we can talk to laurence lee now. he is there. laurence lee, we have been seeing vehicles consistently. charles charles. >> we'll move away we'll try to get some height so you can get a sense of the sheer numbers of cars about underneath the motor way brim. and the town the center of this, and the small roads, a kilometer in the distance - it's the position we are in at the moment. you probably get a sense of a lockdown i was talking about from the police from the outside going in or going out. and certainly ensuring that the two suspects who we know are holed up in there. >> this is the route there's nothing to the north or the south that they can get out. the point at the moment is to give and try to control the situation on the ground. >> laurence lee, you can see that half the authority's problem is us the media. you can see - already, just behind you is many satellite dishes. the media have descended, of course, upon this which must be a graphic situation, the most important news story that occurred in france for certainly th

laurence lee live in paris. we'll cover that huge rally, what is expected to be a huge rally at al jazeera. well as laurence lee was saying a member of the al qaeda in yemen claimed responsibility for being behind some of the events in paris offer the last few days. we go the yemeni capital and to our correspondent omar al saleh. first of all, how credible is the claim of responsibility coming from aqa al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. ? >> well i was speaking to someone who has close ties to al qaeda and the arabian peninsula and when i put a question to him regarding one of the group's members, he said when al qaeda in the arabian peninsula praises an attack it means they carried out the attack. i listened to the message. it didn't say al qaeda did it. they praised it and warned of more attacks against the french people if some criticize or insult islam. now, we do know that late friday al qaeda in the arabian peninsula said that they have indeed directed the co-ashy brothers. we know one of the perpetrators

laurence lee reports now from northeast of paris where the hunt for the "charlie hebdo" suspects came to a violent end. >> reporter: when it ended it was quick and much earlier that many expected. flashes, the sound of automatic gunfire, and then silence. in all the standoff lasted no more than than 15 to 20 seconds but it left the brothers dead accused of "charlie hebdo" massacre. the standoff lasted the whole day. during rush hour in the morning we saw lines of police vans tearing up the motorway north of paris and into the small town. a helicopter ambulance flew there. rumors emerged later disproved that the gunman shot someone dead during a police chase. what was clear was the suspect in the "charlie hebdo" massacre was holed up inside an industrial complex along with a hostage. we drove through demmartin with the police. past shuttered homes and businesses and just the occasional person outside in a community under lockdown. lines of buses could be seen waiting to take children away from an evacuated school. had the gunmen taken children hostage, it would have been an absolute ni

and i'm afraid - we can't talk to laurence lee at the moment. we are looking at an increasing number of military or police helicopters - hints on the ground on the field, open field, outside dammartin-en-goele. jacky rowland our jont jack -- correspondent is looking at the pictures. we see president francis hollande striding out of elisa palace. he has called upon unity on the french people and there is to that effect to be held a demonstration, certainly in paris if not around the country. we are aware of an event planned for sunday and it is a rallying of political offices in france. we were talking earlier about how francis hollande and other political leaders sought to stress that now is the time for political unity, rather than party politics or the kind of political point scoring that you have going on. in order to underline that you did invite the political rival, the former president to the elisa palace on thursdayinviting all -- inviteing all, and the resources and experience of nicolas sarkozy, who was president for five years, and had

. >> okay laurence lee, we'll leave it there and cross to you a little later. reminding you that police are holding a press conference in the next couple of minutes we understand. we'll bring it to you as soon as we get it here. what you are looking at is the live stream at dammartin-en-goele. that town laurence lee was telling us is pretty much under lock down as police continue to search for the suspects of the "charlie hebdo" killings two days ago. we understand that they are in an industrial park. french media reports, i should say, that one hostage has been taken. that is the scene right now. it's a town on the northern outskirts of paris. police surrounding a building where the two men suspected of being behind the killing at the magga scene in paris are hiding -- magazine in paris are hiding. it has been full of security for the past couple of hours. the latest lines - we understand that contact has been established with the two suspects. it's an important development. and the suspects have reportedly said that they are prepared to die as martyrs. our re

laurence lee reports. >> reporter: every year more than 100,000 women report domestic elements. christmas and new year sees a spike. this woman's case the violence began after giving birth to her children. government cuts meant she hasn't qualified for legal aid, and had to spend months hiding. >> i couldn't do anything i had to put up with his abuse. vailed threats came through. i had to put up with it. the police couldn't always do everything because i have not got this order in place. >> the point of legal aid is to afford the poor the same rights as the rich. the state is playing legal fees who wants a court order against the abuser. it's not that legal aid has been cut. it's more difficult for thousands of victims of domestic violence and escaped their abuse abuser had no choice but to return to them. >> it had there been social services involvement with the family. >> it made it difficult for human rights groups that they are no longer entitled to free legal support by a caring society. they not making a choice to do nothing leaving them in violence. we have gone a conside

laurence lee takes a look at the french media's attack. >> reporter: the words don't just mean "charlie hebdo" is in our hearts but they have the support. that is the sentiments by this artist. the next day is a deeper analysis. the "charlie hebdo" flag over the presidential palace. the dove of peace with newspapers for wing and the armed men described by a signature mouse. he had known the men killed for 30 years. and your readers say if you want to kill them, you should kill us as well. >> we have to continue the battle. >> reporter: lamond france's most respected newspaper described it as their open september 11th. it is etched in the national memory. as vigils show support and defines in the national mood the media says the spirit of the magazine its right to say what it wants will be financially and physically supported by the media. >> when you attack liberty of opinion, freedom, speech press freedom. we are going stronger and more cellular. we will be - "charlie hebdo" will resume and the freedom of the press will be droppinger in france. >> reporter: outside the building the wor

laurence lee reports. >> reporter: every year in this country, 100,000 women report violence to the police. a new year sees a spike in attacks. this woman's case is storpd. the violence began son after giving birth to her child. she did not qualify for legal aid and had to spend months eying hooking over her shoulder in fear of a man that would do her harm. >> i couldn't do anything i was having to put up with abuse, emails, veiled threats coming through. i had to put up with it log it with the police. they couldn't always do anything because i don't have this order in place. >> reporter: the point of legal aid is to afford for the poor the rights of the rich. that means the state paying the legal fees of an impoverished victim who wants a court order. legal aid hasn't stopped, it's the government making it difficult. many thousands of victims of domestic violence have had no choice but to return to their abuser. >> has there been social services involvement with the family? >> reporter: that makes things difficult for under-resourced human rights groups that are no longer entitled to free

laurence lee speaking from london. we are joined by renault gerard a french expert from belgrade. mr gerard thank you for being with us. what is your take on this latest development on this shooting at the headquarters of the satirical weekly magazine "charlie hebdo' hebdo" it's a serious swigs... >> we seem to have loft renault gerard on the line for us and i'm now told that we can go to jacky rowland, who is on the scene for us. describe to us what you are seeing now. >> right now the french president francis hollande is on the scene, and he is talking to journalists. i have been listening to some of the remarks that he is speaking. he has described this has a terrorist attack. he has said france is now being put officially on terror alert. which is really of the highest state of alert which the country can be put on. at this moment he has finished speaking. he's walking away from the reporters, he was saying also that he is going, within the next hour to be meeting with his cabinet, his security cabinet, the closest to plan the next hours ahead. obviously of particular concern

laurence lee has more on the french media's response to the attack. >> reporter: the words don'tant mean "charlie hebdo" is in our heart, but the magazine has our full support. that's the offering from cartoonist plontu for the lamond newspaper. 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 described by plantu's signature mouse in confrontational terms. plantu knew the men killed for 30 years. >> reporter: the readers say if you want to kill them you need to kill us as well. >> we have to continue the battle. it is the beginning of the battle. >> reporter: ley monde describes this as their own september 11th. just as the reporters of "charlie hebdo" showed sa defiance so the magazine saying the right for the magazine will be financially supported by the rest of the media. >> when you attack liberty of opinion, freedom, speech freedom, press freedom, we are going - being stronger and more cellular. we will be - "charlie hebdo" will resume and the freedom of the press will be stronger i

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laurence lee is in the southern italian port city close to where the ejedeen is being taken. >> reporter: the piece of good news in this is that the refugees set adrift in this cattle ship look like they're going to be okay. they're not going to die. the ship is undertow. it will be midnight italian time before it gets in but they've been given some food and water. the conditions probably on board are pretty horrible but they'll be safe. the more difficult question now, gifrn that this ises second incident in four days in which a freighter has been basically set adrift in the middle of the sea for the italian coast guard to work out what to do with it is is this now a new tactic by traffickers? an industrial-scale trafficking to take a much bigger ship that can survive the sea conditions in the middle of winter without capsizing, fill it full of hundreds of terrified and stranded refugees and basically just let it go for someone else to sort out. it's a completely new sort of policing problem for the european union to have to get their heads around. they might have to move their operatio