Mr Hollande, who this morning met families of the victims in Paris, told reporters that the terror attacks showed “man is the worst enemy of man”.
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On Thursday, UK Prime Minister David Cameron addressed the British House of Commons, lobbying members of parliament to vote in support of airstrikes against ISIL targets in Syria.
He argued that military action was legal under the United Nations charter’s right to self-defense.
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The Royal Air Force is part of a US-led coalition attacking ISIL in Iraq, but not in Syria.
“If we want to destroy terrorism … for a number of weeks I’ve been travelling the world to call on European countries and all countries for which tackling terrorism is relevant”, he said.
The BBC understands senior government ministers, including Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, will ring Labour MPs over the weekend to press the case for action.
Thirty Conservative lawmakers voted against the motion for military intervention in Syria in August 2013.
Labour’s shadow cabinet are now expected to meet on 30 November in a bid to resolve the dispute.
He also said there “shouldn’t be any party discipline on issues like this”.
Along with Mr Corbyn and other senior figures in the party, Mr Benn is a member of Labour’s Shadow Cabinet.
John McDonnell has taken to Twitter to tell his party to “calm down” after Shadow Cabinet ministers expressed dismay at Jeremy Corbyn’s handling of the upcoming vote on British military action in Syria.
Attempting to allay legislators’ concerns, Cameron answered questions for more than two hours in the House of Commons.
Mr Spellar condemned his party leader’s behaviour in an interview with Radio 5 Live. “I think it’s shameful”.
However Mr Watson backed shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn – who was reportedly briefed by intelligence chiefs on the threat from IS – who said there was a “compelling” case for extending RAF airstrikes, now restricted to Iraq, into Syria.
With allies of Mr Corbyn warning critics would face the wrath of grass roots activists unless they fell into line, Mr Watson made clear he had no intention of resigning – pointing out that he also had been directly elected by party members. “If anyone should resign after this incident, it should be Jeremy Corbyn”.
Jeremy Corbyn has sent a letter to all Labour MPs saying he “cannot support” bombing in Syria.
In a bid to shore up support for his anti-war position, he took the unusual step of writing to Labour MPs setting out his views and urging them to oppose air strikes.
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According to a government statement Mr Cameron is set to promise an additional 12 billion GBP to strengthen the defence forces, when he presents his government’s Strategic Defence and Security Review to parliament later today.
