Monday, 23 November 2015
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Sunday, 22 November 2015
Death in the desert: Tribesmen exploit battle to reach Israel
Tribesmen exploit refugees' battle 02:29
Story highlights
- Every year, thousands attempt dangerous journey from African countries to Israel
- Few make it; many bodies of unsuccessful refugees lie in morgue in El Arish, Egypt
- One man combs desert searching for corpses, ensuring they get dignified burial
- Many refugees are enslaved and tortured; women are raped by Bedouin tribes of Sinai
"I wanted to build a good future for my family, but I failed," a weak Issam Abdallah Mohammed said in a videotaped statement.
The
refugee from the Darfur region of Sudan was trying to illegally cross
the border from Egypt to Israel when he was discovered and shot by
Egyptian border guards.
Less than an hour after taping the statement, Issam was dead, succumbing to the wounds inflicted by the gunshots.
Every
year, thousands of refugees, mostly from Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan,
attempt the dangerous journey from their war-torn countries to Israel in
search of economic prosperity and stability.
Very
few make it, and the results of the failed migration can be seen in the
morgue of the central hospital in the Egyptian port town of El Arish.
Ending organ trafficking 02:29
When
a CNN crew visited there recently, all the refrigeration units were
broken, leaving a biting stench of decaying corpses in the air, which
staff members attempted in vain to cover up with chlorine-based cleaner
and incense.
On any given day, the morgue will be packed with the bodies of African refugees who died trying to make it to Israel.
Hamdy
Al-Azazy spends a lot of time here as head of the New Generation
Foundation for Human Rights, which tries to help African refugees in
Egypt.
Every week, Al-Azazy combs the desert, searching for corpses, ensuring that they get a dignified burial.
He
has spent the past seven years helping the refugees. Many are enslaved
and tortured and the women raped by the Bedouin tribes of the Sinai if
they are unable to come up with large sums of money the Bedouin try to
extort from them and their families, to smuggle the refugees across the
border into Israel. As a result, many remain imprisoned in camps on the
Sinai Peninsula.
"They are chained and
kept in camps in the open with no bathrooms and little water and food
and treated worse than animals," Al-Azazy said.
Map: Refugees head to Israel
"Some
of them are taken to Libya, but 80% of them are smuggled to Israel.
Those who escape are shot by the Bedouins, and others who make it to the
border are sometimes shot by the Egyptian authorities and transferred
to hospitals before spending a year in different prisons in Sinai and
deported back home."
The CNN crew found
two victims in the hospital in El Arish, handcuffed to their beds and
awaiting their transfer to an Egyptian detention center and eventual
deportation.
One of them, Mahary Taklay
Abraham of Eritrea, says he hit his head falling off a rock while
trying to cross the border and was caught by Egyptian border guards. But
before making it to the border, Mahary says, he spent about two months
with the Bedouins.
"They beat and tortured me continuously and demanded money from my family," Mahary said.
Al-Azazy
says this is a common scheme. The refugees will pay Bedouin tribes in
the border area between Sudan and Egypt around $2,000 to be smuggled
out. The smugglers then sell the refugees to the Sinai Bedouin, who
blackmail the refugees and their families back home.
Ibrahim Yehia of Eritrea says he fell prey to the Bedouin.
"When
we arrived to Sinai, the Bedouins tied me up with metal chains in the
desert. They tortured us. Many of us died," he said, displaying his
wounds, including scars that he says came from electroshock torture.
"They
wanted me to pay $12,000 and forced us to call our families to transfer
the money. My family sold all their lands and even their donkey to
collect the money. They transferred $6,000 to the Bedouins."
After his family paid, Yehia says, the Bedouin finally let him go.
"I
spent three months tied up in the camp close to the Israeli border.
After I paid, the Bedouins drove me to the border crossing and set me
free. I was then shot by plainclothes men close to the wired fence at
the Israeli-Egyptian border. The military took me to the hospital."
Some
of the refugees are forced into slave labor, often working marijuana
fields that flourish all over Northern Sinai, Hamdy Al-Azazy says.
Refugees who made it across the border into Israel have told harrowing
accounts of rape, torture and slave labor.
Women
are especially vulnerable. CNN spoke to one victim who made it to
Israel and spoke on condition of anonymity. She said she was raped
almost daily on a journey that took several months to get to Tel Aviv.
"Every night, they took me separately, and they did whatever they wanted to my body," the Eritrean said.
Al-Azazy
hears stories like this all the time. "The women and men are kept in
open areas. These Bedouins don't have any morals or conscience. One girl
told me that three Bedouins had raped 14 girls in one night," he said.
When
CNN confronted a leader of the Sawarka Bedouin tribe, one of the
largest in Sinai, the chief said he was aware that people trafficking is
going on in Sinai and that in some cases African refugees are held in
bonded labor, tortured and women raped.
The
Sawarka chief, who did not want to be named for this report, said that
only rogue elements of the tribe are involved in people trafficking.
This
same chief took CNN to a secret location and allowed them to speak to
five African refugees who were hoping to make it to Israel, in an
apparent bid to show us that the refugees were being well treated.
But
interviews with refugees who have escaped the camps or been released
suggest that mistreatment and even murder are commonplace in the Bedouin
camps.
One Bedouin leader willing to go on record is called Salem, a powerful chief of the Tarabine tribe.
He
acknowledges that people trafficking exists among members of the
Tarabine and Sawarka tribes, but he says that it is only a fraction of
the members who are involved in the trade and that they are ruthless.
"You
can't label the whole tribe or implicate it in this trade. The Bedouins
in Sinai are over 150,000. Those working in this business will not
exceed more than 50 people."
During an interview by the Red Sea, Salem said he loathes those involved in people trafficking, torture, rape and murder.
But he acknowledges that Bedouin leaders are doing little to stop the illicit business out of fear of stoking tribal infighting.
"These
guys are evil. They do not care where to get money. They deal with a
middleman in Africa to get those men. These Africans spend months here,
sometimes up to six months in Sinai, before crossing -- if they cross."
Egypt's government and armed forces seem powerless to stop the Bedouin smugglers.
Police
units have been forced out of most areas in North Sinai after the
revolution that swept longtime leader Hosni Mubarak from power. A
military operation aimed at combating Islamist extremists in the area
has done little to stop people trafficking in this lawless region that
runs mostly on criminal activity, such as smuggling of goods into Gaza
and drug trafficking.
Meanwhile, more
bodies turn up in the Sinai desert. In a matter of weeks, several more
were buried by Hamdy Al-Azazy close to the grave of Issam Abdallah
Mohammed, the refugee from Darfur who recorded a video shortly before
his death.
While the bodies of those
who can be identified are buried in cemeteries in El Arish, the many
corpses that remain nameless -- because they carry no identity cards or
have decomposed beyond recognition -- are laid to rest outside the
cemetery walls in an anonymous mass grave under heaps of trash from an
adjacent slum.
Leader of Agbara bank robbery arrested in Delta state
Kelly who was with some of his other gang members engaged the police in a shootout after they were rounded up. A police officer was killed during the shoot out.
Kelly who suffered gun shot wounds, was arrested and is now being interrogated. Police is currently working to get his other gang members arrested.
Death in the desert: Tribesmen exploit battle to reach Israel
Tribesmen exploit refugees' battle 02:29
Story highlights
- Every year, thousands attempt dangerous journey from African countries to Israel
- Few make it; many bodies of unsuccessful refugees lie in morgue in El Arish, Egypt
- One man combs desert searching for corpses, ensuring they get dignified burial
- Many refugees are enslaved and tortured; women are raped by Bedouin tribes of Sinai
"I wanted to build a good future for my family, but I failed," a weak Issam Abdallah Mohammed said in a videotaped statement.
The
refugee from the Darfur region of Sudan was trying to illegally cross
the border from Egypt to Israel when he was discovered and shot by
Egyptian border guards.
Less than an hour after taping the statement, Issam was dead, succumbing to the wounds inflicted by the gunshots.
Every
year, thousands of refugees, mostly from Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan,
attempt the dangerous journey from their war-torn countries to Israel in
search of economic prosperity and stability.
Very
few make it, and the results of the failed migration can be seen in the
morgue of the central hospital in the Egyptian port town of El Arish.
Ending organ trafficking 02:29
When
a CNN crew visited there recently, all the refrigeration units were
broken, leaving a biting stench of decaying corpses in the air, which
staff members attempted in vain to cover up with chlorine-based cleaner
and incense.
On any given day, the morgue will be packed with the bodies of African refugees who died trying to make it to Israel.
Hamdy
Al-Azazy spends a lot of time here as head of the New Generation
Foundation for Human Rights, which tries to help African refugees in
Egypt.
Every week, Al-Azazy combs the desert, searching for corpses, ensuring that they get a dignified burial.
He
has spent the past seven years helping the refugees. Many are enslaved
and tortured and the women raped by the Bedouin tribes of the Sinai if
they are unable to come up with large sums of money the Bedouin try to
extort from them and their families, to smuggle the refugees across the
border into Israel. As a result, many remain imprisoned in camps on the
Sinai Peninsula.
"They are chained and
kept in camps in the open with no bathrooms and little water and food
and treated worse than animals," Al-Azazy said.
Map: Refugees head to Israel
"Some
of them are taken to Libya, but 80% of them are smuggled to Israel.
Those who escape are shot by the Bedouins, and others who make it to the
border are sometimes shot by the Egyptian authorities and transferred
to hospitals before spending a year in different prisons in Sinai and
deported back home."
The CNN crew found
two victims in the hospital in El Arish, handcuffed to their beds and
awaiting their transfer to an Egyptian detention center and eventual
deportation.
One of them, Mahary Taklay
Abraham of Eritrea, says he hit his head falling off a rock while
trying to cross the border and was caught by Egyptian border guards. But
before making it to the border, Mahary says, he spent about two months
with the Bedouins.
"They beat and tortured me continuously and demanded money from my family," Mahary said.
Al-Azazy
says this is a common scheme. The refugees will pay Bedouin tribes in
the border area between Sudan and Egypt around $2,000 to be smuggled
out. The smugglers then sell the refugees to the Sinai Bedouin, who
blackmail the refugees and their families back home.
Ibrahim Yehia of Eritrea says he fell prey to the Bedouin.
"When
we arrived to Sinai, the Bedouins tied me up with metal chains in the
desert. They tortured us. Many of us died," he said, displaying his
wounds, including scars that he says came from electroshock torture.
"They
wanted me to pay $12,000 and forced us to call our families to transfer
the money. My family sold all their lands and even their donkey to
collect the money. They transferred $6,000 to the Bedouins."
After his family paid, Yehia says, the Bedouin finally let him go.
"I
spent three months tied up in the camp close to the Israeli border.
After I paid, the Bedouins drove me to the border crossing and set me
free. I was then shot by plainclothes men close to the wired fence at
the Israeli-Egyptian border. The military took me to the hospital."
Some
of the refugees are forced into slave labor, often working marijuana
fields that flourish all over Northern Sinai, Hamdy Al-Azazy says.
Refugees who made it across the border into Israel have told harrowing
accounts of rape, torture and slave labor.
Women
are especially vulnerable. CNN spoke to one victim who made it to
Israel and spoke on condition of anonymity. She said she was raped
almost daily on a journey that took several months to get to Tel Aviv.
"Every night, they took me separately, and they did whatever they wanted to my body," the Eritrean said.
Al-Azazy
hears stories like this all the time. "The women and men are kept in
open areas. These Bedouins don't have any morals or conscience. One girl
told me that three Bedouins had raped 14 girls in one night," he said.
When
CNN confronted a leader of the Sawarka Bedouin tribe, one of the
largest in Sinai, the chief said he was aware that people trafficking is
going on in Sinai and that in some cases African refugees are held in
bonded labor, tortured and women raped.
The
Sawarka chief, who did not want to be named for this report, said that
only rogue elements of the tribe are involved in people trafficking.
This
same chief took CNN to a secret location and allowed them to speak to
five African refugees who were hoping to make it to Israel, in an
apparent bid to show us that the refugees were being well treated.
But
interviews with refugees who have escaped the camps or been released
suggest that mistreatment and even murder are commonplace in the Bedouin
camps.
One Bedouin leader willing to go on record is called Salem, a powerful chief of the Tarabine tribe.
He
acknowledges that people trafficking exists among members of the
Tarabine and Sawarka tribes, but he says that it is only a fraction of
the members who are involved in the trade and that they are ruthless.
"You
can't label the whole tribe or implicate it in this trade. The Bedouins
in Sinai are over 150,000. Those working in this business will not
exceed more than 50 people."
During an interview by the Red Sea, Salem said he loathes those involved in people trafficking, torture, rape and murder.
But he acknowledges that Bedouin leaders are doing little to stop the illicit business out of fear of stoking tribal infighting.
"These
guys are evil. They do not care where to get money. They deal with a
middleman in Africa to get those men. These Africans spend months here,
sometimes up to six months in Sinai, before crossing -- if they cross."
Egypt's government and armed forces seem powerless to stop the Bedouin smugglers.
Police
units have been forced out of most areas in North Sinai after the
revolution that swept longtime leader Hosni Mubarak from power. A
military operation aimed at combating Islamist extremists in the area
has done little to stop people trafficking in this lawless region that
runs mostly on criminal activity, such as smuggling of goods into Gaza
and drug trafficking.
Meanwhile, more
bodies turn up in the Sinai desert. In a matter of weeks, several more
were buried by Hamdy Al-Azazy close to the grave of Issam Abdallah
Mohammed, the refugee from Darfur who recorded a video shortly before
his death.
While the bodies of those
who can be identified are buried in cemeteries in El Arish, the many
corpses that remain nameless -- because they carry no identity cards or
have decomposed beyond recognition -- are laid to rest outside the
cemetery walls in an anonymous mass grave under heaps of trash from an
adjacent slum.
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Kuti after the operation. Smiling, high on morphine. It's a morphine
thing". She didn't state what kind of operation he had. Wishing him a
speedy recovery.
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Saturday, 21 November 2015
Update FULL-TIME - Real Madrid 0-4 Barcelona
A brilliant night for Barcelona comes to an end but
this has been a real embarrassment from Real
Madrid and Rafael Benitez.
Posted at 90+2 mins
Barca midfielder Sergio Busquets is booked for
pulling down Karim Benzema.
INJURY TIME
Posted at 90+2 mins
Two minutes added on. One to go.
Chris Waddle
BBC Radio 5 live at the Bernabeu
"One team turned up tonight and that is Barcelona.
They controlled the game. Their passing, movement
was everything you want from a football team."
Posted at 90 mins
Cristiano Ronaldo's powerful header is parried
away by Claudio Bravo, who has been brilliant when
called upon tonight. A few good saves from the
Barca keeper.
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afia qamar
AfiaQamar
Art being created by football players #
bbceurofooty
7:03 p.m. - 21 November 2015
Nice.
Posted at 89 mins
It should be 5-0 as Neymar squares the ball to
Munir El Haddadi, who somehow puts it wide
unmarked from 15 yards.
To be honest, it could be 7-0 or 8 -0.
Posted at 88 mins
Karim Benzema has a shot from outside the box
deflected wide. Rafael Benitez would like a goal
here just to make it look slightly less of a
demolition.
Posted at 87 mins
Neymar pulls the ball across to Munir El Haddadi,
who has loads of space 16 yards out but the
substitute fires over.
It's hard to describe just how bad Real Madrid have
been at the back tonight. I'll have a go though -
shambolic.
RED CARD FOR ISCO
Posted at 85 mins
Just when Real Madrid think it can't get any worse.
Substitute Isco absolutely boots Neymar from
behind. Straight red. Really stupid play. Real have
lost their heads.
YELLOW CARD
Posted at 83 mins
Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal comes in with a
hefty challenge on Neymar. I say challenge, it was a
hack. Booking.
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Liz Tray
LizTray
Nobody is surprised, surely, at the #ElClasico
score? Benitez is a poor manager who fluked
one big cup a decade ago #bbceurofooty
6:56 p.m. - 21 November 2015
Posted at 82 mns
The expectations for these sides are so big that any
one-off defeat (which is what this is really) is seen
as a crisis. But you really can't afford to lose 4-0 at
home to your arch-rivals!
Karim Benzema has a decent header saved by a
diving Claudio Bravo.
Posted at 80 mins
Karim Benzema, definitely not match fit, is played in
by Gareth Bale but his first touch is poor. An in-
shape Benzema controls that and fires home. He
was offside anyway, but he didn't know that.
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Jonathan Satchell
jsatchell
Real pleasure to watch this game just to see
Ronaldo's facial expressions. It's a team
game. #ElClasico #bbceurofooty
6:52 p.m. - 21 November 2015
Seth Gogo Egoeh
dakporticpower
Barcelona are suffocating Real Madrid. This is
a nightmare! #bbceurofooty #ElClasico
6:52 p.m. - 21 November 2015
Otunba Kahill
MrKahill
Benitez working really had to equal #
Mourinho's record of losing first #ELCLASICO
5-0 #bbceurofooty
6:51 p.m. - 21 November 2015
Chris Waddle
BBC Radio 5 live at the Bernabeu
"A lot of the fans are starting to walk out, rightly so,
but a lot are wanting to stay and let Benitez know
what they think. Real have been shocking."
SUBSTITUTION
Posted at 77 mins
Barcelona bringing on a guy who looks like the work
experience kid here for one of the greats of our
generation.
Andres Iniesta, who hands the armband to Lionel
Messi, comes off for Munir El Haddadi.
Even the Real Madrid fans are applauding Iniesta
off.
GOAL - Real Madrid 0-4 Barcelona
Luis Suarez
Posted at 74 mins
This is officially a rout. Lionel Messi lays the ball off
to Luis Suarez, who fires past Claudio Bravo from
inside the box.
That's Suarez's second of the night. Fifteen minutes
for a hat-trick.
OptaJose
OptaJose
24 - Luis Suarez's goal in this game came
after a build up of 24 passes; the most for a La
Liga goal in 15-16. Fluid
6:46 p.m. - 21 November 2015
Posted at 74 mins
Gareth Bale wanted a penalty after a challenge from
Jordi Alba. No dice though.
Madan Roka
mdroka
Benitez looks out of his depth. Real could use
a change at manager, is there anyone
available? Ancelotti? #bbceurofooty
6:42 p.m. - 21 November 2015
Tatenda Chakaduka
Chaks93
#bbceurofooty the biggest mistake Real
Madrid ever made was sacking Ancelotti, he is
arguably the best manager in the world right
now.
6:45 p.m. - 21 November 2015
Chris Waddle
BBC Radio 5 live at the Bernabeu
"Two good passes by Gareth Bale in the second
half. Great ball but Ronaldo was offside there."
Posted at 72 mins
Real Madrid are all over the place defensively. Luis
Suarez has a chance to make it 4-0 but his shot is
flicked up in the air by defender Sergio Ramos and
the hosts escape.
Posted at 71 mins
Cristiano Ronaldo outpaces Gerard Pique, charging
in on goal and hits the woodwork, he's desperate
for a goal tonight. But it's called back for offside. It
could have gone either way.
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Lee, Gloucester: The biggest difference between
these 2 giants is teamwork. Barcelona have it and
Real don't. You can hide behind individual brilliance
most of the time but not against individual brilliance
moulded within a true team.
Posted at 69 mins
And seconds later Real Madrid are almost back in
this game. They break and the ball lands to
Cristiano Ronaldo near the penalty spot, but Claudio
Bravo comes flying out of his goal and makes
himself big to keep the effort out.
A frustrating night for the Portuguese.
Posted at 68 mins
Free-kick to Barcelona 30 yards out. Lionel Messi
takes but it's into the wall...
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Jonathan Meres
JonathanMeres
Barcelona fans really have missed a trick, not
singing 'Neymar' to the tune of Neighbours #
bbcfootball @bbc5live
6:39 p.m. - 21 November 2015
Do they get Neighbours in Spain?
Posted at 67 mins
Lionel Messi plays a wonderful ball over the top but
Luis Suarez can't control the ball. Neymar plays the
ball back to Messi, whose shot is deflected wide by
Raphael Varane.
There's still goals in this game.
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Simon Wilson
SimonFWilson1
White hankie time at the Bernabeu? #
bbceurofooty #ElClasico
6:36 p.m. - 21 November 2015
Joshua Mwesigwa
JoshTheFixer
HALA MADRID, No...HAMMER MADRID! #
bbceurofooty
6:35 p.m. - 21 November 2015
Matt Harding
mattharding007
Please Ronaldo, wake up and smell the roses.
Going nowhere in Madrid. Come home to
Manchester. And bring Bale with you. #
bbcfootball
6:36 p.m. - 21 November 2015
PENALTY APPEAL
Posted at 65 mins
Gareth Bale wants a Real Madrid penalty for a
handball by Gerard Pique. He blasted it right at the
defender's arm though. Not a penalty for me. Or the
referee.
Posted at 63 mins
Barcelona just keeping possession now in midfield,
with Lionel Messi getting involved. And they now win
a free-kick in a dangerous position. Dani Carvajal
was frustrated and fouled Sergi Roberto to stop the
move which went on for ages.
Posted at 61 mins
Real Madrid have done better since Barca's third
and Raphael Varane has a header saved by Claudio
Bravo.
Posted at 61 mins
Dani Carvajal, just on for Real Madrid, plays a one-
two with Karim Benzema and his shot is deflected
wide by Jeremy Mathieu for a corner, which is
cleared by Barca.
Salomon Kalou
salomonkalou
Messi shouldnt allow to come in this game ��
6:31 p.m. - 21 November 2015
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Oli
olivrg
#Barcelona's style is simply breathtaking! #
ElClasico #bbceurofooty
6:34 p.m. - 21 November 2015
Jack Tanner
mrjacktanner
funny how benitez's career mirrors
mourinho's so much - having a nightmare
debut el clasico, just like jose did #
bbceurofooty
6:32 p.m. - 21 November 2015
Otunba Kahill
MrKahill
This is wickedness. 3nil and you're still
bringing in #MESSI. #bbceurofooty
6:33 p.m. - 21 November 2015
SUBSTITUTION
Posted at 59 mins
Before they can take it though, Dani Carvajal
replaces Marcelo in the Real defence.
The corner comes to nothing.
Posted at 59 mins
Real Madrid have a corner. They haven't given this
one up yet.
OptaJose
OptaJose
1 - Andrés Iniesta has scored and assisted in
a #clásico for the first time in his career for @
FCBarcelona. Spectacular.
6:31 p.m. - 21 November 2015
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DrHolmes
Dr_Holmes_
And this, ladies & gentlemen, is The Most
Brutal substitution in all clasico history! #
bbceurofooty
6:32 p.m. - 21 November 2015
SUBSTITUTION
Posted at 56 mins
Wow. Wow. Wow. Luis Enrique is showing no mercy
here. Lionel Messi comes on, making his return
after nine games out through injury. Midfielder Ivan
Rakitic is the man replaced.
SUBSTITUTION
Posted at 56 mins
Real Madrid make a change and Isco replaces
James Rodriguez in attacking midfield.
Posted at 55 mins
Luis Suarez slams into the side-netting. And Lionel
Messi is warming up!
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Robbie Devenney
robertodev
The best part of this is Barca are doing this
without the greatest player on earth #
bbceurofooty
6:29 p.m. - 21 November 2015
Osangir Ronald
OsangirR
What if M joins to make it #MSN what will the
scores be? #ElClasico #bbceurofooty
6:27 p.m. - 21 November 2015
Brussels terror alert based on fears of 'Paris-style attack'
Belgian PM Charles Michel says Brussels has been
placed on its highest level of terror alert in response
to information about the risk of an attack like the
one in Paris last week.
The fear was that "several individuals with arms
and explosives could launch an attack... perhaps
even in several places", Mr Michel said.
Some of the attackers who killed 130 people in
Paris lived in Brussels.
Leading suspect Salah Abdeslam is believed to have
gone back to Belgium.
He is now the focus of a huge manhunt.
Follow the latest updates
The Brussels metro is closed till Sunday and people
have been told to avoid crowds.
These include shopping centres and concerts, and
the authorities have also recommended that large
events, including football matches, be cancelled, a
statement said.
The warning for the rest of Belgium stays at a lower
level, which is still at a "serious" level.
The Belgian government will review the security
situation in Brussels on Sunday afternoon, Mr
Michel added.
At the scene: James Reynolds, BBC News, Brussels
"We are closed, exceptional circumstances" says a
sign posted in a shop inside Brussels' Gare du Midi
train station. "Be safe."
Armed police officers patrol the station's main
concourse. One squad check passengers' bags.
Two officers escort away a drunk man who has
come in search of cigarettes.
At 12:08, the Eurostar from London arrives. At the
gate, a young woman is embraced by her mother
who smiles and says she will take her daughter
home as quickly as possible in order to stay safe.
Passengers also include a group of British men on a
stag weekend. They say they did not want to cancel
their plans. They head boisterously out into the city.
Along one of the city's main shopping streets,
shops are open. Rows of security guards stand at
the front doors.
I write these words from a table in a half empty
fast-food restaurant. Two well armed soldiers in
camouflage uniform are standing a metre away
from me just inside the front door.
Belgian game off amid security fears
Belgium's jihadist networks
Interior Minister Jan Jambon earlier told reporters
the country's situation was "serious", but "under
control", as he arrived for a special security cabinet
meeting on Saturday.
A Belgian man of Moroccan descent, Ahmad
Dahmani, 26, has been arrested at a luxury hotel in
Antalya along with two other terror suspects,
Turkish authorities have told the BBC.
He is believed to have been in contact with the
suspects who perpetrated the Paris attacks, an
official said.
He arrived from Amsterdam on 14 November; there
is no record of the Belgian authorities having
warned Turkey about him, which is why there was
no entry ban, the official said.
The Belgian authorities have so far charged three
people with involvement in the attacks, claimed by
Islamic State militants.
In Paris, French police have freed seven people
arrested during the massive raid on an apartment
housing the suspected ringleader, Abdelhamid
Abaaoud, prosecutors said according to AFP news
agency.
Abdelhamid Abaaoud was killed in the raid in the
Paris suburb of Saint-Denis.
However, Jawad Bendaoud - who has admitted
lending the apartment to two people from Belgium
"as a favour", but denied knowing any more - is
being held in custody.
More on the Paris attacks
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Katya Adler: What Paris means for Europe
Claire, Elodie, Francois: The victims of the
attacks
Europe ponders security challenge
Paris attacks: The unanswered questions
Special report: In-depth coverage of the attacks
and their aftermath
Earlier, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution
to "redouble" action against Islamic State following
last week's deadly attacks in the French capital.
The French-drafted document urges UN members
to "take all necessary measures" in the fight
against IS, which said it carried out the attacks.
France is still hunting Salah Abdeslam, who hired
one of the cars used in the attacks.
French media have reported that nine militants
carried out the attacks, and seven died on Friday
night. So it is possible that another attacker - as
well as Salah Abdeslam - is still at large.
Investigators suspect the gunmen used safe
houses in Saint-Denis, Bobigny and Alfortville in the
Paris region.
But it is not clear when the group met up to launch
the attacks. Other elements of the plot also remain
unclear.
Investigators will be studying phone records and
assessing the weapons seized for further clues.
Hundreds of people were wounded in the near-
simultaneous attacks on Paris bars and
restaurants, a concert hall and sports stadium.
The attacks were the worst in Europe since the
2004 Madrid bombings.
What is Islamic State?
IS is a notoriously violent Islamist group which
controls large parts of Syria and Iraq. It has
declared its territory a caliphate - a state governed
in accordance with Islamic law - under its leader
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
What does it want?
IS demands allegiance from all Muslims, rejects
national borders and seeks to expand its territory. It
follows its own extreme version of Sunni Islam and
regards non-believers as deserving of death.
How strong is IS?
IS projects a powerful image, partly through
propaganda and sheer brutality, and is the world's
richest insurgent group. It has about 30,000 fighters
but is facing daily bombing by a US-led multi-
national coalition, which has vowed to d
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He became the 531st inmate executed by Texas since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, the most of any state.
"Yes, I would like to thank all of my supporters and loved ones," he was quoted by prison officials as saying in his last statement.
"I love you, Love y'all, always going to be with y'all. Thank you Warden," he said.Holiday was convicted of killing Tierra Lynch, 7; Jasmine DuPaul, 5; and Justice Holiday, 1, in a rural community about 160 km northwest of Houston.
He had been living with Tami Wilkerson, his common law wife at the time, until she secured a restraining order against him for sexually assaulting Tierra, according to the Texas attorney general's office.
About six months later, Holiday, who had attempted to reconcile with Wilkerson, returned to the house and forced the girls' grandmother at gunpoint to douse the home with gasoline, which he ignited, it said. The grandmother survived.
After watching the blaze, he fled the scene in a vehicle and was caught after a high-speed chase with police. The bodies of the three girls were later found huddled together in the charred remains of the home, the office said.
The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request filed by a new lawyer for Holiday, who argued his federally appointed counsel had acted against his wishes and abandoned further rounds of court filings to spare his life.
Those lawyers told their client further appeals were hopeless and they did not want to provide false hopes, court papers showed.
The Supreme Court in June denied a request from Holiday's federally appointed lawyers to put a hold on the execution on grounds that included problems with his trial.
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