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france has stepped up its war on terror, to playing troops on the -- deploying troops, attacking targets in syria. inplanes have bumped targets the northern syrian city, which is the stronghold of the islamic state group. initial focus of the investigation is on belgium, several of the paris gang have links with brussels. the main suspect was born and brought up there. stopped byrs were police know the belgian border before allowed to go free. one of his brothers died in paris. another is under arrest. let's go to caroline. dawn approaching where you are, a very different city at the
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start of this new week. >> in about three hours from now, schools will reopen. museums, even the eiffel tower will reopen later today. it is going to be a very different city, the first time the french people go back to work, go back to school after the terrible attack that happened just before the weekend. the investigation is still going on. the top story is the international manhunt for salah abdeslam, born in brussels, he the police let him go because at the time, he was not considered a suspect.
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the belgium story and family story, two of his brothers were involved in the attacks. one is being question at the moment in belgium. the interior minister of france reformedlgium have their cooperation. originated in syria and used terror groups in brussels. hollande said these attacks were an act of war. they plan to counter mercilessly. what can we expect from him today? , thereident hollande will be a minute of silence midday french time. a symbolic move inside a
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university. at 4:00 local time, the president will address a special congress in versailles. the senate and the national assembly gathered together in order to make a special announcement from the president powersy mean extend his for the duration because in this kind of situation, that is something the french president can do. at the moment, the state of emergency could be extended up to three months, meaning there will be security controls at the borders, some people can be investigated, the authorities will have more authority to ,earch houses, to retain people
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to prevent a gathering of people in public venues across paris. live from paris, thank you so much. france andorror in across the west. how is the violence being viewed in the middle east? you. to see tell us what the reaction is over there and what can the big regional players do? guestsof your previous talking about the red, white, and blue all over the buildings. .e have had that in dubai there is a big french community here. we've had considerable outpourings of grief. in terms of what they can do, it is not much. iraq has a financial crisis and its own war.
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egypt had its own terror attack. uae, saudi arabia involved in another war in yemen. turkey has dual interest and has been hitting kurdish targets. it is a conundrum for the west. if you decide to do something in thiso do you call region? the options are not great. yvonne: the islamic state has stepped up the game leading up to these events. are theirive capabilities and what has changed for the terror group? --wer: we had terror attacks andrew: we had terror attacks in in paris.rut, and now and they were all claimed by islamic state. no doubt the group's global reach has increased.
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why of we had this change in tactic? they have gone from establishing their own caliphate in syria and iraq to adopting strategies of al qaeda? to some, that is a sign of weakness. you cease to build your home in the region and resort to the tactics of a group you previously left. yvonne: andrew, we know the group's desire for targeting the soft targets. what is next in this war? andrew: president hollande told out. was going to hit overnight, we saw a great number of airstrikes in the heartland of their caliphate in syria and
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iraq. i would think we will continue to see more airstrikes by the coalition. where do you go from there? one of your previous guests talking about the possibility of boots on the ground. certainly something the west is loathe tof to do -- do. we will have to see what the medium to long-term solution is. yvonne: more airstrikes. insight onor your this topic. investors have been spooked by the attack and are flocking to save haven assets. we are still seeing weakness in the region.
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the asx 200 is down. closed lower by half of 1%. 1%.nikkei 225 down by a weakness coming through there. korea down by 1.2%. china and hong kong on the lunch break at the moment. the hensing -- the hang seeing has been underperforming in the region as well. -- hang seng has been underperforming in the region as well. firmsof the brokerage under pressure. resources, one of the weaker stocks on the index. elsewhere, fears about the terror attacks going to hurt
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tourism, so we have seen a couple of warnings from the taiwanese government and the australian government warning there citizens to avoid unnecessary travel to paris and surrounding areas. australia,ining in it has been a strong performer, also boosted by its quarterly output numbers. let's have a look at that gold price and other safe havens. the japanese yen has been in focus today. gdp down out of japan. this move out of equities and into safe havens. the yen is up by a 10th of 1% at the moment. rallyingprice has been as well as investors look for somewhere to put their money into. flaturse, we are seeing a
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bond. australia, bond in the yield is down by 3%. u.s., year bond in the the yield falling by 2.3%. it is a risk off strategy and play. -- in play. yvonne: you can get more on the terror attacks and the rest of today's news on bloomberg.com/asia. paris waking up to another day. our coverage of the terror attacks in paris continues.
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attacks in paris. guy johnson watching reaction to the attacks. we talked about president hollande, he had to make a rare address to the combined houses of parliament. what is the significance? basically banned from walking into the parliament building here in paris the cause of the separation of powers. as a result, he will be a parliamentarian asking for their approval for the extension of a state of emergency. they were heading towards regional elections. they will do that under a state of emergency. that is not been seen for quite some time. it will have meaningful impacts to the more broad european picture. checks, checking people
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as they come in and out of the country. it will have wider implications across the whole of europe. it tells you about the significance of what we are looking at here. he went to talk to all of the leaders of the main opposition parties, trying to get a leadership role established, trying to separate those two things out. he is in a very interesting position right now. he is going to be changing the goal post in many different ways today. the really big shift of the political landscape. yvonne: let's look at the bigger picture. how have these attacks changed the political atmosphere across europe? so manyreaches into aspects of what is happening in europe. this issue of migration is front and center in germany right now.
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angela merkel under a great deal of pressure as she tries to figure out a way of continuing a policy for an open door of germany. at the same time, having to accommodate the rest of europe and the links that these things might have. it will reach into british politics. a referendum in the u.k., how will they -- how will the attack in france change the security story, the migration story? holding up to the french regional elections -- building up to the french regional elections. marine le pen is pulling very strongly in a number of regions. that this would change the dynamics of the french people's view of her. the agreement, the borderless travel zones, seen as one of the
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major achievements over the last ,0 years of the migration story the attacks in paris, weakening that on a day by day basis. as people try to figure out where to go next with the european union project, this ,tory of how we deal with syria all really coming together and undermining the story. a really big blow at the heart of europe, not just in paris, but elsewhere around the capital. the implications will not be felt for quite some time. yvonne: we continue to see the right wing politicians ramp-up the rhetoric about the open-door policy. guy johnson joining us live from paris. joining us now from new york is anthony roman. anthony has decades of
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counterterrorism strategy. i want to start off with the security failure. they say this was no spot -- no small plot. what wrong? >> this is an intelligence -- failure.s there are insufficient resources to track all of the suspected active militants at this time. it is estimated there are approximately 1700 militants who have some level of training and active combat experience in europe with a very heavy concentration in france and belgium, primarily in paris. to try and track all of these militants is a very
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time-consuming, labor-intensive job. there are simply not the resources to do it at this time. paris, therend in are security measures that do not require as much as manpower. it is almost the last ring of security with active software intelligence, surveillance cameras that ring the city and are able to track license plates, flag suspicious license line ofprovide the last defense in this type of attack. i do not believe paris had that at this time and it may be time to consider that. ask you toant to stay put while we go to a quick rake. we will continue our chat with anthony roman. stay with us here on lumber
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yvonne: let's head back to our discussion with anthony roman, joining us live from new york via skype. he is the founder of security firm roman and associates. anthony, thank you so much for standing by. i want to talk about how difficult it was to track some of these terrorists that do winter -- that do enter into these borders in europe. this is about the radicalization of young men. how can we track this? isis is successful in doing things under the radar. -- the: the radar's methods we have seen in the last couple of weeks, this multi-prong sophisticated attack suggests they are getting
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increasingly more sophisticated and at a far faster rate. for example, the concentration , itlanning that is required requires planning, encrypted communication, support from a disenfranchised community, false identity papers, pulling militant agents from the syrian refugee crisis, using french and belgian nationals for the attack . all of this requires communication, money, training. the type of explosives, we have not seen very much before because it is an extremely unstable type of explosive. this is not the kind of thing you can learn to do from a book or reading the internet.
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training.s a lot of it is a peroxide oxidized organic-based explosive. too much movement, too much heat, too much sound, this thing can blow. these guys managed to activate their explosives. it we: how possible is will see a replica of the paris attacks? can they pull this off somewhere else? anthony: i think they can. resources are stretched. the european resources are stretched as well. we simply cannot track all of the militants at this time. they are using encrypted technology right now, which makes it very difficult to electronically track them and it is hindering our intelligence capabilities to a large degree.
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i believe we will be seeing more attacks,more frequent and attacks with greater sophistication and severity. yvonne: go ahead. anthony: i think we will have to see the private sector step up a bit and that will require money. and price increases in goods and services to have the type of security that we need at shopping malls and tourist districts, stadiums and other gathering events. we simply have to change a bit in order to adapt to the new reality. yvonne: step up security from privatevate -- from the sector. these attacks in raqqa are seen as a strategic move. airstrikes are not enough? anthony: what we can do with
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airstrikes is slow them down and geographically contained their military progress. what we really need our special operations troops in some level of force, bringing the tribes together to form a temporary alliance to try and contain them on the ground. this eventually will have to be supported by a military force of greater than one or 200,000 troops in order to defeat the military. idea or andefeat an ideology. the military can provide a temporary solution. intelligence agencies can attempt to contain and minimize the number of attacks on the homelands, but in the end, it is a social -- sociopolitical and economic solution. yvonne: anthony roman,
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appreciate your insight. are wakingin paris up to a very different city. we will discuss the implications of friday's atrocities after this break. ♪ the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment,
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yvonne: french officials say key suspects were stopped by police to the belgian border and then released. they include salah abdeslam, said to be the man who drove the hall.o the bataclan one of his brothers is among one of the seven that attackers. his other brother is under arrest. attackshat the paris ordered from that country and launched from
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