Les Banlieues: Producer's Notebook

Photos from CBS News producer Christina Ruffini taken during the production of CBSN's original documentary "Les Banlieues."

• Jan 18, 2016

A man armed with a knife was killed after he threatened police in Paris Thursday, the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks

A man armed with a knife was killed after he threatened police in Paris Thursday, the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks. He was also wearing a fake suicide belt. Mark Phillips is in Paris.v

• Apr 12, 2021

Armed man killed at police station year after Paris attacks

Officials say man had knife and fake explosives as he approached station on anniversary of deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo newspaper

• Jan 7, 2016

Germany rattled by New Year's Eve sex assaults by "Arab" men

City of Cologne reported dozens of attacks on women amid celebrations; incident gives boost to right wing in Germany, who tie it to migrant crisis

• Jan 5, 2016

Widow calls for Hebdo security probe year after attacks

Ingrid Brinsolaro says husband "saw dysfunctions" in protection of attacked newspaper as nation marks beginning of terrorism nightmare

• Jan 5, 2016

German official revises assessment of ISIS terror threat

Dozens of security forces patrolled streets after warning of "imminent" suicide plot shut down train stations amid New Year's Eve revelry

• Jan 1, 2016

Capital cities across Europe were saturated with security on New Year's Eve amid threats of terrorism

Capital cities across Europe were saturated with security on New Year's Eve amid threats of terrorism. Munich warned of a potential terror attack and Brussels decided to call off their official celebration altogether. Elizabeth Palmer reports.

• Apr 12, 2021

German police have cleared two train stations in Munich after warning of a potential plot

German police have cleared two train stations in Munich after warning of a potential plot. CBSN's Contessa Brewer reports.

• Apr 12, 2021

Police warn of "imminent" terror attack in Munich

City's main train stations are evacuated as police warn people to avoid crowds on New Year's Eve

• Dec 31, 2015

Belgians arrest 2 over alleged New Year's terror plot

Investigators say they uncovered "threat of serious attacks" against "emblematic places" in capital city

• Dec 29, 2015

Fake bomb diverts Air France flight en route to Paris

Several suspects from Mauritius to Paris flight questioned after passenger jet forcibly diverted to Kenya when suspicious device discovered

• Dec 20, 2015

French arrest 2 suspected of selling guns to Paris attacker

Arrests come almost a year after Amedy Coulibaly killed 4 people in Kosher supermarket during Charlie Hebdo siege

• Dec 15, 2015

Syrians arrested on suspicion of making explosives

Swiss authorities open criminal proceedings against two Syrian citizens arrested in Geneva area

• Dec 12, 2015

"You ain't no Muslim, bruv!" resonates across Britain

Phrase shouted at terror suspect in middle of attack adopted by Muslims tired of being blamed for extremists' actions, as well as PM Cameron

• Dec 7, 2015

"You ain't no Muslim, bruv!" Londoners mock attacker

Man screamed "This is for Syria" before stabbing 3 in Underground; attacker told to "put it down you fool" as crowd mocks and attacks him

• Dec 6, 2015

France tells citizens how to react during terror attack

Three weeks after deadly attacks in Paris, government issues step-by-step, illustrated guide

• Dec 4, 2015

Authorities arrest more suspects in Paris attacks

New arrests in Belgium come nearly three weeks after series of coordinated terror attacks rocked France

• Dec 3, 2015

Presidential ceremony honors Paris attack victims

In tribute to 130 lives lost in terror attacks, Hollande declares, "They were killed because they represented life, and France"

• Nov 27, 2015

2 weeks later, possible new lead in Paris attacks

Main suspects still on the loose as French hold somber memorial, but an arrest in Germany could be a new focus for the investigation

• Nov 27, 2015

Police raid mosque after arresting suspected extremists

Suspected members of Islamist extremist group arrested by police in Berlin

• Nov 26, 2015

French prosecutors said Tuesday that the men who planned the attack in Paris had also planned a second bombing days later for the city's financial district

French prosecutors said Tuesday that the men who planned the attack in Paris had also planned a second bombing days later for the city's financial district. Debora Patta reports.

• Apr 10, 2021

France's ex-top terror investigator: "We are not coping anymore"

Man who headed all counterterrorism investigations for French courts gives dire assessment of challenge, and says successes down to "pure luck"

• Nov 23, 2015

Hunt for Paris suspect shuts down Belgian capital

Police sweep up 21 suspects in raids focused in Brussels, but Salah Abdeslam not among them, and life far from normal as new week begins

• Nov 23, 2015

Authorities in Belgium asked people not to tweet about police activity in the area during raids on Sunday

Authorities in Belgium asked people not to tweet about police activity in the area during raids on Sunday. So instead, Belgians began tweeting cat photos, with the hashtag "Brussels Lockdown." CBSN's Contessa Brewer has more.

• Apr 10, 2021

Several raids accompany massive Brussels lockdown

Series of police operations in center of Beligan capital related to Paris attacks appear to have ended, as city's schools, metro to remain shuttered

• Nov 22, 2015

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