France unveils anti-terror measures

France unveiled a raft of measures to curb radicalization and better monitor jihadists two weeks after an Islamist killing spree in Paris that sent shockwaves across Europe. Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced more than 700 million euros ($800 million) will be spent over the next 3 years on “the fight against terrorism.” The attacks by known Islamists exposed weaknesses in French intelligence, and Valls said some 3,000 people with jihadist ties needed to be monitored. The number of with links to “terrorist networks” in Syria and Iraq had soared 130 percent in the past year, he said. France will create 2,680 new jobs to fight extremism, just under half of them in the intelligence services.

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