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January 25, 2016

French President Hollande Seeks to Extend State of Emergency
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In France, President François Hollande plans to ask Parliament to extend
the state of emergency for another three months. The emergency measures
were approved following the November 13 attacks in Paris, giving
Hollande a sweeping expansion of state powers, including measures that
permit police raids without a warrant and allow the government to strip
citizenship from dual passport holders convicted of terrorism. French
police have conducted thousands of raids since the state of emergency
began. It was slated to expire Tuesday, but an official statement
released Friday says Hollande will seek a three-month extension.
Meanwhile, the media center of the Islamic State has published a video
purporting to show the last statements of the nine people who allegedly
took part in the November 13 Paris attacks, which killed 130 people. The
video published Sunday shows nine alleged attackers-three French men,
four Belgian men and two Iraqi men. The video also threatens future
attacks against Britain.


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