Latest developments after Paris attacks

“Clearly we need a political settlement in Syria and a government in Syria that can act comprehensively with us against Isil”.

David Cameron has appealed for MPs to back British airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) in Syria, asking: “If not now, when?”

Mr Hollande welcomed the British support and said it was essential to strike IS in its heartlands in Syria.

Latest claims from a newspaper in France claim the suspect was last spotted in a BMW heading towards Germany. He said he has “absolute confidence” that ISIS will be defeated “with the help of all nations united”. We are going to intensify our strikes, we are going to chose targets that will do the most possible damage to this terrorist army.

“We will make a decision about the whipping arrangements and whether there is a whip after we have made the decision about our policy”.

Maria Eagle, the shadow defence secretary, Monday said it was not “inconceivable” that Corbyn, a lifelong pacifist, could vote against military action in Syria.

She said: “My understanding is he is not a pacifist and that means that it is conceivable”.

France is stepping up bombing raids against ISIL in Syria.

On Sunday evening, French police issued a photograph of one of the suicide bombers thought to have killed himself outside the Stade de France – one of the sites of the Paris attacks that killed 130.

But he added: “The question must now be whether extending the United Kingdom bombing from Iraq to Syria is likely to reduce or increase that threat, and whether it will counter or spread the terror campaign Isil is waging in the Middle East”.

“This requires a pan-European effort”. The need to do so most often arises because of a government’s first duty: the responsibility to protect its citizens.

Brussels was in lockdown for a third day Monday, after Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel extended the highest alert level, citing an “imminent threat” to the capital. As we’ve reported, French authorities say Abdeslam played a key role in the attacks, renting the cars and hotel rooms used by some of the attackers. “School trips should go ahead”.

Cameron says he won’t publish the legal advice backing up his call for action, but says his letter to the FASC gives an outline.

Yesterday morning, Cameron stood side-by-side with Francois Hollande, the French president, during a visit to Paris.

“On Thursday, I will come to this house to make a further statement”.

The ex-Tory leader also suggested Syria should be broken up into smaller states in order to bring an end to the country’s bloody civil war, which has allowed terror groups to thrive.

“We have to defeat this evil”.

The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn who is a veteran anti-war campaigner seems remaining against any action in Syria but he is under pressure to offer his MPs a free vote. “We don’t want a repeat of the situation in Libya or Iraq”.