19/11 – Today’s headlines from across the EU

EUROPEAN HEADLINES

FT – Police raids in manhunt for Paris killers. Police stormed an apartment in Paris early yesterday as part of the hunt for suspects behind last week’s terrorist attacks and killed at least two people they said were preparing another assault.

WSJE – Two die in Paris raid for suspects. Police working to see if mastermind is among dead; woman blows herself up.

INYT – Fierce raid disrupts heavily armed cell. 8 arrested and 2 die in hide-out near Paris.

BBC – The suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, has been killed, the Paris prosecutor says. His body was found riddled with bullets and shrapnel in an apartment in the northern Paris suburb on Wednesday. The Belgian national, 27, was identified from his fingerprints.

FRANCE

Le Monde – French police hunts jihadists. A raid was launched on Wednesday against terrorists in Saint-Denis. A woman blew herself up during the raid. Suspects have been arrested.

Les Echos – The permanent threat. The anti-terrorist police raid in Saint-Denis “killed at least two” terrorists. The group of Islamists was about to take action, according to the Paris State Prosecutor.

GERMANY

Frankfurter Allgemeine – Casualties in anti-terrorist raid in France. Seven men arrested in the Paris suburb. More attacks were planned. De Maizière: the situation is serious.

Suedeutsche Zeitung – Massive raid against terrorist cell in Paris. Police forces besieged yesterday for several hours an apartment where several masterminds of the Paris attacks were hiding. Two suspects were killed, while seven were arrested.

ITALY

La Repubblica – The FBI raises the alarm in Italy. “In Paris, the mastermind was killed.” While in Saint-Denis, the special forces’ intervention killed three people, including a female suicide bomber and Abaaoud, the FBI warned about possible attacks in Rome and Milan.

Il Sole 24 Ore – EU agreement: bigger security budget. Matteo Renzi is on the same line, for Italy bonus of €500 million. EC President Jean-Claude Juncker approves increase in the security budget.

POLAND

Gazeta Wyborcza – PiS has a recipe for Poland. Yesterday, two Exposés were delivered in the Sejm – the first one by Prime Minister Beata Szydło, containing a set of election promises, and the second one by PiS Chairman Jarosław Kaczyński, who presented a programme of revolution that PiS prepares for Poles.

SPAIN

El Pais – France neutralises another commando and prevents a new attack. Eight people arrested and two dead in a raid of a flat in Paris. The French government demands controls for Europeans entering the EU territory.

Expansion – Cepsa gets out of CLH. The oil company entrusts BBVA with the sale of its 9% share for €300 million.

The Times – Second Paris attack foiled as police close in on terror cells. Europe’s first female suicide bomber killed during dawn siege. Plots targeted business district and Charles de Gaulle airport.

The Guardian – Dawn raid: 5,000 bullets, explosions and two deaths as France launches assault on terror cell. Police attack group that was ready to strike. Raid targeted alleged ringleader of Paris killings. No proof chief suspect was in building.