Europe, France to unveil anti-terror plans after Paris attacks

French and European officials will unveil details of anti-terror measures Jan. 21 to counter threats of new attacks and strengthen cooperation in the wake of deadly shootings in Paris.
      
In the French capital, on high alert since jihadist attacks left 17 dead two weeks ago, Prime Minister Manuel Valls will outline promised measures to boost security forces.
      
The worst attack on French soil in decades put Europe on high alert and a wave of police raids, investigations and extraditions have taken place across the jittery continent.
      
European Commissioners in Brussels will meet to discuss the 28-nation bloc's new counterterrorism strategy, including changes to the region's Schengen free travel area and intelligence cooperation.
      
Meanwhile in Washington, President Barack Obama said the US stood side by side with terror victims around the world, citing the Paris attacks in his State of the Nation address late Tuesday.
      
"We will continue to hunt down terrorists and dismantle their networks," he said, vowing action against "terrorists who pose a direct threat to us and our allies".
      
Last week Valls announced the creation of special files for people linked to terrorism, and said prisoners linked to radical Islam could be isolated in jail, a hotbed for radicalisation.
      
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has said intelligence services could receive additional funding while security forces could get more powerful weapons and improved equipment.
      
According to a source, 400 million euros ($460 million) will go to the police for hiring, upgrading information systems and equipment.
                      
Four men suspected of supplying one of the gunmen...