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Paris attacks: Bataclan hostage stand-off 'leaves scores dead'




Shootings and blasts leave at least 111 dead in Paris
 France has declared a national state of emergency and has closed its borders after scores of people were killed in multiple gun and bomb attacks in Paris.
At least 100 people are reported to have died at the Bataclan concert hall in central Paris.

Gunmen took many hostages there before being overpowered when police stormed the building.
Others died in a reported suicide blast near the Stade de France and gun attacks on city centre restaurants.
Paris residents have been asked to stay indoors and about 1,500 military personnel are being deployed across the city.The deadliest attack appears to have targeted the Bataclan concert hall.

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