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8. April 2017, 21:58

Paris attacks investigations continue

French experts are working to establish whether the suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks was among those killed in yesterday's police raid on a flat in the suburb of St Denis. Officials say Abdelhamid Abaaoud was the target when police stormed the flat. At least two bodies have still to be identified. Meanwhile, French MPs are due to vote on whether to extend a state of emergency in the wake of the Paris attacks. Speaking in parliament, Prime Minister Manuel Valls has warned that groups like IS could mount attacks using chemical or biological weapons: "what's new are the ways of operating. The ways of attacking and killing are evolving all the time. The macabre imagination of those giving orders is unlimited." Meanwhile, Belgian police have raided properties in the Brussels area in connection with the Paris attacks. Belgian media reports that there 7 raids and that one person was detained.

Serbia and Macedonia limit migrant flow

The UN's refugee agency says Serbia and Macedonia have started limiting the flow of refugees and migrants through their countries and are only allowing Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans to pass through. A UNHCR spokesperson said all other people were being turned back. Slovenia has announced a similar policy. Meanwhile, the refugee crisis is being discussed at a meeting between Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann and his German counterpart Angela Merkel in Berlin. Ahead of the talks, Faymann said refugees fleeing conflict must not be locked out of Europe and that every effort must be made to end the war in Syria.

Anti-APEC protests in Manila

Protests have been taking place on the streets of the Philippine capital Manila, which is hosting the APEC regional trade summit. Hundreds of people from student, labour and indigenous groups clashed with police who deployed water cannon. The demonstrators called for APEC to be dismantled, accusing it of taking advantage of poorer countries.

WEF report on gender pay gap

The World Economic Forum says it believes it will take another 118 years - or until 2133 - until the global pay gap between men and women is finally closed. Its Global Gender Gap report says women are only now earning the amount that men did in 2006 and that progress on closing the gap has stalled in recent years.

The weather

Frequent sunshine but there is some persistent fog in lower Carinthia and some cloud moving in form the northwest. There’ll be a strong wind and highs ranging between 12 and 20 degrees.

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