10,000 troops to be deployed at sites in France

France has called up 10,000 troops to bolster security around sensitive sites in the country.

Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian unveiled the measures after an emergency meeting called by President Francois Hollande focused on preventing a repeat of last week's attacks.

Mr Le Drian said the troops would protect "sensitive sites in the whole country" from tomorrow evening, given the "scale of threats" on France.

The minister would not be drawn on which sites around the country are deemed to be "sensitive". 

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuv also said a further 5,000 members of the security forces and police will be deployed to protect the 717 Jewish schools in the country.

The announcement comes in the wake of last week's attacks, one of which targeted a kosher supermarket.

Mr Cazeneuve was addressing parents of a Jewish school to the south of Paris, near where Amedy Coulibaly shot dead a policewoman on Thursday.

She was one of 17 people killed in three days of violence, which also saw 12 people shot dead in the attack on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the scene of the supermarket attack today where four Jews were killed. 

There was a massive security operation at the site as Mr Netanyahu paid tribute to victims of the attack.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has said Coulibaly "undoubtedly" had an accomplice and vowed to continue the hunt.

Mr Valls said that Coulibaly, who killed four Jewish shoppers in the hostage drama on Friday afternoon, likely received help from someone else.

Coulibaly's wife Hayat Boumeddiene is suspected of being involved in the shooting.

The Turkish foreign minister said this morning that she entered Syria from Turkey at some point on Thursday.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey should not be blamed for the attack, adding Turkey has deported between 1,500 and 2,000 foreign nationals whose names have appeared on a black list of 7,000 people provided by international intelligence agencies.

Meanwhile, Pope Francis has slammed "deviant forms of religion" in the wake of last week's attacks.

In his yearly speech to diplomats accredited to the Vatican, Pope Francis laid the blame on "a culture of rejection", which leads to "the breakdown of society and spawning violence and death".

He urged Muslim leaders around the world to condemn fundamentalist interpretations of religion which attempt to justify violence in God's name.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has signed a book of condolence in Castlebar, Co Mayo for the victims of last week's terrorist attacks.

Mr Kenny said initiatives where Irish people could express their support for people in France at this time were important.

He said the unity shown by people across the continent for people in France highlighted the importance of integration and togetherness.

A book of condolence has also been opened in Drogheda for the victims of the attacks - the Co Louth town is twinned with Saint Mande, the location of the supermarket siege.

The book can be signed at the Tholsel in Drogheda and a separate book will be signed by secondary school students in the town. 

Both books will be brought to France and presented to the Mayor of Saint Mande, Patrick Beaudouin.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has announced that he would travel to Paris later this week for talks with French officials after the deadly attacks by Islamist militants.

More than 1.5m people marched in the French capital yesterday in a show of unity.

Commentators said it was the largest crowd in Paris since its liberation from Nazi Germany in 1944.

Mr Hollande was joined at yesterday's march by leaders from more than 40 countries, including Germany, Italy, Britain, Turkey, Israel and the Palestinian territories, and Ireland.

The United States was represented at the march by its ambassador to France, Jane Hartley.

However, commentators on some US media outlets questioned why President Barack Obama did not attend or send a top administration official, such as Vice President Joe Biden or Mr Kerry.

People also turned out in huge numbers around the world to show their solidarity with France.

In Ireland, up to 5,000 people marched in Dublin city centre, and others attended vigils in Cork and Galway.

The US said it would host a summit on 18 February on how to fight "violent extremism around the world" in the wake of the Paris attacks.

Speaking in Paris after a meeting with European security ministers, US Attorney General Eric Holder said the meeting would take place in Washington DC under the auspices of Mr Obama.

The gathering will "bring together all of our allies to discuss ways in which we can counteract this violent extremism that exists around the world," Mr Holder said.

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