a series of measures including compulsory safety drills and banning parking outside school premises.
The Belgian authorities have so far charged three people with involvement in the Paris attacks.
French media have reported that nine militants carried out the attacks on 13 November, and seven died.
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Paris attacks: Prosecutor Molins says three teams involved.

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Media captionOne woman clung to a window ledge as she tried to escape the gunmen - Video courtesy of Daniel Psenny, Le Monde journalist
Three teams carried out the attacks in the French capital which killed 129 people and left more than 350 wounded, the Paris chief prosecutor says.
"We have to find out where they came from... and how they were financed," Francois Molins told reporters.
He said seven attackers had been killed, and that all had been heavily armed and wearing explosive belts.
Friday's attacks, claimed by Islamic State militants, hit a concert hall, a major stadium, restaurants and bars.
Mr Molins also said the arrests of three men in Belgium on Saturday were linked to the attacks.
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said investigators were trying to establish whether one of the suspects picked up near Brussels might have been in Paris on Friday evening.
Paris on Friday evening.
Media captionPeople could be seen escaping from the Bataclan concert hall shortly after a series of explosions
Speaking in Paris on Saturday evening, Mr Molins told reporters: "We can say at this stage of the investigation there were probably three co-ordinated teams of terrorists behind this barbaric act."
He also confirmed that one of the dead attackers had been identified as a 30-year-old Frenchman who had a criminal record but had never spent time in jail.
The man came from the town of Courcouronnes, 25km (15 miles) west of Paris. He had been identified by the security services as having been radicalised but had never been implicated in a counter-terrorism investigation.
Mr Molins said all seven militants had used Kalashnikov assault rifles and the same type of explosive vests.
In the latest development, French police have taken the father and brother of one of the attackers into custody, judicial sources told AFP news agency.
On Saturday evening, a tourist thought he saw something suspicious at the Pullman hotel near the Eiffel Tower and sparked a security alert. But a police search found nothing and the operation was called off.
Media captionProsecutor Francois Molins: "We have to find out where they came from... and how they were financed"

The investigation

Mr Molins also gave details about the state of the investigation, which he said was at a very early stage.
He said police were focusing on two vehicles. One was a black Seat used by gunmen at two of the attacks and still untraced.
The other is a black Volkswagen Polo with Belgian registration plates found at the concert venue that was targeted.
He said this had been rented by a Frenchman living in Belgium.
He was identified while driving another vehicle in a spot check by police on Saturday morning as he crossed into Belgium with two passengers.
The BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris says investigators are working on the theory that these three may be another team of attackers who managed to flee the scene.
The Greek authorities say two people under investigation by the French police had registered in Greece as Syrian refugees.
A Syrian passport was found near the body of one the attackers at the Stade de France.
An Egyptian passport has also been linked to the attacks.

How the attacks unfolded

Media captionHow the attacks in Paris unfolded on Friday night
French President Francois Hollande imposed a state of emergency after the worst peacetime attack in France since World War Two. It is also the deadliest in Europe since the 2004 Madrid bombings.
The violence began soon after 21:00 (20:00 GMT) as people were enjoying a Friday night out in the French capital.
A gunman opened fire on Le Carillon bar near the Place de la Republique in the 10th arrondissement (district) , before heading across the road to Le Petit Cambodge (Little Cambodia), killing a total of 15 people.
"We heard the sound of guns, 30-second bursts. It was endless," resident Pierre Montfort said.
A few streets away, diners sitting on the terrace of La Casa Nostra pizzeria were also fired on, with the loss of five lives.
Mr Molins said 19 people had been killed at the Belle Equipe bar in the 11th arrondissement, while the toll from the attack on the Bataclan concert hall stood at 89.
At about the same time, on the northern outskirts of Paris, 80,000 people who had gathered to watch France play Germany at the Stade de France heard three explosions outside the stadium.
President Hollande was among the spectators and was whisked away after the first blast.
Investigators had found the bodies of three suicide bombers around the Stade de France, Mr Molins said.
Tower Bridge in London lit up in the colours of the French flagImage copyrightReuters
Image captionLondon's Tower Bridge was one of a number of landmarks around the world to display the colours of the French flag

Attack sites:

La Belle Equipe, 92 rue de Charonne, 11th district - at least 19 dead in gun attacks
Le Carillon bar and Le Petit Cambodge restaurant at rue Alibert, 10th district - 15 dead in gun attacks
La Casa Nostra restaurant, 92 rue de la Fontaine au Roi, 11th district - at least 5 dead in gun attacks
Stade de France, St Denis, just north of Paris - explosions heard outside venue, three attackers and bystander dead
Bataclan concert venue, 50 Boulevard Voltaire, 11th district - 89 dead when stormed by gunmen
The 1,500-seat Bataclan concert hall in the 11th arrondissement suffered the worst of Friday night's attacks. Gunmen opened fire on a sell-out gig by US rock group Eagles of Death Metal, killing 89 people.
"At first we thought it was part of the show but we quickly understood," Pierre Janaszak, a radio presenter, told AFP news agency.
"They didn't stop firing. There was blood everywhere, corpses everywhere. We heard screaming. Everyone was trying to flee."
He said the gunmen took 20 hostages, and he heard one of them tell their captives: "It's Hollande's fault, (...) he should not have intervened in Syria".
Media captionA witness to the explosions at the Stade de France says he was saved by his mobile phone
Within an hour, security forces had stormed the concert hall and all three attackers there were dead.
Islamic State released a statement on Saturday saying "eight brothers wearing explosive belts and carrying assault rifles" had carried out the attacks on "carefully chosen" targets, and were a response to France's involvement in the air strikes on IS militants in Syria and Iraq.
Shortly before, President Hollande said France had been "attacked in a cowardly shameful and violent way".
"So France will be merciless in its response to the Islamic State militants," he said, vowing to "use all means within the law.. on every battleground here and abroad together with our allies".
Many officials buildings as well as Disneyland Paris have been closed, sports events have been cancelled and large gatherings have been banned for the next five days.
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