Written By Unknown on Rabu, 14 Januari 2015 | 14.59
Parts of the UK have woken to snow and icy conditions with gritters out in force overnight and commuters warned to expect disruption.
Forecasters have warned of heavy snow showers into Wednesday morning, after the Met Office issued an amber "be prepared" warning across central and southern Scotland, with Wales, Northern Ireland and much of England also on alert.
Network Rail suspended four train routes in advance of the snow, while the AA warned drivers to be aware of "treacherous conditions".
Sky News weather forecaster Nazaneen Ghaffar said: "The next 48 hours could see treacherous driving conditions for most of the UK and Ireland with the risk of ice and snow and then severe gales.
Snow alerts cover much of the UK on Wednesday
"Heavy snow will fall through the Central Belt, Fife and Perth and Kinross, with 10cm (4ins) or more over the highest ground.
"Elsewhere, a covering of snow is possible, even over the higher ground in southern England, whilst 2-5cm (2ins) is likely above 100m (330ft)."
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The amber warning, which is in place until 10am, follows fierce storms last week which left 120,000 homes without power in Scotland.
The Met Office warned of two spells of "persistent snow" across the amber warning area - on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning - which could produce "disruptive snowfall during busy travel periods".
High ground in Wales, moors in south-west England, the Mendips and Cotswolds are also at higher risk of snow.
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Gallery: Amber Alert For Snow For Britain
Motorists are urged to drive with care after snow caused disruption on many roads in Northern Ireland and other parts of the UK
More falls are expected followed by severe gales in coastal areas
French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is selling out around France after appearing for the first time since Islamist gunmen massacred 12 people at its offices.
The front cover of the magazine - which has a print run of three million - depicts the Prophet Mohammed holding a sign that says "Je suis Charlie," the slogan taken up by supporters since the attack a week ago.
Despite warnings that the image could provoke further attacks by extremists, queues formed at newsstands in the French capital from 6am and at some the issue sold out before 8am.
One woman working at a newspaper kiosk said: "It was incredible. I had a queue of 60-70 people waiting for me when I opened.
"I've never seen anything like it. All my 450 copies were sold out in 15 minutes."
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Sky's Europe Correspondent Robert Nisbet said: "This newsstand behind me outside the Gare de l'Est had 75 copies this morning, they all went, they're waiting for more.
"You can't get a copy inside the Gare de l'Est railway station at all, such is the demand not just here, but all around the world."
Copies of the magazine have appeared on the ebay auction site, with some sellers seeking more than £500.
The edition's lead editorial said: "For the past week, Charlie, an atheist newspaper, has achieved more miracles than all the saints and prophets combined.
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"The one we are most proud of is that you have in your hands the newspaper that we always made."
The latest issue features a joke about the bells of Notre Dame cathedral ringing out for its murdered satirists, as well as jibes at the terrorists who killed them.
Profits from the "survivors' issue", which will be printed in French and Italian along with translations in English, Spanish and Arabic in electronic form, will go to the families of victims of the shooting.
But the cartoon has led to warnings from Muslim groups that it could "stir up hatred".
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Al Azhar, Sunni Islam's most prestigious centre of learning based in Cairo, Egypt, said the drawings "do not serve the peaceful co-existence between peoples and hinders the integration of Muslims into European and Western societies."
French Muslim groups have also urged their communities to "stay calm and avoid emotive reactions" to the magazine.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls declared a "war against terrorism" on Tuesday and in a speech called for France to pull together after the attack and the killing of four hostages at a Jewish supermarket in Paris as well as the murder of a police officer in the capital.
He said: "France is at war against terrorism, jihadism, radicalism... (not) Islam and Muslims.
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"I don't want Jews in this country to be scared, or Muslims to be ashamed."
Mr Valls called for France's intelligence and anti-terrorism laws to be strengthened and "clear failings" addressed.
The Charlie Hebdo gunmen - Said and Cherif Kouachi - and their accomplice, supermarket gunman Amedy Coulibaly, were known to French intelligence agencies and had been on a US terror watch list for some time.
The magazine had faced threats and was firebombed for featuring cartoons of the prophet.
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Gallery: Funerals For Paris Attacks Victims
Police officers carry the coffins draped in the French flag of the three police officers killed in the recent terror attacks in Paris, at the city's police headquarters
The coffin of French police officer Ahmed Merabet, 40, is carried by colleagues
Written By Unknown on Selasa, 13 Januari 2015 | 14.59
Up to six terror cell members may still be at large after the Paris attacks in which 17 people were murdered, French police have warned.
One of them has been spotted driving a car registered to the partner of one of the dead attackers, according to the authorities.
Police officials said a search was being carried out in the Paris area for the Mini Cooper registered to Hayat Boumeddiene, the girlfriend of Amedy Coulibaly, who gunned down a police officer before killing four people in a Jewish supermarket last Friday.
The attack came after co-conspirators Said and Cherif Kouachi massacred 12 people at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday.
All three killers were finally cornered and died in police assaults on Friday.
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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Coulibaly "undoubtedly" had an accomplice and "the hunt will go on" for anyone who helped him.
Boumeddiene remains on the run amid reports she has fled to Syria.
Footage has emerged of her arriving at Istanbul Airport before the attacks in Paris took place.
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In a video, Coulibaly defended the atrocities and pledged allegiance to the terror group Islamic State.
Meanwhile, France has deployed nearly 5,000 police to protect Jewish schools and mobilised thousands more security forces following the terror attacks.
Three million copies are to be published of this week's Charlie Hebdo special "survivors' issue", with many of them to be made available outside of France and offered "in 16 languages".
Charlie Hebdo will feature a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed in a special "survivor's issue" of the magazine produced after last week's massacre.
The illustrated image will show the bearded figure with a tear in his eye under the message "all is forgiven".
A total of three million copies of the magazine will be printed in several languages - instead of its usual 60,000 - when it goes on sale on Wednesday.
The cover of the magazine has been published online by the Liberation newspaper.
It is the first edition since two Islamist gunmen stormed Charlie Hebdo's headquarters in Paris on 7 January and killed 12 people, in apparent revenge for the publication of cartoons featuring the prophet.
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Cherif and Said Kouachi claimed they belonged to the jihadist group al Qaeda in Yemen.
They were killed on Friday, along with accomplice Amedy Coulibaly, who claimed to belong to rival Islamic State group.
Coulibaly murdered a policewoman and then four Jewish shoppers the following day during a hostage drama at a kosher supermarket in the French capital.
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Witnesses at the Charlie Hebdo offices reported the attackers shouted "we have avenged the prophet".
The bodies of the four people killed during the supermarket attack arrived in Israel on Tuesday morning ahead of a funeral in Jerusalem.
Yoav Hattab, Philippe Braham, Yohan Cohen and Francois-Michel Saada were shot dead and another 15 people taken hostage before police stormed the building, killing Colibaly.
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The hunt is also continuing for Coulibaly's partner, 26-year-old Hayat Boumeddiene, who can be seen in newly released CCTV footage of her arriving at Istanbul Airport on her way to Syria.
It comes after French authorities announced the deployment of thousands of soldiers to boost security in the country in the wake of the attacks.
Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, speaking after an emergency security meeting, said: "We have decided... to mobilise 10,000 men to protect sensitive sites in the whole country.
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"This is the first time that our troops have been mobilised to such an extent on our own soil."
Nearly 5,000 police officers have been deployed to protect Jewish schools.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls has said Coulibaly is likely to have received help from others.
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Gallery: In Pictures: Magazine That Couldn't Be Silenced
Two editions of Charlie Hebdo pictured in Paris in September 2012. The first pictures a caveman holding fire and oil with the heading "irresponsible newspaper" while the other has an empty front page with the label "responsible newspaper".
People attend a rally in support of the magazine in November 2011, days after the offices were targeted by petrol bombs.
Written By Unknown on Senin, 12 Januari 2015 | 14.59
The wife of Cherif Kouachi, one of the brothers who attacked the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, has condemned his actions and offered condolences to victims.
Izzana Hamyd had been detained by investigators for 72 hours after Wednesday's act of terror, and "expressed her indignation and condemnation of violence" to officers.
According to the young woman's lawyer, Christian Saint-Palais, her response to the shootings "was the same reaction as that of the entire nation", as she was "stupefied" by the attack. Ms Hamyd has now been released from custody.
Speaking at a unity rally in Paris attended by more than a million people on Sunday, Mr Saint-Palais claimed his client was never given any indication that Cherif Kouachi, and his brother Said, were planning to invade the offices of the satirical magazine.
After killing a dozen people - including two policemen - the Kouachi brothers went on the run for 48 hours before being tracked down at a printing warehouse northeast of Paris. They were killed after opening fire with officers.
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Meanwhile, the mother and sisters of a jihadist gunman who killed four hostages at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris have also released a statement.
Amedy Coulibaly's family said: "We absolutely do not share these extreme ideas. We hope there will not be any confusion between these odious acts and the Muslim religion."
The search for Coulibaly's "armed and dangerous" girlfriend, Hayat Boumeddiene, continues - but intelligence officials believe that she travelled to Syria via Turkey before France's three days of terror began.
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Gallery: Unity March Over France Attacks
Huge crowds are gathering for the unity march in Paris, in protest at this week's terror attacks. Continue through for more images...
Dozens of world leaders, including David Cameron, are taking part in the march
Written By Unknown on Minggu, 11 Januari 2015 | 14.59
Muslim Shop Worker Saved Jewish Customers
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A Muslim shop worker has told how he saved "15 to 20" customers at a Jewish supermarket attacked by terrorist Amedy Coulibaly.
Lassana Bathily was out of the gunman's view when he stormed the Hypercacher store in eastern Paris with guns blazing.
A number of shoppers fled down stairs at the back of the shop, where they ran into the 24-year-old assistant, who thought the group could hide in a cold storage room in the basement.
He has been credited with helping the hostages - including a father and his young son - to survive the siege, in which four were killed by Coulibaly.
He told France's BFMTV: "I went to the freezer, I opened the door and a number of people came in with me.
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Gallery: Commandos Storm Supermarket
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"I turned off the light and the freezer. I told them to keep calm, to not make any noise."
After managing to escape through a goods lift and an emergency exit, Mr Bathily was initially suspected of being a terrorist accomplice.
He said: "I ran out, I saw police officers who told me 'Lie down! Hands on your head!'"
After explaining who he was, Mr Bathily was able to provide officers with useful information about the layout of the store and where customers had been hiding.
After police stormed the building and killed Coulibaly, some of the freed hostages thanked him and shook his hand, he said.
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Explaining why he acted as he did, Mr Bathily said: "We are all brothers. It's not a question of Jews, Christians or Muslims.
"We were all in the same boat, we had to help each other to get out of the crisis."
Mr Bathily's photo has been circulating on social media since his story emerged, with many users labelling him a "hero" or "the coolest man on the planet".
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Video:'Hero' Worker Hid Customers
A Muslim shop worker has told how he saved "15 to 20" customers at a Jewish supermarket attacked by terrorist Amedy Coulibaly.
Lassana Bathily was out of the gunman's view when he stormed the Hypercacher store in eastern Paris with guns blazing.
A number of shoppers fled down stairs at the back of the shop, where they ran into the 24-year-old assistant, who thought the group could hide in a cold storage room in the basement.
He has been credited with helping the hostages - including a father and his young son - to survive the siege, in which four were killed by Coulibaly.
He told France's BFMTV: "I went to the freezer, I opened the door and a number of people came in with me.
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Gallery: Commandos Storm Supermarket
Pic: @conflictnews
Explosions rang out at the scene
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Some people are seen leaving the shop, but reports said four hostages were killed
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"I turned off the light and the freezer. I told them to keep calm, to not make any noise."
After managing to escape through a goods lift and an emergency exit, Mr Bathily was initially suspected of being a terrorist accomplice.
He said: "I ran out, I saw police officers who told me 'Lie down! Hands on your head!'"
After explaining who he was, Mr Bathily was able to provide officers with useful information about the layout of the store and where customers had been hiding.
After police stormed the building and killed Coulibaly, some of the freed hostages thanked him and shook his hand, he said.
Video:Paris Supermarket Siege Over
Explaining why he acted as he did, Mr Bathily said: "We are all brothers. It's not a question of Jews, Christians or Muslims.
"We were all in the same boat, we had to help each other to get out of the crisis."
Mr Bathily's photo has been circulating on social media since his story emerged, with many users labelling him a "hero" or "the coolest man on the planet".
:: Watch Sky News Special Report: Paris Attack at 2.30am, 5.30am, and 8.30pm. See it on skynews.com, our mobile apps and on Sky News - channels Sky 501, Virgin Media 602, Freesat 202, Freeview 132.
Paris is on high alert as world leaders converge on the city for a march expected to draw millions of people in a demonstration of national unity.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls predicted the huge turnout to honour the 17 people killed in attacks on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a kosher supermarket and the police.
He told thousands gathered near the scene of the deadly supermarket siege on Saturday: "I have no doubt that millions of citizens will come to express their love of liberty, their love of fraternity."
With the country's national security threat system still at the highest level and a suspected member of the terror cell behind the attacks on the run, France has deployed thousands of police and troops to protect the capital.
More than 5,500 police and military personnel will be deployed for the security operation, including 2,200 to guard the route of the march, which will run for 1.9miles (3km) from the historic Place de la Republique to Place de la Nation.
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Police marksmen will be stationed on roofs in the area ahead of the start of the march at 3pm UK time.
Some 2,000 police officers and 1,350 soldiers will be stationed at other locations around the city, including at places of worship, media outlets and public buildings.
As the crowd marches, 150 plain clothes detectives will mingle among them and a security perimeter will be enforced, with roads and some central metro stations closed.
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Gallery: Hundreds Of Thousands Rally Over Paris Attacks
A huge stream of people, estimated to contain tens of thousands of people, takes to the sea front in Nice
