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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mark Tran

Paris attack: which events have been cancelled and which are going ahead?

Spectators gather on the pitch in the Stade de France after the France-Germany international football friendly
Spectators gather on the pitch in the Stade de France after the France-Germany international football friendly, which was under way when the attacks in Paris were launched on 13 November. Photograph: Uwe Anspach/EPA

The Paris attacks have generated contradictory responses from those preparing to stage events in the French capital and beyond, with some determined to press ahead and others quickly opting for postponements and cancellations.

Still on:

Cop 21 climate summit, due to run from 30 November to 11 December, will go ahead with increased security, according to French government officials. The US president, Barack Obama, and more than 120 heads of state and 40,000 delegates are expected to attend the event.

An international friendly football match between England and France at Wembley on Tuesday will go ahead. So, too, will the friendly between Germany and the Netherlands in Hanover.

Euro 2016: France has a major football tournament to stage next summer. It is too far off to think of cancellation, but event organisers will now be more aware than ever of the security challenge.

Called off:

All European Rugby Champions Cup and Challenge Cup matches in France at the weekend were postponed.

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani cancelled his visit to France, where he was due to meet the president, François Hollande, on Sunday.

U2 cancelled their concerts at Bercy in Paris on Saturday and Sunday, but the band went to Bataclan to pay their respects to victims.

Motörhead cancelled their Sunday concert at the Zenith concert hall in Paris. US rock act Marilyn Manson called off a show at the same venue scheduled for Monday.

Foo Fighters have cancelled the rest of their European tour. The band were due to perform in Paris on Monday and in Casalecchio Di Reno, Italy, on Friday.

The Jewish Federation of France postponed the Sunday launch of its annual charity appeal. The Maccabi centre cancelled a martial arts programme on Sunday. The Cultural and University Jewish Space of Europe suspended all activities until further notice.

Film distributor Mars cancelled promotional appearances for the film Jane Got a Gun starring Natalie Portman, who was to appear at the film’s premiere on Monday in Paris.

A Sunday photoshoot for the film Bridge of Spies – where Steven Spielberg, Mark Rylance and Amy Ryan were scheduled to appear – was cancelled by Twentieth Century Fox.

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