here is frank gardner. frank: the captured were threatened with beheading by islamic state.jordan, the call is for a prisoner swap and he does not believe his country should be fighting. >> when he joined the air force we never knew he would be joining other countries to fight outside of the borders. joining the coalition is not in our interest. it is not our war. frank: in japan, there have been protesting -- has been protests. >> please save my son's life, kenyji. he only has a little time left. frank: islamic state wants this woman released, a suicide bomber whose belt failed to explode. her accomplices murdered 60. releasing her would look like giving in to terrorism and could encourage more hostagetaking. it would be a huge boost to islamic state which operates across the border with iraq and syria. it could jeopardize relations with allies. on the other hand, there is public support for rescuing the pilot. many jordanians are unhappy about the action against the islamic state. i spoke to a kidnapping expert who asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitive nature

. >> let's hear from our security correspondent, frank gardner. >> a brazen in a european capital. they have been on alert for something like this. not on this scale. the gunman dressed in the manner of many jihadists and appeared well trained. . they escape from the scene on hindered. -- well-trained. they escape from the scene unhindered. >> is the forefront of the battle of the west versus islam. this is a country that ranks high as a target. >> the terrorist attack did not come out of the blue. there have been a number of less serious attacks by lone individuals. in june, last year, the police arrested a jihadist with a machine gun. over the christmas operiod that was no deterrent to whoever carried out the attack. charlie hebdo pokes fun at every religion and ignores request to tone down provocative cartoons, insisting on free speech. it was car bombed and named as a target by al qaeda in lemon -- in yemen. it was too soon to be linked. france, like britain, as a major problem with jihadists going to syria and back. it has more extremists. mainstream muslims have condemned the

frank gardner has been speaking to french officials, and he said they have told him that they have high confidence that the two kouachi brothers are the only two suspects directly involved in yesterday's attack but there may well be terrorists. and from our colleagues in paris, they're just letting us know that they've been hearing from french officials who say these two suspects to bring you more details of this latest sighting of them were spotted in a light gray renault clio. a witness told the police they were masked and armed. the car's registration plates, which is interesting, were also masked. the worry for police right now, they say they believe these two men may be heading back to paris. so there's further operation in place. armed officers are being posted at access points right around paris because the fear from the police, what they're telling us is that they believe these brothers may be determined to die in another attack in paris. that is the very latest that we're hearing from our bureau there. as i mentioned, we will take you live to paris in a moment. but the other de