France attacks: World leaders gather for mass Paris rally

Hundreds of French soldiers have joined police officers on the streets of Paris ahead of the unity march ...

Hundreds of French soldiers have joined police officers on the streets of Paris ahead of the unity march

World leaders are gathering in Paris ahead of a march in the French capital to show unity after three days of terror that left 17 people dead.

Some 40 leaders are to go to the rally, expected to dwarf Saturday marches that saw 700,000 take to the streets.

About 2,000 police officers and 1,350 soldiers are being deployed across the French capital to protect marchers.
Police are seeking accomplices of the gunmen who attacked a satirical magazine and a kosher supermarket.

The interior minister says France will stay on high alert in the coming weeks.
Bernard Cazeneuve will host a meeting on Sunday morning of fellow interior ministers from across Europe, including the UK's Theresa May, to discuss the threat posed by militants.
 
Extra security Mr Cazeneuve promised "exceptional measures" for the massive unity march in Paris on Sunday, including positioning snipers on roof.

The foreign leaders expected to attend the rally include UK Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The march, which will be led by relatives of the victims of last week's attacks, will leave Place de la Republique at 15:00 local time (14:00 GMT).
More than a million people are expected to take part, the BBC's Chris Morris in Paris reports.

Hundreds of thousands took to the streets on Saturday, with placards reading: "I am against racism"

French police are still searching for Hayat Boumeddiene, left, gunman Amedy Coulibaly's partner

Before the march, President Francois Hollande will meet leaders from the Jewish community, which is still in shock after a gunman killed four people at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris on Friday.

The gunman, Amedy Coulibaly, is believed to have shot dead a policewoman the day before.
In a separate attack on Wednesday, two brothers raided the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Cherif and Said Kouachi killed 12 people - including eight journalists and two police officers - in the attack. Eleven people were also injured.
Coulibaly and the Kouachi brothers were shot dead on Friday after police ended two separate sieges.