at around 060 hours gmt this morning. tell us what happened, what was happening then? reporter: yes. right now we understand that the main phase of the operation which targeted two buildings in st denis is over. as you mentioned, they killed three suspects during that operation. one of them was a woman. she was apparently wearing a vest packed with explosives. there are conflicting reports as to whether she detonated the vest or the police shot her. three suspects were injured and three police officers were injured in the operation. however, the indications are they re not seriously injured. so three suspects killed, three detained and three police officers injured. however, having said that that main phase of the operation appears to be over, there is still extremely heavy police presence in the city of st denise. they blocked off many roads. i am currently weaving my way through the center and i ve come upon police blocks and we ve had police point weapons at us. an hour
injured. clearly in this kind of situation, ambulances are the sort of emergency services one would expect. we heard from a local member of the parliament in the area that in fact police have now established contact with the suspects. the two men holed up in that warehouse. this is a keep moment now in this whole operation. you have french special units of the police. we have an external perimeter where journalists are held back in the town. people have been evacuated from schools, people have been told to get home stay away from the windows. there s a tight parameter of the police who are special forces taxes. who are around the warehouse. those key figures are experienced negotiators. probably focussing on one individual at a time these negotiators will expect to work. contact is important at this statement. it s some kind of communication some channel opened. we ll assume it s a telephone line. obviously the police teams guarantee the security of innocent civilians trapped
a fail plan of mahinda rajapaksa, when he realised he would lose. and the declining value in the rouble is leading to bumper bookages in sochi first interior ministers from across europe arrive add at a security summit in france. they are talking about ways to coordinate counterterrorism efforts. the conference was called after violence last week in which 17 people and three gunmen were killed. and speaking within the last couple of minutes or so turkey s prime minister says he ll help the french to trace a fourth suspect who is thought to have fled towards the middle east. translation: talks between the two countries are underway after the attack. we are comparing the information that we have. i d like to ensure that our security services are cop right we ll speak to our reporter about the solidarity march about to start in paris, and will see 50 world leaders standing shoulder to shoulder. first to rory challands, our correspondent close to the interior ministry whe
thousands of demonstrators, the message from them is: freedom of expression and solidarity! more than a million people are marching on the streets of paris led by president hol ande and dozens of world leaders. they are there to show france is united. they say they will not be intimidated despite three days of violence. many are waving je suis charlie signs in honor of those attacked on wednesday. twelve people were killed during that attack. israel s leader is there. the other target of course a jewish supermarket in paris at which four people were killed. overlooking the crowd gathered at the place de la bastille in central paris is rory challands. rory there has been a huge buildup of people moving from the place de la bastille where you are to the place de la nation on this march of unity. reporter: yeah, it seems for many hours as if they weren t actually moving at all. they were. it was just they were being replaced by thousands and thousands more as some managed
at charlie hebdo magazine. reporter: here amongst the marchers as night faults solidarity is undiminished. two million people marching on the streets of paris led by president hol ande and dozens of world leaders. france is united ideals intact. they say they will not be intimidated despite three days of violence. many are waving je suis charlie signs in solidarity. 12 people were killed in that attack. israel s leaders are also there. the others target of course a jewish supermarket in which four people were killed. overlooking the crowd gathered at the place de la rerepublique. the message today, very much one of solidarity. absolutely. it s been an extraordinary day in what has already been an extraordinary week for france. the energy here is now starting to dim somewhat. there are a few hundred people left in place de la republique gathered around a statue in the center of the square. you can probably see them in the picture. they have been waving flags climbing o