. >>> let's go now to france to the french capitol paris to speak to andrew simmons. ew, hugely important country to france is mali. what has been the french involvement in this siege? because we know french forces were on the ground. >> reporter: from the very outset, president francois hollande ordered his forces into action, special forces on the ground, part of the much larger force over the whole of west africa, counter terrorism forces, dating back to january 2013 when france was requested by the malian government to help in trying to regain territory in the north taken by insurgents. there is still a large presence of french troops in mali, and the special forces were heavily proactive in bringing this siege to some sort of end. now a lot of confusion, as ivan idegay, was reports. but no one is sure of how many special french forces were involved. but we have confirmation that a belgian diplomat has been killed. he died in the radisson blu hotel. all french officials and diplomats know this hotel extremely well. it has always been regarded as the safest hotel in

schools metro rail and museums are all closed, andrew simmons is in paris with more. >> in position and operational. the charles de gaulle aircraft carrier, bombs loaded, a french foreign ministry spokesman says the first action he in iraq. the action coincided with francois hollande meeting u.k. prime minister david cameron. a visit that started woo solemn moment. two men were the at the bataclan theater, the sign of a dizzy ma'adismalgun battle. extending air strikes against i.s.i.l. into syria. >> a comprehensive strategy for tackling i.s.i.l, i firmly support the action that president hollande has taken to strike i.s.i.l. in syria and it's my firm conviction that britt ann shoulbritain should d. >> translator: we're convinced we must continue to strike i.s.i.l. in syria. we will increase air strikes. our aircraft carrier have been mandated to strike and strike hard against i.s.i.l. >> france isn't just looking for military support. it wants to bolster agreements to improve european union intelligence cooperation and impose more border chebs within thchecks withineu. francois holland

let's go live to andrew simmons in paris. >> that's right, lauren, we knew that it was operational now we're hearing that there are attacks going on, they are being made. not sure whether it's iraq and syria or one of either. it involves warplanes taking place in succession loaded with bombs. we've seen pictures of those. this is our report. it's first missions are reported to have begun. tripling the capacity of france to attack isil target in both syria and iraq. the action coincided with franÇois hollande meeting with prime minister david cameron. a sift that started with a solemn moment. the two men at the bataclan theater. at a rock concert 90 people died. they both paid homage to the dead by laying a single rose. they're promising more than a true support. >> you know i'll set out in parliament our comprehensive strategy for tackling isil. i firmly support the action that presidential hollande has taken to strike isil and syria, and it is my firm conviction that britain should do so, too. >> we're convinced we must continue strike isil and syria. we'll intensify our strikes. we'l

as andrew simmons reports from paris. [ explosion ] [ gunfire ] >> reporter: once again, gunfire andater on explosions in paris. a residential suburb looks and sounds like a war zone. ♪ [ gunfire ] >> reporter: it's a raid by security forces under the cover of darkness, and they met fierce resistance. for more than three hours, the gunfire continued. >> translator: since 4:00 this morning, french special forces police have carried out an operation to neutralize terrorists. seven people were arrested, two have died. >> reporter: police say one of the dead suspects was a woman wearing a suicide vest who blew herself up. for hours now this paris suburb has been in deep shock. when gunfire and explosions rattled windows, waking people up in the early hours, everyone had thought this was another attack. but no, it was a prolonged fire fight between a heavily armed group, holed up in an apartment down at the bottom of this street, and the police. the police operation is believed to have been in search of one of the main suspects. he is belgian of moroccan orig n origin. french authorities

more from andrew simmons who is there. >> reporter: on the platform, searching starts immediately at station when any train arrives from belgium. security in paris is getting stricter by the day. the inquiry has taken another twist with arrests made in turkey, akmed damani wearing the black jacket is a bell jan of moroccan dissent. he is suspected as acting as a scout. the other two men, sirrians, are accused by being tasked by isil to arrange safe passage over the turkish border. back in paris, investigators are still working on out the exact role of eight people arrested last wednesday in the special forces raid on an apartment. the prosecute ors office has reviewealed that three, not two suspects were killed, including a man suspected of organizing the attacks. 26-year-old bulasan. this is the explosion that's believed to be the detonation of a suicide vest inside the apartment. there are now reports it could be the unidentified man who was the suicide bomber, not hasna hasnar bulasan. >> there are 2,500 troops deployed in the capital, alone. the state of emergency has been extend

andrew simmons, al jazeera, paris. >>> new york police say they are aware of a new lee released isilideo suggesting the city is a potential target of paris style attacks. the mayor has enkurnlingdz people to live out their lives normally. >> we understand it is the goal of terrorists to intimidate and disrupt our democratic society. we will not submit to their wishes. i want to encourage all new yorkers to continue to go about their business normally. it's important to note that there is no credible and specific threat against new york city. >> five syrian citizens who allegedly traveled to hon did youas on stroenl greek passports have been retained after an alert was issued by inter poll. officials say the syrian men were being tracked since leaving greece. it's believed they were trying to make their way to the united states. >> a lot more still to come here on al jazeera including we take a closer look at the man suspected of planning and organizing the paris attacks, plus: >> i am robin foriestier walker where soviet contamination threatens this region with an environmental catas

on wednesday he will meet the german chancellor angela merkel asking her for more help too and andrew simmonsparis with the latest. >> reporter: francois hollande with prime minister cameron and talking about the war and the two men at the bataclan and a mass killing at a rock concert, 90 people died and both paid homage to the dead laying a single rose and promising more support in a second attempt to get parliamentary approval to extend the air strikes of i.s.i.l. into syria. >> later in week i will set out in parliament a comprehensive strategy for tackling i.s.i.l. i firmly support the action that president francois hollande has taken to strike i.s.i.l. in syria and it's my firm conviction that britain should do so too. >> translator: we are convinced we must continue to strike i.s.i.l. in syria and will intensify our strikes and choose the site that will cause the most damage to the terrorist army and our aircraft carrier that will arrive in the area have been mandated to strike and strike hard i.s.i.l. >> reporter: and france is not just looking for military support and it wants to bols

as andrew simmons has been pointing out inside earlier presentation about this. france is heavily involved and has been heavily involved for decades and the people in the north blame every misery they have faced in the last few decades on the french policies, they consider that the french shouldn't have annex would the north to mali and consider they have a right to be an independent state. we have also internal groups as i membered, this new group, they are marginalized according to their own claims. we have al-qaeda which is spreading, as it has been acting or operating across the region. they are in northern mali. for sure, they are in other parts of the area. we have boko haram, which has proved that it can act not only in nigeria, bub in the neighboring countries, so these are different groups, but the interesting thing about this particular incident today is that nobody is saying much about it, and even those who are supposed to be negotiating now with the highjackers or abductors, they aren't tell us a lot. there is a lock of transparency. i think the mali

andrew simmons, al jazeera, paris. >>> russia's military says it hit 472 targets in syria over the weekendbing the area as hit as terrorist objects. state media and monitoring group say the strikes are helping syrian government troops recapture areas in the central providence of homs and the campaign started to months ago and tanks with crude ail to factories controlled by i.s.i.l. were among the targets. concerns about russia's use of cruise missiles from the caspien forced them to close the air is space to civilian flights and will remain shut until wednesday morning and missiles for targets in syria traveled 1500 kilometers over iraq and iran. russian president has been discussing the syrian conflict with iran leader and president and vladimir putin is in the iran capitol for an oil and gas summit and the war in syria is dominating talks and kremlin spokesman says putin and iran say it should not impose political will and iran and russia support the bashar al-assad regime. thousands of police and soldiers patrolling the streets as it enters the third day and schools and metro rail and s

and prime minister pressed with the extension saying it would help prevent further attacks and andrew simmonsorts from paris. >> reporter: in the aftermath of the assault by special forces on the building is a positive identification what french describe as the ring leader of attacks last friday. the french prosecutor says fingerprints from one of two bodies recovered from the rubble prove it's abdelhamid abaaoud, the other dead suspect was a woman believed to be his cousin. the prosecutor says it is not clear whether abdelhamid abaaoud blew himself up like the woman and belgium born is seen here film perhaps in syria where he spent time fighting for i.s.i.l., the date is unknown. >> i would light to send a message for those who are sitting, stand up, spring and jump. >> reporter: according to a "new york times" report abdelhamid abaaoud was a number of european citizens fighting for i.s.i.l. in syria plotting attacks and recruit fellow fighters and security agents are aware of his presence in athens because of a phone call he made and escaped a police raid in eastern belgium before traveling

. >>> also in paris for us right now is andrew simmons. drew, france, of course, still recovering from the fallout of those dreadful attacks in paris exactly a week ago today, but france also involved in the siege that has been happening on that hotel in mali. >> reporter: yes, as if there wasn't enough pressure on the french president. he immediately ordered his forces to help out the malian special forces. the special forces -- the french special forces are thick on the ground in mali. france intervening in the conflict there in 2013, helping the government, propping it up, regaining the northern territories in a long, long battle, and of course, it's been difficult ever since. there's been all sorts of problems in terms of the very, very wide-spread resistance, those who are separatists. those who are so-called islamist fighters. there was very, very difficult times, and a lot of piece agreements going by the wayside. what happened on the radisson blu hotel was that the french special forces assisted as i said the malian forces and also

more from andrew simmons. >> in position and operational, the charles de gaulle air craforaircraftcarrierthe first attacks were in iraq. the action coincide wednesday francois hollande meeting u.k. prime minister david cameron. the meeting began with a solemn moment. at the bataclan. each of them paid homage to 130 dead by laying a single rose. cameron is promising more military support, to extend british air strikes onto i.s.i.l. into syria. >> later this week i will set before parliament our comprehensive strategy for tackling i.s.i.l. i support the action president hollande has done to attack i.s.i.l. and it is my opinion that britain should do too. >> translator: we are convinced to attack i.s.i.l. in syria our aircraft carrier has been mandated to strike and strike hard against i.s.i.l. >> france isn't just looking for military support. it wants to bolster agreements to improve military cooperation and impose more border checks within the eu. francois hollande finds his popularity rising after a week of trauma and 130 lives lost in the paris attacks. more than 90% support his actions

>> we'll cross over to andrew simmons. andrew will tell us more about what you're learning on abaaoud's death. >> well, the confirmation of abaaoud is indeed dead. it had been suspected that he was in that apartment when so many special forces attacked it for a period of three to four hours with fierce resistance from all of those inside. now there is this confirmation, we are told, it is fingerprint evidence that has convinced the authorities, that it is in fact him, and francoi the french pror has said that this confirmation is indeed the case, but he cannot say whether or not he had actually blown himself up or whether he was crushed when the building partly collapsed, or he was thought repeatedly by the forces. it is unclear, but it is definitely him and of course, this brings to a close the speculation about who this man was and confirms that their intelligence was correct, that indeed, this man was not with a string of terrorist attacks behind him, according to intelligence services. he was supposed to be in syria. th

andrew simmons reports. >> the charles de gaulle aircraft carrier. bombs loaded, defense ministry spokesman said the first actions were in iraq. francois hollande meeting u.k. prime minister david cameron, a meeting that began with a solemn moment. the bataclan concert hall, the dismal scene of a las massacre f 90. each laying a single rose. he's hoping to get parliamentary approval of attacks against syria,. >> later this week i will set out in parliament a comprehensive strategy for tackle i.s.i.l. i firmly support the action that president hollande has taken to strike i.s.i.l. in syria. that is my firm conviction that britain should do so too. >> translator: we're convinced we must continue to strike i.s.i.l. in syria. we will intensify our strikes. we will choose the strikes that cause the most damage to this terrorist army and our aircraft carrier has been mandated to strike hard against i.s.i.l. >> reporter: the hollande-cameron meeting and their simple gesture a single rose among the flowers, in fact diplomatically it could be the hardest of h

andrew simmons, al jazeera, paris. >> we're live in paris.mohammed, this is a superb tha suburb that must have been completely transformed by events in the last 24 hours. how are people feeling there now? >> well, mariam, the situation has really calmed down in the last three or four hours. there are still police fans not as many as we first arrived. there are parts of this why that are cordoned off that people can't walk through. it's unclear at this hour how many forensic investigators are here. we've not heard any more controlled detonations or explosions, so it's quieted down and people are coming out more. but over all, of course, it is a very tense scene still. as you said, it has been transformed. you can see that people are quite concerned about what may happen here next especially in the wake of those remarks from the prosecutor general saying that the cell that was busted up here today, the information was that they were ready to acted on another potential terror plot. so there is a lot of concern about what is going to happen in th

. >>> and also in paris is andrew simmons. france of course still dealing with the fallout from last week's terrible attacks in paris and now also the french involvement in the siege of that hotel in mali. >> reporter: that's right. francois hollande, the french president immediately ordered his special forces into action on hearing of this siege. they were heavily involved. we don't know the numbers, but it's known that there are a large number of french special forces in mali. since 2013 when there was a major military operation deployed in the country at the request of the malian government after they lost territory -- northern territories, and they had to be reclaimed in a big operation. peace deals came and went after that, and of course, it's a very complex affair. but the situation now as outlined by the president is much that france is supporting the best way it can, and he did say that it was standing resolutely in support of all aspects of life in mali. but there are 6,200 french nationals in bamako alone. and the fr

andrew simmons, al jazeera, paris. >>> john kerry says the international will feint yulely defeat isils meeting with arab a leaders about the war in syria. he said isil is not all powerful, and it's just a matter of time before the organization falls. he also says the white house is escalating efforts to bring down the group. the secretary would not offer details of the plan. a national security contributor joins us from washington, d.c. good to have you back. >> good to be here. >> yeah, good to have you back. let me deal with some preliminaries here. what does president hollande -- what does he hope to get from these consultations with these world leaders over the next few days? >> i think he is trying to build this coalition. he is trying to rally the various powers in the region behind him in his concept for building this anti-isil coalition. >> to do what, douglas? to drop more bombs? >> in part to drop bombs, but i think also they will talk about more intelligence cooperation, perhaps arming some groups together on the ground, certainly nothing like putting, you know, a ground fo

andrew simmons, al jazeera, paris. >>> with me from paris is charles litchfield, europe team associate at the euroasia group. thanks for being on the program. one of the key important meetings this week hollande will have is with the u.s. president, barack obama. how much pressure will he apply from obama, and exactly what does he want from the u.s. president? >> first of all, he has the capacity to apply a lot of pressure because he's a legitimate representative of a wounded party, that being france. president obama has said he'll do everything he can to support france. so i think there is some legitimacy to president obama's actions. obviously, it will be difficult to convince president obama to do much more in the middle east. president obama isn't a president who likes to think of himself as an interventionist president. >> indeed. how reluctant is obama going to be with to have any more military cooperation with the russians? >> it's difficult certainly, but you've already seen them talking. i think the main objective now is to achieve some sort of unified koelcoalition. there's a

crossing over to paris now and bring in andrew simmons because it's one week exactly since those attacks happened in paris. just first tell us what the mood is there, andrew. >> reporter: well, like the weather it is grim, an awful week for the people of france. one of the worst in the history of this republic. let me bring you up-to-date with news just in. reports in french media that abdel hamid abaaoud, the so-called ring leader described by french security forces, of the attacks a week ago, he was spotted on cctv we're followed on line 9 of the metro monreey at around 10.40 on the nights of friday, 13 after the attack. so 50 minutes after the first attacks. now, what this means, this is really the first solid evidence, if it's confirmed, that abdel hamid abaaoud was present during the attacks, wasn't somewhere else. quite astonishing what is happening over disputes of the situation. it has been said a number of times that france is unhappy with the level of support it has had from other european intelligence agencies and we know that there have been sitings of-- sightings of abdel ha

andrew simmons, al jazeera, paris. >> we're live in paris. mohammed, developments over the past hour? >> yes, maryam. we heard quite a loud boom from an area today. we're told those are controlled explosions. we heard two more in the last 15 minutes. we're told they're controlled explosions. that the swat teams, the forensic investigators who are still on the scene, they're finding explosive devices, possibly grenades that were left behind, and they are just trying to make sure there is no more danger, that they're setting them off. we might hear more in the next hours as well essentially what is happening as soon as they find these explosive materials they're detonating to make sure that it does not cause a problem for the rest of the people here. the mood has gotten quite more relaxed in the last few hours. the french media has been reporting that perhaps police are looking for a car that one of the main suspects to the attacks left this area in, so there is still that seven that is ongoing. but as far as the area at this hour the crowd is

screening, security checks and greater sharing of data amongst member states >>> our correspondent andrew simmons for us now in paris. it was a strong display of unity between the two countries. >> reporter: yes, and a very touching moment before the breakfast meeting between the two leaders when necessity went to the bataclan theatre-- when they went to the bataclan theatre, the dismall scene of the attack last friday when hostages were held and there was a blood bath with 90 deaths. they laid a single rose in homage to the victims before they started talking. they were talking war. they can't deploy any attacks in syria because you may remember two years ago parliament refused to approve any attacks in syria. they didn't want to get stuck in conflict with no apparent end. that is a different situation now, according to cameron. he is indicating that he will be going to parliament to seek approval for air strikes in syria. in the interim he is going to be allowing the royal air force in cyprus to be used by the french air force to help their logistics and also he will be assisting in other logis

andrew simmons reports from paris. >> reporter: french troops get ready to patrol. this is marly, it's paris, a few years few would have predicted the army would be deployed in the metro. or that many parisians would achoose not to use their transport system for fear of suicide bombers. these cities now have to be guarded by ever watchful soldiers. tourists are notable by their absence. francois hollande keeps reiterating his country is at war with i.s.i.l. there are already some comparisons with george bush and how he respond elide to 911. -- responded. the security measures he are calling for are hard hitting and coupled to a three month extension of the state of emergency. they include deporting foreigners considered a threat, removing french be nationality from those involved in so-called terror activity, search warrants without a judge's approval, refusal to comply with a warrant leading to custody for up to two months. civil rights organizationss are alarmed. >> we have seen it in the past in the u.s. after 911. we have seen that extraordinary powers led to mo

let's speak to andrew simmons live from paris and andrew first of all let us talk about the security failures because that man able it seems to move freely around europe despite the fact that he was known to security service services. >> that is right shiulie of quality of intelligence and absence of intelligence here in france about abaaoud's movements in syria in resent months and no information from france that he was actually here. we just heard about an hour ago from the french prosecutor's office and they are now saying that three bodies were recovered from the apartment which was raided in that onslaught on wednesday and three bodies and amongst the bodies it would appear they recovered a hand bag with a passport which identified a woman named latin and believes to be a cousin of abaaoud and she is a 26-year-old and she actually detonated a suicide vest, blew herself up at some stage in the onslaught but as i say many questions after the death of abaaoud who is known as the ring leader. in the aftermath of assault by special forces on this building comes the positive identific

there will be many more of those >>> thank you for that andrew simmons in paris. over to brussels now, paul brennan is there for us. we know the e.u. ministers are gathering there and they're going to be talking about tight-- tightening borders to cut down on threats. tell us what to expect with that meeting >> reporter: what we've got this morning to start with in the next hour is an extraordinary meeting. it wasn't scheduled home afavors minimum. it is below the ministers but important nonetheless. the type of things that they will talk with are things such as tightening the european borders. they're going to be talking about the standardisation of deactivation of firearms for example, there le different ideas about how firearms are deactivated and the ability of weapons are too available over the sfat. they're going to be talking about a plan for an e.u. passenger name register so that authorities can know better exactly with who is on a train or a plane or any other type of transport and who is moving around this continent. other headline-grabbing measures inc

andrew simmons in paris there. st denis is the community where the raids were carried out and the key planner was killed there. they spoke the difficulties of the dated to day lives with our correspondent >> reporter: all his life he has struggled with acceptance. a french algerian background he has never been allowed to assimilate. >> translation: it was always difficult at school. they called me the arab and it has been hard to get a job with the face i have >> reporter: born and raised in france, he sees himself as french, but says his country men and women only identify him as algerian. it was easy for him to deal into drug and slip in despair >> translation: there was no other activity for us, not even a youth association. there are so many members of the north african community here who need help but the city never have enough money to help them >> reporter: in the wake of the attack, many muslims in this city feel alone. in neighborhoods like this resentment is growing just as past as fear. people tell us th

. >> indeed andrew thank you for that andrew simmons in paris there and the community where the police raids took place and the key planner of the paris attacks was killed and mohamed met some of them living in the neighborhood and they spoke about the difficulties of their day-to-day life. >> all his life he has struggled with acceptance, a french all gaeran background he tells me he has never truly been allowed to asimulate. >> it was always difficult at school and called me the arab and it always has been hard to get a job with the face i have. >> reporter: born and raised in france he certainly sees himself as french but says his fellow countrymen and women only ever identified him as algerian and it was easy for him to deal drugs as easy as it was to slip into despair. >> translator: there was no activity for us, not even a youth association and so many members of the north african community who needs help but the city never has enough money to help them and feel alone in the city. >> reporter: in the wake of attacks muslims in the city feel more alone than ever, in neighborhoods

now to paris and our colleague andrew simmons, but we get in io the sit n.i.t.ritty of diplomacy, they have found this dealt. that's significant? >> it certainly could be. it's strange that it was found so long after the attack. it was found in a southern suburb. it is the area where a phone, cell phone was found which was belonging to saleh abdel salaam. the man on the run. the man that went through french security and over to the board tore belgium a man we don't know anything of right now. so this is being i believe investigated. a communique about more raids tonight overnight in to monday night jets from the aircraft carrier attacking targets in raqqa, simultaneously with two mirage 2,000 attack planes which were also bombing targets and we were all a target according to the french military and navy. these attacks have intensified they were promised by the aircraft carrier senior officers and they were certainly delivered. the french president was insistent he would strike and strike hard, quote, unquote, pete better. peter. >> now the diplomacy picks up lat

let's hear from andrew simmons in paris. >> the mourning still goes on in various sections of the city of paris and there's an escalation in the military campaign against i.s.i.l. in position and operational, the charles de gaulle aircraft carrier, bombs loaded, taking off. the firs first attacks were in . the 20 aircraft on board this nuclear powered vessel triples the capacity of france to attack i.s.i.l. targets in both iraq and syria. the action coincided with he francois hollande meeting u.k. president david cameron. the two men were at the bataclan theater the dismal scene of mass killing at a rock concert, 90 people died. each paid homage by laying a single rose. >> and later this week i will set out in parliament our comprehensive strategy for tackling i.s.i.l. i firmly support the action that president hollande has taken to strike i.s.i.l. in syria and it is my firm conviction that britain should do so too. >> translator: we're convinced we should attack i.s.i.l. in syria. we will choose the sites that will make the most damage to i.s.i.l. in syria. our aircraft carrier has be

andrew simmons joins us from the french capitol. the french president has been speaking a short while ago, andrew, what was he saying? >> reporter: he was calling on all french nationals, and there are 6,200 in bombco to be extremely careful in every aspect of their life. and he said everyone in france was behind malians, that they are friends. but let me bring you up to date with the defense ministry who was speaking to al jazeera a short time ago. we have confirmation that that special forces are already on the ground in bombaco. we don't have the exact number. there is a large number helping the malian forces out is what we have been told by the spokesperson of the defense ministry. so definitely french special forces on the ground. in addition to that, there are at least 50 solders from an elite unit who have been flown out, and they should be about halfway there now. they are joining what is already a big french force to assist the malians in this crisis. now there are 3,500 french troops still deployed in this west african regi

as andrew simmons reports, life in the city is very different >> reporter: on the platform searchingstarts when any train arrives from belgium. security in paris is getting stricter by the day. the inquiry has taken another twist with an reached made in turkey. the man in the black jacket is a belgian of moroccon extent. he is accused of acting as a scout. the other two syrians are tasked by i.s.i.l. to arrange safe passage over the turkish border. more than a week after the attacks, there are 2500 troops in the capital alone. the state of emergency has been extended by three months after unanimous support in the senate and the face of law and order in france has changed beyond recognition. since that state of emergency was declared by francois hollande last friday, there have been 107 arrests without warrants. out of those arrests 90 people have been held in custody. 164 have been put under house arrest, again without warrants. 793 searches of buildings, again without warrants. 174 weapons seized, including 18 assault rifles, and 250 eur shall - it 250,000 euros taken. first respond

andrew simmons sent us this from paris. >> reporter: on the platform searching starts immediately atthe station when any train arrives from belgium. security in paris is getting stricter by the day. the inquiry has taken another twist with arrest made in turkey. this man in the black jacket is a belgian of moroccon accident. he is suspected as acting as a scout. the other two men are accused of being taroked by i.s.i.l. to arrange safe passage over the turkish border. back in paris investigators are working out the exact role of eight people arrested last wednesday in the special forces raid on an apartment in st denis. the prosecutor's office has revealed that three not two suspects were killed including a man suspected of organising the attacks, abdel hamid abaaoud. 26-year-old hasna ait boulahcen also. this is the explosion that is believed to be the debt nation of a suicide-- debt nation detonateion. >> reporter: more than a week after the attacks now, there are 2500 troops deployed in the capital alone. the state of emergency has opinion extended by three months after unanimous

on wednesday will meet the german chancellor angela merkel for help and to our correspondent andrew simmonsust walk us through what they have been discussing. >> reporter: well, the first thing they did was to go to the bataclan at the dismal seen of horrendous attacks on friday the 13th which 90 people died at a rock concert, both cameron and francois hollande laying single roses in homage to the victims and went to a breakfast meeting, an solemn one as well and talking about fighting i.s.i.l. on the ground and some sort of long-term strategy for conflict and david cameron's position is different because he is not in a position where he can immediately order strikes in syria, his world airforce is attacking in arack but there is no parliamentary approval for operations in syria. in fact, you might recall two years ago parliament voted against it, shocking the prime minister. he was rebuffed, didn't want to get involved in what many felt would be a long-running, costly conflict but this is what he had to say because now the mood has changed after the paris attacks he feels and there is enou

. >> an do you simmons reporting live from paris. thanks. as andrew saying, president hollande is due to meet moscow on thursday. but persuading russia to join a coalition to tackle isil could be difficult. right now he's in an iranian capital for a gas summit. but it is when he'll meet with president rouhani and iran's supreme leader. russia has been bombing target in support of president bashar al-assad, but moscow now has a stronger motivation for bombing isil after it took responsibility for the bombing of the russian airliner. a fundamental shift was required, president obama, could moscow be brought on board? >> well, that's the big question, isn't it, it is being asked in answer capitals around the world. certainly if you look back to about a week ago in the vienna talks of syria, 20 different countries i think were involved in it. after that talk there was some sign at least things were pregnanting. we had a press conference, the u.s. secretary of state. and the russian foreign minister talking together and saying they agreed to move ahead wit

andrews. you saw president hollande get into this suv which is heading towards the white house. i'll go now keir simmons. just looking at this information that in belgium they will extended the state of emergency by another week, what does this mean, what are they trying to avoid? >> reporter: i think one of the discussions that the french leader hollande and president obama will be having, how secure is europe, has europe in a sense lost control of its security. and i can tell you that there are unconfirmed reports just in the last hour or so that the belgian foreign minister has given more details of the kind of terrorist cell that they are trying to find. i just spoke to a spokesperson that sounded a little flustered, wasn't able to confirm the reports at this stage. so we already know that the belgians are very concerned, that's why they have this capital now on the highest state of alert which means that an attack is imminent. that is how it is described. the belgian prime minister at the same time trying to reassure his people and that is why we are seeing them deciding that they are going to try