on the line is security expert olivier guitta. ce those bata cla n state of emergency since those bataclan attacks in november, 2015 and we have been hearing how quick the response was today. yes, the terror alert was really at the maximum level in the run—up to the french presidential election and actually the number of soldiers and police patrolling the streets of france were up 50,000. they were u nfortu nately france were up 50,000. they were unfortunately expecting an attack, especially since two days ago, two a major jihadists especially since two days ago, two a majorjihadists were especially since two days ago, two a major jihadists were arrested especially since two days ago, two a majorjihadists were arrested in marseille and they were planning a large—scale attack before sunday's first round. unfortunately it isn't a surprise for security services. what is telling is, as you mention, islamic state have claimed responsibility for this attack, what is telling is that it was done very quickly, which indicates that this pers

with me is olivier guitta, a security consultant who has worked with the home office and the eu. this incident in whitehall tell you about the challenges that the security services and police face here. since september 2015 in the uk has come at the top of the list of targets for the intervention in syria. before that they were a tear to country, if you will, compared to france and the us. we also have a couple of issues with the returning jihadists. we estimate 400 of them have returned, so that is one challenge that the security services to face but also in terms of home—grown jihadists that are really the problem, we are talking potentially 3,000 people on uk soil. the government they are trying to maintain containa the government they are trying to maintain contain a whole number of threats. it is lower tech attacks that they are facing. very much so. the uk is more specific than other countries on the continent because it is much more difficult for terrorists to get hold of an ak—47 thanit terrorists to get hold of an ak—47 than it is in front of belgium. likely to see attac