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Evening Standard
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Jacob Phillips

France ramps up security for New Year's Eve mobilising 90,000 police amid 'very high' terror threat

Some 90,000 police officers will be deployed across France on New Year’s Eve amid fears of a terror attack, domestic intelligence chief Celine Berthon has said.

There will be 6,000 officers on the streets of Paris, where over 1.5 million people are expected to attend celebrations on the Champs-Elysees, according to French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.

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