now we'll go over to jacky rowland, to tell us jacky, do you understand the impact from the police and this paris, where you are keeping a close watch on the situation? >> yes, we heard from president francis hollande moving to the history in order - giving an address from the interior ministry, where all the internal security police force, enterprise intelligence agencies seeking to lead from the front. it's what has been set since the crisis began. within an hour of the shooting on wednesday received. >> we have we have differing messages. we have vigeils taking place. there was demonstrations in place de la republique there was 2 minutes silence, impressive. people holding hands, and at the end of the 2 minute silence everyone applauded, a sign of support and defiance in the face of violence. people are saking at the moment to underline -- seeking at the moment to underline unity. when you go to the events it's marked by the atmosphere and place de la republique is a traditional place in paris for rallies, demonstrations and public meetings expressing anger and protests. the atmosph

it's a good opportunity to ask jacky rowland about the events from the start. and, jacky. at this point it may be helpful for you to construe the events for today where the situation is we are looking at a larger industrial area where the prime suspect are believed to be holed up possibly with a hostage. >> yes. approximately about half an hour i suppose, there was an inkling that something was developing in the police safe for the two suspects. wednesday there were media reports, french media reports in the district to the forth of central paris. a district where the main city was, and we heard reports of a car chase. a woman reported that two men she recognised in relation to the "charlie hebdo" killing - the pictures have been circulated widely in france - they held her up and stole her vehicle and made off in it. we saw images of the french police in pursuit. at this statement we started to hear -- stage we started to hear reports of dammartin-en-goele the focus of attention. we heard about hostages taken we were told they'd been taken at a shop. and more details emerg

get to jacky rowland shortly. she has been monitoring event in central paris where people bather to pay respects to the victims of the attack. this is something we have seen not just in the french capital, but across the country. people coming together in a show of unity, a message of solidarity, that this was not just an attack on charl"charlie hebdo", but all values and people determined to show that this has not divided them it has made them stronger. jacky rowland is live in the french capital. give us a sense of the mood, the atmosphere and what is happening around you. >> it's interesting when you consider the mood the sombre mood and people are contemplating, and there are candles light and shruins. there's a mood of one of defiance and almost resistance. they chanted the french national anthem and have chanted "charlie is not dead charlie is alive" a message to those trying to silence "charlie hebdo". we have been told next week the "charlie hebdo" magazine will be published on wednesday, with a print run

crossing to jacky rowland, joining us now from paris to tell us jacky more of what we hat francois hollande is meeting. a expect him to ministers will make remarks after this meeting, because there have been a series of crisis meetings almost rolling meetings over the last 48 hours ever since the attacks at charlie hebdo. and it is quite common after those meetings various ministers do make remarks. obviously very but also the message of unity which we have heard repeated on several occasions. it is anrein complex situation, which security forces are dealing with on the ground and also which government officials are trying to manage both in political and information terms. it was difficult enough the situation faced already in dammartin, 40 kilometers to the east of paris where you had the situation of two gunmen suspected of already killing 12 people at the charlie hebdo publication who are understood to be holding one hostage. obviously security forces absolutely frantic to neutralize these suspects who have already been on the run for 48 hours, but equally anxious to protect the life of

jacky rowland reporting for us. as jacky rowland mentioned many people are expected to gather in paris for the unity rally. authorities have set up areas to accommodate the crowd. they'll start at place de la republique in the heart of the french capital. the second route will veer to the north-west. israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu will attend the march. here is what he said before. >> i am heading, leading a new battle against humanity. in the evening i will take part of the labour of francis hollande and the jewish community in france. whatever wants to come it will be welcomed. >> the minister is in - against the violent few, and not islam in general. >> translation: by attending the event i will give the strongest message against the muslim world. my protection will show sending in solidarity and based on a message trying to take advantage of the attack. >> two suspects followed an arrest of two at a german paper, who printed cartoons from the french satirical paper "charlie hebdo". it happened in ham

that's al jazeera's jacky rowland reporting from paris. people have started to gather ahead of a minute's silence, which is supposed to happen at 12 local time an hour or so in paris. let's speak to a security consultant, live with us from paris, and good to have you with us. we want to talk about the latest we know the investigation. sex, according to the police. two pictures are on the run. they were named after one of them left their i.d. in the vehicles they were in yesterday, wednesday. what does this suggest to you about the level of preparedness of this attack. how well organised was the attack? >> well it's surprising because it shows that there are purely professionals, and they don't make any mistake. i mean during the attack and when they left they said that there is two options. there's a mistake from them because they had to change the car, and maybe they left one of these - i mean these i.d. cards, or maybe it's a way how to let's say, leave some kind of print, leave, like - to show that they were involved in just to put the

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let's find out what the connection is in fact between these two incidents and cross over to jacky rowland who is joining us from paris. >> reporter: well a couple of hours ago, french police announced that they had established a link as they put it between the two main suspects in the shooting suspects who the police named as sha rear and said kouachi, brothers originally from paris. and they said a link with the man they suspected of carrying out -- first of all a shooting of policemen on thursday and now this hostage taking in the east of paris. it's only in the last few hours that the police released this information. the police very much controlling the flow of information, controlling exactly what information they release, which channels they release it through, mainly the french media, and what and how. and also the other thing that they have released the police just in the last hour is the names and photographs of two suspects a man and a woman who the police aledge are responsible both for the shooting of the police and the hostage taking at the supermarket which is going on as we

we have jacky rowland on the line here at the moment. from where you are, we understand the roads have been blocked. if you could describe what you are seeing. >> i would like to bring you up to date on the latest figures that we are getting in paris. we are told the death toll stands at at least 11 dead including two police officers killed during the shoot-out. we are also being told - the reports here say there were two armed attackers, and it's reported that they stopped a motorist basically grabbed the motorist's vehicle and scoped. according to the reports, there are two armed men able to escape in a vehicle which they seized basically by stopping and threatening a motorist. that's the latest in terms of details of the attack and it's similar to what you are seeing a lot of police standing at the end of the boulevard which they have cordoned off. more police vehicles arriving all the time. obviously a great sense of shock. that an incident such as this would have taken place in the center of a major european city. and also shock at

that's jacky rowland in our paris bureau.have also heard from our correspondent on the streets in the eastern part of the french capitol and from our correspondent up there to the north of paris where those two sieges have been taking place, and where those two sieges have now ended with the death of the two hostage takers. we're going to take a short breath catch our breath and make some sense out of everything we have been hearing. we'll be back on this news hour in just a couple of minutes. ♪ real reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> devastating climates... >> if we don't get rain we'll be in dire straits... >> scientists fighting back... >> we've created groundhog day here... >> hi-tech led farming... >> we always get perfect plants everyday... >> feeding the world... >> this opens up whole new possibilities... >> tech know's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> thi

jacky rowland live this paris.re roughly halfway through our news hour and we're going to bring you up to date on the situation happening in and around paris. first of all the siege in in -- dammartin, it is very close to the biggest international airport there. after an attack on wednesday which left 12 people dead at the charlie hebdo office in paris, two gunmen were at large for almost 24 hours, until they were spotted just outside of paris on thursday. the owner of a petro station calling the police claiming to have been robbed by the two suspects believed to be brothers at about 930 gmt. 24 hours later, a gun fight north of paris near dammartin. it all ended up in an industrial town. hostage taken, and leading to the siege which is now in progress at an industrial park. contact we have been told has been made with the two suspects. who are reported to have said they wish to die as martyrs. this is porte de vincennes which is in the east of paris. i mentioned two situations involving hostages and there may be a

jacky rowland is in paris and joins us live. what is the mood like there in paris as this first edition of "charlie hebdo" since the attack on its office goes on sale. >> well we a seen people queueing up outside news ky of courseses and newsagents hours before the open. not hours, but in the hour before the open. people standing in line in the freezing cold in the dark waiting for the news ky of courses to pull up the shutters and people are loving the ky of courses, pleading and begging with vendors to tell them a copy of the magazine. in many cases it's been sold out before the store opens because people are prebooking preserve copies on tuesday. as i said at the moment "charlie hebdo" - the copies are like goldust and it's hard to get your hands on a copy in paris today. >> what do we know about how the particular edition of the magazine was produced. what have the surviving members of "charlie hebdo" had to say? >> the surviving teams, the news team is housed in the headquarters in the building behind me. they have been giv

just there, jacky rowland, looking at the place de la republique is this the heart of the french capital? >> it's a traditional gathering point to come out on to the street side to demonstrate or show solidarity. it's the focus of a lot of gatherings or vigils since the first shootings on wednesday. i want to give you a scale of what we are expecting today. organizers are expecting that this could be the largest public demonstration on the streets of paris since the liberation of the end of the world war ii 70 years ago. there has been hundreds of thousands of french people out on the streets, maybe as many as a million. from all different communities. and it's not just this much in paris, but other marches will take place in other cities across france. we are expected to see a huge display of people who wish to express unity from all different sectors. we are expecting many from the muslim community. i was listening a short while ago to a senior representative speaking life on french radio. he said muslims in france rejected the violent acts and the presence of the israeli prime ministe

jacky rowland reports. >> reporter: the u.s.retary of state said he came to give a big hug to the french people. it was also clearly a damage exercise. washington recognizes that it made a mistake by only sending its ambassador to the march on sunday. >> i wanted to come here and share a hug with all of paris and all of france. i wanted to express to you personally the sheer horror and revulsion that all americans felt for the could -- could ardly act. >> reporter: john kerry visits the kosher supermarket where an attacker killed four people. jewish schools and other institutions across france are now under armed guard. and police arrested 12 people overnight in raids across the paris region. they are suspected of providing logistical support to the attackers. >> translator: most of them are known by police services. the paris prosecutor will speak on the ongoing investigation when appropriate. >> reporter: more funerals are taking place for the victims of those attacks. colleagues and friends have been saying good-bye to the ca

jacky rowland has more. >> reporter: the u.s.tary of state said he had come to give a big hug to the french people. it was also clearly a damage limitation exercise. washington has recognized it made a mistake by only sending its paris ambassador to the solidarity march on sunday. >> today i wanted to come here and share a hug with all of paris and all of france. i wanted to express to you personally the sheer horror and revulsion that all americans felt for the cowardly and despicable act, the assault on innocent lives and fundamental values. >> reporter: an unscheduled stop on his trip john kerry visits the kosher supermarket where an attacker killed four people. jewish schools and other institutions across france are now under armed guard. meanwhile french police say they arrested 12 people overnight in raids across the paris region. they are suspected of providing logistical support to the attackers. >> translator: most of them are known by police services for breaching the common law. the paris prosecutor will speak on the o

. >> al jazeera's jacky rowland joins me live now from our bureau in paris. y strong words there from the president, but he is going to be criticized over the next few days over not only the handling of this situation but how it could have been allowed to happen in the first place. >> yes, i mean he said during that speech that france hasn't done with all of the potential threats facing it. that there were still threats out there. there are many people who would say you knew already that threats were here. so why are we only talking about vigilance now after a series of days. on wednesday we had the killing at charlie hebdo, on thursday we had the shooting of those police officers one of whom died and now on friday these two hostage-taking situations in particular that situation at the kosher supermarket, where four hostages we understand were killed as that came to a conclusion. people were saying you know, there was a risk already. where was the vigilance beforehand? there is knowledge in the security establishment that there are french citizens french natio

let's go to jacky rowland, our correspondent. it has been an extraordinary 24 hours jacky.e were hoping that perhaps only the hostage takers had been killed but that is proving not to be the case. >> reporter: yes, i mean there's initial images when we saw those s.w.a.t. teams going into the kosher supermarket in porte de vincennes, we saw some people fleeing away from the supermarket at the same time and we heard reports that some hostages had been freed. but as some hostages were being freed, other hostages it would appear were dieing in the fire fight. figures of the dead they are saying a total of five people killed at the porte de vincennes siege ending including the hostage taker. a man had been named by police as amedy coulibaly. we also have reports that two special forces -- two of the officers who went in were also injured during that attack. it's not suggested that those injuries were serious, but nevertheless a loss of life from hostages that is clearly something that casts a long shadow over an operation which initially seemed to have been fairly quickly and cl

. >>> jacky rowland joins us live from paris now.resident declared a national day of mourning in france. what is happening there now? >> reporter: well i'm in the traditional place for public assembly and rallies in the french capitol, it was of course here 24 hours ago that a spontaneous vigil was held for a couple of hours, by people -- thousands of people a huge crowd who came here to stand somberly and sometimes in lines have sometimes chanting slogans in support of defense of the journalists in defense of the cartoonist and in defense of the principal of freedom of speech. and now 24 hours later another rally. this time called by the mayor of paris to express unity and solidarity in the face of the threat. obviously people are very anxious that the two men accused of purpose taiting that attack on wednesday are still on the loose even though we hear that police are apparently pursuing them, and a second attack just a few hours ago in the south of the capitol, no indication as barnaby philip said in his report that the two tracti

thank you so much >>> jacky rowland can join us live from the square in paris where another vigil for the victims is taking place now. tell us more about the vigil. it is yet another vigil taking place today. what is the mood like there this evening? >> it is and it's been going on for two hours. the mood evolved during this rally. at the beginning we saw, again, the sombre scenes of reflection contemplation and remembrance. people lighting candles, sitting silently or standing silently contemplating the candles thinking about the 12 people that lost their lives and the attack on the offices of "charlie hebdo". as the meeting evolved, we saw the sadness giving way to defines. i'd say a mood of resistance people were singing the national anthem. people were chanting "long live france", and the slogan "charlie is alive, charlie is not dead", suggesting the spirit of "charlie hebdo", this irreverent provocative, challenging journalism will live on and that is not just metaphorically speaking it literally will live on. the news was announced that despite the gunning down of the editorial

jacky rowland reports. >> reporter: a president and a people united in their loss.f comfort for the families who lost loved ones, and gestures of support for those who survived. the victims were journalists police officers, and customers of a jewish supermarket. 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 the traditional starting point for marches in the city. men and well, young and old united in their wish to reaffirm the french values of freedom equality and fraternity. >> i think it's very important to show our support to the people who died during those attacks. and to show that we all support freedom of speech. >> we are proud 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, means something to us. >> reporter: organizers were expecting a million people. in the end, there wer

. >>> now, more reaction from ordinary residents of paris here is our correspondent jacky rowland. >>orter: this is not an ordinary weekend in paris. in my neighborhood, and all over the city, the violent events of the last few days are uppermost in everyone's minds. i want to find out how the peeling i know, my neighbors and local shop keepers have been affected by the attacks in and around the city. my first visit is to my favorite antiques shop. the owner david is jewish. he tells me that one of his relatives was among the people held hostage at the kosher supermarket on friday. the relative escaped unhurt, but david says he's still in shock. >> translator: we hear that there are disadvantaged people. that's the excuse, people who are unemployed and uneducated. they are on the streets and they get indoctrinated. i think the muslims have the responsibility to speak out. us mull limbs need to condemn these acts. >> reporter: just around the corner, is a butcher's shop run by immigrants from north africa. they sell good quality meat at cheap prices. so the shop is popular with people

back to jacky rowland. if you wouldn't mind take us through the sequence of event this morning. for anybody that has turned the information. watching this live feed from a small town north of paris. they'll wonder what is going on. take us through what happened tad. today -- take us through what happened today. >> we got the first report that there was a development in the hunt for the two suspects, approximately 1.5 hours. french media started firing in a region to the north of paris outside the airport. we heard about a high speed car chase, a woman reporting two men she recognised as the suspects in the "charlie hebdo" shooting. she said they hijacked her card. we saw images of a chase involving police vehicles on a rain-swept motor way we under or we were told to the north of paris. we started to hear reports of what was described as a hostage situation. initially they said it was a shock. we were hearing reports on french media that it was a shock in the small town on dammartin-en-goele and we started to get information about what was going on. we have learnt more seen and

plus-- >> reporter: i'm jacky rowland in madrid where a new political party is challenging the established order. >> hello we begin with the latest developments in the conflict with the islamic state in iraq and the levant. jordan has been trying to find out what has happened to one of its military pilots being held by isil fighters. isil had threatened to kill the pilot unless a female suicide-bomber being held by jordan was released. inside isil-controlled territory al jazeera has evidence that resistence is growing in mosul. in iraq dozens of iraqi soldiers and kurdish fighters have been killed in a series of attacks by isil. a car bomb in the market of baghdad killed seven people and seven decide in samarra in a security attack. >>> elsewhere isil fighters have killed 15 iraqi oranges in an assault. 10 isil fighters were wounded in the exchange of fight that followed. >>> and 25 were killed in an isil attack in and around the northern iraqi city of kirkuk. it triggered a fire fight between police and kurdish forces. the kurdish forces known as peshmerga took control of kirkuk in june w

jacky rowland has more from madrid. >> yes we can the rallying call in madrid. parents and children, retired and students all come out in the winter sunshine. >> we're fighting. we can't go on like this. >> as you can see there are a lot of people here, and what these people want is change. the government we have at the moment is lying to us. >> officially this is a march of political change in spain. it's also a show of strength by podemos, a new party shaking up the established order. >> everyone knows what podemos is against corruption, big business and entitlement. but what is clear what concrete policies it would pursue. nevertheless podemos has captureed the public mood. he everyone is tired of the austerity that in their view is causing more hardship. >> we take our dreams serious. in greece they did more in six days than many governments do in a year. >> this was one the biggest rallies in madrid in recent times. if podemos is shift this turn out to votes at the election, there may be a change in the government. jacky rowland al jazeera, madrid. >> al ja

jacky rowland there for us in paris. >> the attacks in the french capital raised fears of a backlash against muslim communities. in berlin angela merkel attended a rally with religious leaders calling for tolerance and respect. they have seen a wave of protests. >> clashes between kurdish peshmerga and i.s.i.l. continue in northern iraq. 30km north of erbil. al jazeera travelled to a town lineally to be a launch pad against attempts to retake mosul. we have this report fromgwer. >> this has been the scene of fighting between kurdish peshmerga and islamic state of iraq and levant. the river is the boundary. the river on the ordinary side and anything beyond is i.s.i.l. territory. they cannot afford to lower their guard. >> translation: we are fighting a strange enemy, one that does not care about death. they attack not with guns. it's not easy to see them. we don't have night vision. >> reporter: from their positions on the other side i.s.i.l. fighters are on the peshmerga lines. they return fire. they complain they are more effective and have more modern weapons with them. due to a s

jacky rowland has more from paris. >> reporter: 17 were shot dead last week. two were shot police were shot at the charlie hebdo attack. france is still on its highest state of alert. journalists have been peering this week's issue of charlie hebdo. staff on the paper are determined that it should be business as usual despite the killing of their colleagues. they made it clear they would not be giving in to pressure to those who would like to censor them. >> it's not the front page that the world wanted us to make, but it was the one we wanted to make. it was not the front page that terrorists wanted us to make because there are no terrorists in it. just a man crying. it's mohammed. i'm sorry we drew him again but the mohammed we drew is a guy crying above all. >> charlie hebdo never used to have a massive readership. a lot of readers felt their cartoons were in bad taste but this addition is the most hotly anticipated media events of this year. >> 3 million copies are being published instead of the usual 60,000. newspapers vendors have been overwhelmed by the

jacky rowland speaking were place de la republique in paris. let's go to lena the director at the carnegie middle east center. thank you for being with us. i want to get to news that broke while we were on air. we are getting unconfirmed reports that two suspects in paris in the shooting have been found. we believe in the aisne region half an hour north-east of paris. these were reportedly two brothers. lena what do you know of them? >> two suspects have clear links to al-qaeda. the french gof has known about them for some time. and they have links to al-qaeda and yemen and al-qaeda in iraq and afghanistan and they expressed support for the rising in iraq in 2003. they are experienced terrorists with a history, and, therefore, it's not surprising that they would be able to conduct an attack on the scale in paris. >> as you say, lina the two were known to police and french intelligence. why do you think this attack occurred. should there have been more security on them. there was. and the police car was parked outside the office of "charlie hebd

jacky rowland, paris. >> there is word that i.s.i.l. is in afghanistan recruiting new followers. according to the afghan military i.s.i.l. is operating in the south of the country. i.s.i.l. is clashing with local taliban whose leaders are telling people not to deal with i.s.i.l. back in the u.s. president obama had his first meeting with leaders of congress looking for common ground. as the republican use their majority to push the agenda. it could be tough to find. mike viqueira has the details. >> the two controlled by republicans is a week and no fewer than five vetos have been issued against republican sponsored legislation. it was as if the begin of the boxing match where the two fighters come out and touch gloves before the rumble begins and in the house of representatives, they were trying to turn back the president's immigration reform initiative. talking about the keystone pipe line a veto threat on that. and moving forward to bypass the administration of the affordable care act. they call it obama care. efforts to tweak or replace portions of that. the president promise

jackie rowland still with us. jackie we heard them echoing sentiments that we have heard from other world leaders condemning this attack and saying it represents an attack on all f -- of our values. >> reporter: that's very much the message we have been hearing really from politicians across the spectrum here in france. the leader of the opposition also appeared live on television shortly after the attack describing it as an assault against democracy. marine lapen the leader of the far right party who has herself spoken out very controversially in the past about what she regarded as the islamization of france she also condemned the attack. one of the most interesting live interventions i heard on french television was from a french im immom, who spoke out very strongly against the attack. he described the perpetrators as criminals, and said they had nothing to do with islam. and he called on what he called the silent majority of the islamic community to speak out against this kind of attack. he himself is under 24-

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jacky rowland. al jazeera paris. >> demonstrations against "charlie hebdo" erupted in several countries today. four people were reported dead in niger as protests turned violent there. in pakistan, four dozen fought with police, four people including journalists suffered gunshot wounds. in algeria police clashed with more than a,000 people, dozens of protesters arrested. "charlie hebdo" first edition since the paris attacks featured the cartoon of the prophet on its cover. president obama and british prime minister david caneron senior washington correspondent mike viqueria is at the white house, mike mike . >> as law enforcement raids continue across europe and on a day when british patrols were on duty the british prime minister david cameron and powm, how to prevent further attacks. >> with europe on edge, president obama and british prime minister david cameron were in lock step. the attacks that sparked worldwide. >> poison oust fanatical death cult of a narrative that's subverting the religion

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jacky rowland were madrid. >> reporter: this is one of the biggest demonstrations in madrid in six years. we keep hearing people chanting out the familiar center "yes we can" a slogan that worked for president barack obama in the united states. they must also look to greece for inspiration. just a week ago a similar party won the election there is. they hope that they can translate this huge translate of the demonstration into votes in an election later this year. certainly it's rising high in the opinion polls at the moment, but it's still quite a long time before people will be going to the ballot boxes and. >> in tunisia men part of a group of convicted drug smugglers could face execution next week. andrew thomas has this report now in sydney. >> in a sydney warehouse actors ors are rehearsing a very personal play. a story of prisoners on death row. life so bleak they fantasize about imagineary lives. the play parallels two australians. two years ago two were arrested in bally. for heroin smuggling they have been given death sentences. indonesia executed six others last week. forfor t

jacky rowland al jazeera, madrid. >> a funeral is being held in southern pakistan for victims of a shia mosque bombing. thousands gather to honor those who died. at least 59 people were killed in the attack on friday. the sunni group said it was behind the attack. >>> legal options running out for two australians on death row in indonesia. the men are among a group of convicted drug smugglers sentenced to death by firing squad. in australia the looming execution has fueled the public campaign for clemcy. andrew thomas reports from sydney. >> in a sydney warehouse actors ors are rehearsing a very personal play. bondai dreaming is life on bally with lives so bleak they imagine lives. the play parallels the story of two australians. two years ago two were arrested in bally for heroin smuggling they were given death sentences. appeals have been exhausted. indonesia executed six other foreigners last week. these two could be next. for the bondai dreaming actors who visited their real life counterparts, time is running out. >> we do what we can for these guys. i'm an actor i'm just trying to

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jacky rowland has the story. >> the u.s. secretary of state is said to give a big hug to the french people. washington made a mistake by only sending its paris ambassador to the solidarity march on sunday. >> today i wanted to come and share a hug with all of paris and all of france. i wanted to express to you personally the sheer horror and revulsion that all americans felt to the cowardly and despicable act the assault on innocent lives and on fundamental values. >> reporter: an unscheduled stop on his trip. john kerry visits the kosher supermarket where an attacker killed four people. jewish schools and other institutions across france are now under armed guard. meanwhile, french police arrest arrested others across the region suspected of providing aid to the attackers. >> the pairs spoke person will speak when appropriate. >> friends have been saying good-bye to the head of "charlie hebdo," charb in a funeral just outside of paris. police and army troops are on the streets across country. police in paris seem particular

jacky rowland reports. >> reporter: amateur footages shows two gunmen escaping a police officer shot at point blank range. the men are heard to shout "we have avenged prophet mohammed", then they get away in a black citreon. more amateur footage filmed from a near building it is alcohol et cetera were fired behind parked cars. emergency crews rushed the injured away a number in critical condition. police said they were misunderstanding for three suspects. >> the individuals asked two maintenance men in the reception of the building where "charlie hebdo"'s offices were located, and immediately opened fire killing one. the attackers went in to the office on the second next-door, and into the conference room where a newspaper editorial team was meeting. the two men opened fire killing many inside. >> reporter: within an hour president francis hollande arrived. he said it was a barbaric attack against french values and the hunt would go on for as long as necessary. he addressed the nation. >> translation: i want to express gratitude to the families for the ones hurt wounds the loved ones

jacky rowland has more from paris. >> reporter: 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. the victims were journalists, police officers and customers of a jewish supermarket. unconnected before now linked by the violent actions of three men. leaders from more than 40 countries stood shoulder to shoulder from the french president. on this day paris is the capital of the world, said francis hollande. people gathered for marches. men and women, young and old united in a wish to reaffirm freedom, equality and fraternity. >> they think it's important to show our support to the people who died during those attacks. and to show that we support freedom of speech. >> i was not particularly let's say, in favour of the kind of cartoons portrayed by the journalists, but they had the right to do that and we have to stand up to that. >> reporter: organizers were speghting a million -- expecting a million people. in the end there was more. >> it is an extraordinary site. the square is pa

the spanish party wants to end austerity measures imposed by international creditors, and jacky rowland speaks to us from madrid. as you predicted. they turned out in some numbers, jacky. >> yes, absolutely. this is one of the biggest rallies that we have seen in the center of madrid in recent years. this has been billed as a rally for political change but is fast turning into a show of strength by the party. anyway. talking a bit more about what is happening, i am joined by javier. he is a computer software engineer. you are 32 years old. until recently you were one of 50% of spanish young people unemployed. you were telling me you had go to extreme lengths to find a job. >> yes, pretty much a chance to get a good job as a software engineer is not as much as somewhere else. i'm happy to go to britain, and i'm happy there. >> you had to go to another country to find a job. you have come from london to take part in the march. >> correct. london is the perfect place for me though develop my career. i'm here because we are right in the history, a page of spanish history, i want is to be ar

our coverage begins with jacky rowland, showing us more about how the people of france and world leaders are coming together. >> reporter: a president and a people. united in their loss. words of comfort for the families who lost loved one, and gestures of support for those who survived. victims were journalists, police officers and customers of a jew ir supermarket - unconnected before linked by the violent actions of three ben. leaders from more than 40 countries stood shoulder to shoulder with the french president. on this day the president said paris is the capital. world. people gathered at place de la republique the starting point for marches in the city. men and women, young and old united in their wish to reaffirm the french values of freedom, equality and fraternity. >> i think it's important to show our support to the people who died during those attacks, and to show that we all support freedom of speech. >> i must say that i was not particularly - let's say in favour of the kind of cartoons portrayed, but they had the right to do that. we had to stand up for that >>> organizer

jacky rowland, al jazeera, madrid. >>> russia's central bank has cut its key interest rate from 17 tothe bank said it made the move because inflation is stabilizing. the move is meant to help the economy amid falling global oil prices. the russian currency fell by more than 2% following friday's announcement. still ahead, the government in central africa republic has rejected a ceasefire deal. we'll explain why. >>> i'm finding out why milk is now cheaper than bottled water in u.k. and what it means for dairy farms like this. >>> i'm in equatorial guinea finding out if more than just football stadiums will be left at the end of this africa cup of nations. ♪ >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> this trial was a sham... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new demo

jackie rowland, thank you very much. >>> the next edition of the charlie hebdo will come out on wednesdaylawrence lee reports. >> reporter: the words don't only mean charlie hebdo is in our hearts it also means the magazine has our full support. that was the offering by one cartoonist for the newspaper in the hours after the shootings. the next day is a deeper analysis the charlie hebdo flag over the presidential palace the dove of peace with newspaper for wings, and the armed men in confrontational terms. he had known the men who were killed for 30 years. and your readerer is saying if you want to kill them then you should kill us as well. >> yeah we have to continue the battle. it is a big -- beginning of the battle. >> reporter: france's most respected newspaper has described this as its own september 11th. but just as the vigils in support of charlie hebdo have shown a resilience and defiance in the national mood so the media here has said the spirit of the magazine will be financially and physically supported by the rest of the media. >> when you attack liberty of opinion, of freedom