A French court charges Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam over his role in the November 2015 carnage that left 130 dead, just hours after his extradition from Belgium.

Belgium extradites Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam to face trial in France.

Surviving Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam chose not to blow himself up to save lives, his brother says.

Police presses ahead with the search for suspects in Belgium's worst ever terror attack, as a series of raids and arrests reveal more links with the November Paris killings and a new French plot.

Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has changed his mind and will not fight extradition from Belgium to France, his lawyer says.

The Brussels metro and schools are due to reopen after they were shut four days ago in a security crackdown following the Paris attacks.

French police are examining what appears to be a suicide bomb belt dumped on a Paris street, 10 days after the attacks that killed 130 people.

Terror alert led restaurants and bars to shut early amid fears of a Paris-style attack in Central Brussels. The manhunt continues for the fugitive Salah Abdeslam, who is thought to be armed with a suicide belt.

Belgium raises alert status for its capital Brussels to the highest level on Saturday, shutting the metro and warning the public to avoid crowds because of a "serious and imminent" threat of an attack.

Belgium raises its terror alert to the highest level in the capital Brussels on Saturday, with the OCAM national crisis centre warning of an "imminent threat" a week after the Paris attacks.