France on alert as sieges end

French President Francois Hollande has called on the country to “remain vigilant” as the hostage crisis which started at the Charlie Hebdo magazine massacre came to a bloody end with the loss of at least 20 lives.

Three terrorists were among those killed today – including brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi – who were shot after they emerged from a bolt hole firing at police where they kept a print worker hostage. He escaped unharmed.