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| Paris attacks: Hollande and Obama to intensify anti-IS push | Paris attacks: Hollande and Obama to intensify anti-IS push |
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| The fight against so-called Islamic State (IS) will dominate talks in Washington shortly as French President Francois Hollande meets US President Barack Obama. | |
| The Paris suicide attacks claimed by IS have prompted the US to issue a worldwide travel alert to its citizens. | The Paris suicide attacks claimed by IS have prompted the US to issue a worldwide travel alert to its citizens. |
| President Hollande is meeting other world leaders this week, hoping to forge a stronger alliance against IS. | President Hollande is meeting other world leaders this week, hoping to forge a stronger alliance against IS. |
| But Turkey's downing of a Russian jet has fuelled tension over the Syria war. | But Turkey's downing of a Russian jet has fuelled tension over the Syria war. |
| As Turkey is a Nato member the incident has put a new strain on Russian-Western efforts to neutralise the IS threat in Syria and Iraq. | As Turkey is a Nato member the incident has put a new strain on Russian-Western efforts to neutralise the IS threat in Syria and Iraq. |
| The US is unlikely to support French efforts to build a Russian-Western military alliance against IS, correspondents say. But there is some military co-ordination with Russia. | The US is unlikely to support French efforts to build a Russian-Western military alliance against IS, correspondents say. But there is some military co-ordination with Russia. |
| France is now sending warplanes from the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, off the Syrian coast, to pound IS targets. | France is now sending warplanes from the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, off the Syrian coast, to pound IS targets. |
| Hollande's diplomatic push | |
| Monday: Met UK Prime Minister David Cameron in Paris | |
| Tuesday: In Washington to meet US President Barack Obama | |
| Wednesday: Meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Paris | |
| Thursday: Goes to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin | |
| Sunday: Meets China's President Xi Jinping in Paris | |
| Mr Hollande's search for allies | |
| Russia has also stepped up air raids against anti-government rebels in Syria, since a Russian airliner was blown up over Egypt by suspected IS-linked militants last month. | Russia has also stepped up air raids against anti-government rebels in Syria, since a Russian airliner was blown up over Egypt by suspected IS-linked militants last month. |
| But Western leaders have urged Russia to focus its raids on IS, not on other groups fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. | But Western leaders have urged Russia to focus its raids on IS, not on other groups fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. |
| Meanwhile, French police are examining what appears to be a suicide bomb belt dumped on a Paris street following the 13 November attacks that killed 130 people. | |
| It is said to resemble belts used by the attackers and was found in a suburb which a suspect is thought to have passed through after the attacks. | It is said to resemble belts used by the attackers and was found in a suburb which a suspect is thought to have passed through after the attacks. |
| The key suspect, Salah Abdeslam, remains at large and a massive manhunt for him continues. | The key suspect, Salah Abdeslam, remains at large and a massive manhunt for him continues. |
| After the attacks he fled to Belgium, where he and some of the other jihadists were based. | After the attacks he fled to Belgium, where he and some of the other jihadists were based. |
| German media reported that there may have been sightings of him in the northern state of North Rhine-Westphalia. A big police operation is taking place in the town of Espelkamp but authorities would not confirm whether Abdeslam was the focus of the search. | |
| The Belgian capital Brussels remains on high alert, with schools and the metro closed, on the fourth day of an unprecedented lockdown. | The Belgian capital Brussels remains on high alert, with schools and the metro closed, on the fourth day of an unprecedented lockdown. |
| They are due to reopen on Wednesday, but the highest alert level will continue for at least another week. | They are due to reopen on Wednesday, but the highest alert level will continue for at least another week. |
| How is Brussels affected by terror threat? | |
| Read more: | Read more: |
| How the Paris attacks are affecting Muslim children | How the Paris attacks are affecting Muslim children |
| Interview transcript: 'My brothers were manipulated, not radicalised' | Interview transcript: 'My brothers were manipulated, not radicalised' |
| Paris attacks: The unanswered questions | Paris attacks: The unanswered questions |
| Paris attacks: Who were the victims? | Paris attacks: Who were the victims? |
| Who were the attackers? | Who were the attackers? |
| Special report: In-depth coverage of the attacks and their aftermath | Special report: In-depth coverage of the attacks and their aftermath |
| In other developments on Tuesday: | |