Setting up the replica Eiffel Tower is no easy task – but it’s something that’s humbling to have to now tackle – in the wake of terror attacks that left more than 130 people dead, and more than 350 hurt.
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Ernst, from NY, is in the city visiting her daughter, who is studying there. NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the spire would remain lit blue, white and red on Sunday.
Jerusalem’s Old City walls are illuminated with the colors of the French national flag in solidarity with France. D’Elia captioned the photo, writing, “Out of respect for the victims in Paris we won’t be doing a live show tonight”.
Bouquets, candles and messages of condolence were laid at French embassies worldwide.
In Madrid and Barcelona, hundreds stood for a minute’s silence outside city hall.
She added a short time later: “Few women were crying in lobby, but all is clear/safe”. Prime Minister Charles Michel said the suspects were linked to “suspect vehicles” identified during the attacks.
Twitter, at the same time, put its new Moments tool to use, highlighting top news tweets about the attacks, as well as the prayers and good wishes posted by celebrities around the world, from actresses Salma Hayek and Emma Watson to presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
It has emerged Iraqi intelligence warned countries in the US-led coalition against IS, including France, of an imminent assault the day before the Paris attacks.
“People turn to Facebook to check on loved ones and get updates, which is why we created Safety Check and why we have activated it for people in Paris”, White said.
The power and reach of Jean’s images are perhaps surprising seeing as he’s best known for commercial work such as the illustration used by Eurostar, and his fine artworks often show how technology is making us disconnected from the world – something that the scale of the sharing of Peace for Paris and Je Suis Charlie perhaps shows to be wrong. Right now, people are terrified.
“It is unfair to accuse that we are only doing it for France”.
On social media, the hashtag #Prayers4Paris captured the global sentiment. “All my love and prayers go out to everyone affected by this disgusting attack, when will this stop”. “My heart is broken by the tragic news of today’s horrific attacks in Paris”, he said in the statement.
– Pope Francis expressed his profound distress and solidarity with the casualties.
The Home Secretary said: “Since the firearms attack that took place in 2008 in Mumbai, we have been building the capability of police here in the United Kingdom to respond to a multiple firearms attack and developing that capability – different training for the police and ensuring that they are able to respond quickly to such an event”.
– Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari hit out at “barbaric attacks…an unacceptable affront to all human values and civilized norms”. It was a called at the time a “folie” – a insane idea.
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In Washington DC, a crowd gathered outside the White House for a vigil near a statue of the Marquis de Lafayette, the French general for whom the park in front of the executive mansion is named.
