“The attack in Paris was an attack on all humanity”.
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European Council President Donald Tusk said he will ensure the G20 summit in Turkey over the weekend will respond to the threat of terrorism as both he and Juncker prepared to represent the European Union at the event.
Turnbull said Australia will continue to monitor carefully the Paris tragedy, maintaining the alert level raised to high in September a year ago, and that he is speaking to the country’s key security agency heads every day.
Victims were picked at random and the attackers targeted venues popular with young French people. “They want us to change the way we go about our lives”, he said.
He said it was appropriate that people arriving in Australia be subject to rigorous security checks.It will also work towards letting Singaporeans enjoy even more seamless travel to Australia, and paves the way for increased intelligence sharing to combat terrorism, greater access to military training areas in Australia, and collaboration on fighting cybercrime.
Treasurer Scott Morrison has insisted Australia is already pulling above its weight militarily against Islamic State jihadists, as the Turnbull Government considers what more it can do in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris.
No Australians have been confirmed killed or injured in the Paris attacks at this stage, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says.
Mr Fraser has a daughter living in France and said he stood by the comments.
A state of emergency has been declared after two suicide attacks and a bombing near the Stade de France stadium, shootings at restaurants and a massacre inside a popular music venue in what is the worst violence to hit France since the Second World War.
Turnbull said he had a good discussion during his final bilateral meeting with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, “about the China-Australia free trade agreement and other important China-Australia relations issues”. “Global efforts must eliminate terrorism”.
US President Barack Obama, centre, speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, back to camera, as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at left, looks on.
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The famous blue, white and red flag was hoisted alongside the Australian flag in a show of solidarity that followed the Opera House emblazoned with French colours on Saturday night (November 14).
