Paris attacks: Police search suspects' premises
Police probing Friday's attacks in Paris have been searching premises they believe were used by the attackers.
A car rented by Salah Abdeslam, the suspected eighth gunman who is now the subject of an international manhunt, is also being inspected.
The so-called Islamic State (IS) group says it carried out the multiple attacks in which 129 people died.
France said it launched fresh raids on IS targets in Syria on Tuesday evening.
Ten French warplanes targeted IS's Syrian headquarters in Raqqa, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told French TV.
European countries are on high alert. On Tuesday, a football friendly between Germany and the Netherlands was cancelled shortly before kick-off and the stadium in Hanover evacuated after "concrete" information about a bomb threat, according to the city's police chief.
EPAIn France, a Belgian-registered black Renault Clio was found parked near Montmartre in northern Paris. After police sealed off the area and ensured there was no booby-trap, the vehicle was towed away for forensic examination.
Investigators believe the car may have been used to bring the attackers to and from Belgium, from where French authorities say the attacks were organised.
Either Salah Abdeslam or his brother Brahim, named as another attacker, are thought to have rented a flat and two hotel rooms.
Images on French media of one of the hotel rooms being examined show syringes and tubes which could be bomb-making equipment.
Salah Abdeslam is believed to have fled across the border to his native Belgium. Belgian police have released more pictures of him.
Salah and Brahim's brother Mohamed Abdeslam gave an interview to a French TV station in which he called on Salah to turn himself in.
French media reports say that police are hunting for a second fugitive in connection with the attacks, but this has not been confirmed by officials.
On Tuesday French media reported that a French jihadist, Fabien Clain, had been identified as the voice in a recording issued by Islamic State in which it said it had carried out the attacks.
Belgian Interior MinistryIn an effort to prevent more attacks, France has mobilised 115,000 security personnel, according to Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve.
Mr Cazeneuve said 128 more raids on suspected militants had been carried out.
Russia has stepped up its attacks on IS targets in Syria, dispatching long-range bombers and firing a volley of cruise missiles.
The strikes follow a statement by Russia's security chief that a bomb brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt last month, killing all 224 people aboard.
Meanwhile, Belgium's government has raised its terror threat level because of the failure so far to arrest Abdeslam. Tuesday's football match between the national team and Spain has been cancelled as a result.
Initial reports said seven arrests near the German city of Aachen, on the Belgian border, were linked to the Paris operation but all those arrested were later released.
Also on Tuesday, France invoked a previously unused clause in the Treaty on European Union obliging other member states to provide it with "aid and assistance by all means in their power".
Within minutes, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said all 28 member states had agreed.
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