France beefs up New Year s security due to terrorist threat

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Paris alone, where up to one million revellers are expected on the Champs-Elysees Sunday night -- twice as many as last year -- will get
year because of additional celebrations to mark 2024 as the year of the Paris Summer Olympics and Paralympics, Darmanin said.The national
deployment would include 90,000 police or gendarmes, 5,000 members of the anti-terror military contingent Operation Sentinelle as well as
mobile units, Darmanin said.There will be a ban on alcoholic drinks in some areas of Paris, he said.No political demonstrations will be