that's jackie roland who is speaks us from the scene. french officials say 12 people have been killed on the attack on the office of a satirical magazine the magazine's editor and chief and three other cartoonists are among the dead as are two police officers as well. french national police say they are pursuing three suspects thought responsible for the shooting. the interior minister has just spoken and he said the country will go after the attackers in every way. he said all of our resources will be mobilized and that a crisis plan for terrorism had been activated. >> well there has been reaction coming in from right around the world. russian president vladimir putin said he resolutely condemns terrorism. david cameron has also condemned the attack. >> mr. speaker, i'm sure the whole house will want to join me in condemning the barbaric attack in paris this morning. while details are still unclear, i know this house and this country stands united wit

jackie roland reports. >> a president and a people. united in their loss. words of comfort for the families who lost loved ones and gestures of support for those who survived. are unconnected before, now linked by the violent actions of three men. leaders from more than 40 countries stood shoulder to shoulder with the french president. on this day the president said, paris is the capital of the world. people gathered at place that republic. freedom united unity and fra fraternity. >> showing we all support freedom of speech. >> we are pride to be muslim and we want to fight for unity of all french people. >> somehow it shows that people care. and that liberty remains something and means something to us. >> reporter: organizers were expecting a million people. in the end there were even more. it is an extraordinary site. the square is absolutely packed with people and the crowds are spilling out into adjoining streets. paris hasn't seen scenes like this since the city was liberated from nazi occupation, over 50 years ago. >>> bringing together his counterpar

jacki roland joins me live now from paris. jacki, those shouts, that's solidarity not just for the magazine i guess but for the principle of freedom of speech and freedom of opinion and the values of france. that >> what's happening people are moving to the place dela place. it was such a huge crowd in the square but not everyone could fit in. to give you an updated idea on numbers. organizers and police have been monitoring and tries to protect the event they're talking about 1.5 million people who are participating. it gives you an idea how the french people would come out and attend these rallies. attending these marchs to reaffirm their commitment to the values of the french republic. >> yacjacky, thank you so much. jacky roland taking part in this rally in paris alone. in marchs around france another million people showing the strength of feeling. the rallies are one of unity staying together, and having this united front. >> yes and we can see at the central monument. we see some have climbed up there at great risk, and s

that crossing back to jacki roland joining us from paris. gunman have taken hostages in a supermarket. it appears to be a related attack. can you confirm? >> what i can tell you is that police say that the man they suspect of holding hostages right now at a supermarket and eastern paris and the two member police believe are holed up in that warehouse north of paris knew each other. to what extent the attacks against the charlie hebdo magazine, is that the shooting of a police woman an thursday and this hostage taking at the kosher supermarket right now to what extent they were precoordinated to what extend there was any kind of a time table arranged, to what extent they were figured out is not known, but police say they knew each other. they have i should photographs of two suspects who they wish to apprehend in relation to the supermarket siege that's going on at the moment. they've issued a photograph of a 32-year-old man who they are naming and his girlfriend. they are circulating on that a wanted notice by french police. that police warn

that crossing back to our senior correspondent, jacki roland, joining us from paris overlooking the events of place de la republique approximate jacki. >> yes, it was quite a few minutes now that we saw the head of the procession start to go move very slowly, very solemnly. right at the front, we have the family of those 17 people killed in the different attacks last week and also close behind them, we have president president francois hollande. freedom of expression many saw under assault when the offices of charlie hebdo were attacked on wednesday. other values, as well, equality, we're seeing representatives of all of france's different communities here, different religious communities people from different ethnic backgrounds, people whose parents for grand parents immigrated to france. people young old people with physical handicaps really representing the whole diversity of society and fraternity, as well. we've seen that symbolized by the way the families and the also the survivors of those attacks have been walking hand-in-hand and how various international leaders have been linked

let's get the latest from jackie roland. jackie i don't know if you were able to listen to what he was saying there. i suppose people still very much processing what has happened because there is a great deal that we still don't know. what is happening there now? >> reporter: well right now i have to say that feelings are running very high. i think that really what has happened here today in many ways is testing all sorts of values and thoughts not just freedom of expression but aultsz the idea of tolerance. some young man said something provocative, and another crowd of young people got very upset about it. and almost a fight broke out. and the police had to separate people. so really we're seeing fault lines being exposed in french society. questions about freedom of expression, because that's what the magazine was all about. inserting the right of the newspaper and the journalists to express freely what they think. and on the streets here you have someone else expressing an opinion, which almost lead to a fight breaking o

let's get more now from jacki roland on the scene for us. no doubt the you tube clips video clips are starting to roll in now jacki. we're not there, we're watching this and it's obviously very shocking. i've been to paris several times. i think those of us who have been there rather shocked that this can actually occur in bright daylight. >> well, this is clearly a very well planned and very well organized attack. you're right it took place in broad daylight, before mid date in a very busy part of paris at a major intersection quite close to the center of the city. many people were on lunch break and a lot of shoppers out, as well so a very busy time of day. the attackers traveled to the scene of the newspaper carrying at least automatic weapons and also a rocket launcher. they were able to get to the scene of the attack without anyone seeing them. they were able to carry out the attack during which we heard they killed at least 12 people, injured four seriously and then we heard initially there was a get away car and another highjacked. the

. >>> let's get the latest from jackie roland now. jackie if we look at what would have been happening in the office this morning, it would have been particularly busy. journalists would have been gathering together to have their editorial meeting. so you would have had many high-profile cartoonists present. i guess you can conclude this was a very well-timed attack. >> reporter: it would appear the attack was well-timed and well planned and also executed in an audacious way, which would indicate there were clearly more people involved than the attackers. there were three of them and they were carrying automatic weapons, clearly someone drove them there, and there was the getaway car as well. you also have to think about the chain of procurement for those automatic weapons. not readily available here in france. the police are looking for a broader network of support, and the big concern in the minds of many year in france and paris particularly this evening is are the three men preparing to carry out another attack. and are there other

correspondents is available, whether it's roar in porte de vincennes or whether it might go going to jacki roland in our paris bureau. let's go to jacki first. you've watched the pictures on french t.v. do they think it's all over? >> it does appear that some of the scenarios we've been looking at with various experts here on al jazeera during the course of the past hour or so did come to fruition. as soon as we started here in reports that apparently the tacker porte de vincennes, it appears to have played out simultaneously -- simultaneous assaults against the warehouse in dammartin fort kilometers to the north of paris, where police said that the two suspects in the charlie hebdo killings, the brothers, said and cherif kouachi have been holed up, while at the same time an assault at the kosher supermarket at porte de vincennes on the eastern outskirts of paris. police said the name was amedy coulibaly, and he was holding hostages and threats of killing them. that both assaults launched simultaneously to basically end both the hostage taking situations at the same time, so there would be no que

crossing over to bring in jacki roland, who's joining us from paris. jacki specifically overlooking place de la republique and the hundreds of thousands of people, jacki, behind you. talk to me about the symbolism of all these word leaders coming together. >> well, i think we can well be having some of those people arriving actually here at the square now the volume of the crowd, the square is now completely packed to examines city the crowd spreading into the side streets. in fact, at any moment, they should be moving. a short while ago we saw the various leaders being received by president hollande in the palace. then obviously we saw president hollande getting onboard those vehicles to bring them to place de la republique in the front. that that is symbolic, as well. ever since the first shooting at the charlie hebdo offices president hollande has been seen in the forefront being at the offices themselves, at the police station or foreign ministry. he is flanked by politicians from around the world and in so doing, recognizing what's happening in fra

let's go back to jacki roland, overlooking the crowd. give us a sense of the scale of what you're seeing and also, i have to say, it's not looking like a lot of marching's going on. you the looks like one massive gathering. >> yes indeed. in terms of scale well over 100,000 people, i would say. it's not just the people in the square but the crowd stretches beyond down all the various side streets and i don't see however it goes, because of buildings and trees and things that get in the way. you're quite right it seems more of a demonstration than a marv although we have seen movement at the head of the march, because we have seen the leaders slowly marching forward. we saw the families of the victims of the attacks and survivors of the attacks walking hand-in-hand again at the front of the column. the rest of the people gathered in the square don't seem to be going anywhere. it could be because there is such a huge number of people. by acknowledge large people are in the square. that if there is movement, it's just people moving about mi

let's go to jackie roland who is still live for us in paris. i suppose what we heard there from the paris prosecutor confirming that this was a well-organized well-planned attack. >> reporter: yes, it was very interesting to hear the chronology pieced together now several hours after the attack. fwauz when i first arrived on the scene which was about the same time the french president arrived, we were just getting fragments of information. we were told there were two attackers, we learned later there were three. and we have more details of how the attack took place. the sequence of events. we have reported that apparently the attackers shouted out god is great, and also that they said we are avenging the profit profit -- profits name. also getting more details there on the escape route that two different cars were hijacked. another couple of cars that were hijacked afterwards. and in fact the attackers were heading towards the north of paris, towards those suburbs which have in the past been scenes of anti-riots that have pitched members of the

al jazeera's jackie roland is in the square in paris where one of the vigils for the victims is takinglace. we can see the pictures, but tell us about the scene for us. >> yes i mean, it is a huge gathering here many thousands of people in the central square chanting freedom of expression, freedom of expression people shouting i am charlie expecting solidarity. very much an united feeling of outrage and defiance. i spoke with quite a few people there, and they're sending the same message from people, that they're primarily there to express their support for the magazine to express their respect for the people who were killed the sympathies for the families but also aing this is an attack against freedom of expression and the values and the foundation of the french republic. people very much feel that they themselves have in some way been attacked. >> yes important to point out jacky, that satire and poking fun at political figures and all known religions is part and parcel of french life, and charlie hebdo like other magazines do that. >> yes, charlie hebdo really didn't spare anyone.

. >> jackie roland live for us in strl paris. thank you. the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon is encouraging people to enhance the tolerance of other people's beliefs. he spoke after signing a condolence book at the french u.n. mission. he said all differences on religion and other issues canning resolved through dialogue but he said the tragedy in paris was not about religion. >> this is a truly terrorist attack criminal. this must be brought to justice in the name of humanity. they have been killed and it's for the people around the world that it is important to manage the level of tolerance respected for the belief and traditions of others. >> we're joined by a middle east analyst specializes in french and arab affairs. we heard ban ki-moon, the u.n. chief, saying this isn't about religion but politics. there are a lot of people in france that are very worried about the situation. do you fear and do muslims in france fear a potential backlash against them? >> absolutely. we have already seen the current backlash that is concentrated in france.

jacki roland, al jazeera madrid. >> the delayed peace talks in minsk have ended without a deal. ukraine's representative accused pro-russian separatists of delivering ultimatums and undermining the meeting. tim friend reports. >> the urgency of talks is not in doubt but they've already run into deep trouble. each side blames the other for making impossible demands. a plan for an immediate ceasefire looks as far away as ever. the negotiator for the rebels said that kiev's forces must halt their fire first. >> the shelling of all populated areas should stop. the heads of the self proclaimed donetsk are now busy taking defensive measures against the shelling. they are fully occupied dealing with this. >> the talks were aimed at stopping fierce battles like these 60 kilometers northeast of donetsk between government forces and separatists that have claimed scores of lives in recent days. the ukrainian defense minister said are you sure shaves sending in more troops, despite denials from moscow. >> we have a number of russian prisoners of war. i want to say that the russian federatio

jacki roland is live in paris with us. i understand the particular paper is flying off the shelves. >> it is. charlie hebdo edition is like gold dust here in paris. people were lining up you outside news stands well before dawn well before the news stands opened. in main cases the issues have been bought in advance and there was just nothing on the shelves. in some cases scuffles broke out with people fighting to get the edition. there will be more issues hitting the stands thursday, friday and the weekend. >> vac a french comedian was arrested for statements he made about the attack. what does that say about the issue of free speech in france? >> this comedian is very controversial. he had a tour can cred because of an anti semitic comedy he he does. after the attacks he tweeted the hash tag that's gone viral using a name of one of the attackers. they say that supported terrorism and they arrested him early wednesday. he he's now being questioned. >> jacki roland live in paris thank you very much. >> mr. rogers, thank you

jackie roland, al jazerra paris. >>> okay, we can talk now to remy who is the assistant professor atrsity here in doha. and remy, just looking at -- or listening to some of those voice that his jackie managed to speak to in paris led me to wondering, how deep are the rifts between communities in paris? it's all very well and good saying it's a multicultural city country in fact, but quite often people live in their separate ghettos which doesn't really mean that it's multicultural, does it? >> i am not going to understate the fact thrifts do exist. however they have been strene henned by the last couple of years, by the economic situation, when you have a reduction in the economic growth the ones soaring the most. also by the discourse from the administration of the french identity national identity for political gains this has created more between the communities. however, if you want to compare france with other countries if you look at it from a poll at this perspective. framework helped prevent this rust from growing up. we have free education on a very large basis. they have fre

jackie roland, al jazerra paris. >>> all right.will be, of course, keeping you right up to taye tate with all the developments in paris we'll be looking closely at events in that country in france indeed and specifically in paris throughout the day here at al jazerra. but a reminders that there is other news happening in the world and we are going to india now because delegates from around the world are in the indian prime minister's home state. they are there for an investment conference and among them are the u.s. secretary of state john kerry and the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon. it's a three-day summit. called vie brat and it's being held in the city. the prime minister has made this prominent event for investors during his earlier terms as chief minister. we can talk now to the founder and chairman of the center for policy alternatives alternatives an independent think tank and talks to us live from new delhi. one wonders how he manage to his attract such high-profile visitors ban ki-moon the u.n. secretary general u.s.

. >> all right, jackie roland in paris, thank you. >>> meanwhile, demonstrations against charlie hebdoe in several countries protests in yemen on thursday, calls for more to take place on friday. they are angry that they again depicted the prophet mohamed. voicing their disapproval of the new character caricature. in pakistan demonstrations against the new charlie hebdo cover. protesters launched in the streets on thursday. pakistan's parliament has approved a resolution condemning the publication of the magazine's latest depiction of the prophet mohamed. >>> now, the u.n. says talks in geneva between libya's warring factions are making progress, al jazerra understands they have agreed to lift the siege of cities and create humanitarian passages allowing aid to get through. the u.n. brokered talks between trip tripoli and the par parliament. they warn that the negotiations won't have any impact unless leaders of all armed groups are directly involved and some key players are not involved. zeina khodr have more from gentleman neave 5678 the transition to democracy in libya have failed.

. >> let's speak with jackie roland now in paris where people are gathering in sympathy to express theirsolidarity with the victims of today's attack. jackie, what is happening there? >> reporter: it is a very big and spontaneous demonstration. several thousand people at a rallying point when the french would demonstrate. there are a great number of french flags and a great number of ban necessary. they'rebanners. this is an attack against freedom of speech, and therefore by extension it is an attack against everyone in france. other slowing slogans that we're seeing people holding up pens as a symbol, really. it's often said that the pen is mightier than the sword but today we saw a violent weapon used against journalistists. there is outrage and the idea that people are denying this, standing up, that's reallied mood of this spontaneous rally in the center of paris. >> what have we been hearing from the country's political leaders? >> very much an unified message that all resources are being called up now to hunt the three perpetrators of the attack, and also the support network in ord

jackie roland, aljazeera paris. >> france is honoring the police officers killed in last week's attack. none of them were in that video, by the way. but one of them was a muslim officer, executed as he lay injured outside of the "charlie hebdo" offices. barney phillips has that. >> reporter: three peace officers are dead. a black woman a white man and a muslim of algerian descent. all three are now heroes in france. >> clarissa, frank and akmad died so we could live free. this is what hundreds of thousands of our fellow citizens have wanted to express by demonstrating, by standing up on mats to share your sorrow. >> akmad was 40 years old. he had been a policeman for 8 years, and he was working hard for promotion. when the shooting started he rushed to the offices of "charlie hebdo." but the kouachi brothers shot him, first in the leg and then he lay injured and pleaded for mercy, in the head. mourners gathered at a muslim cemetery on the edge of paris near where akmad grew up. >> akhmad didn't deserve this. i'm speaking as a friend of his, he didn't deserve it. and i want people to re

jackie roland al jazeera, paris. >>> from the anxiety in paris to more on freedom of speech. joining me from lexington, kentucky, joel pett president of cartoonist right network international. we appreciate your time so much. as a cartoonist yourself can you tell us how you reacted to the news about "charlie hebdo"? >> well richelle, the international cartooning community is really close even though it's kind of a solitary endeavor on those occasions when we get together, it's just a camaraderie and a fraternity if you will, that's very very close, and when something like this happens, it's, you know devastating obviously. >> tell us more about cartoonists and political satirists. what your make-up is. >> well, you know, we are people who on good days are, you know, suffering with soul searching and lamenting the human condition. so you can imagine what it's been like this week. i wanted to mention that the work we do with cartoonists rights network is focused on cartoonists who are in trouble around the world, and it happens all the time. just not usually in this high-profil