DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF THIS BREAKING NEWS UPDATE, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE'RE BREAKING INTO PROGRAMMING NOW TO BRING YOU ANOTHER ONE NEWS SPECIAL ON THE PARIS TERROR ATTACKS. FRANCE HAS DECLARED A NATIONAL STATE OF EMERGENCY AND CLOSED ITS BORDERS IN THE WAKE OF MULTIPLE TERROR ATTACKS ACROSS THE CAPITAL CITY. ISIS HAS REPORTEDLY CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEADLY SHOOTINGS AND EXPLOSIONS THAT HAVE PUT THE CITY INTO LOCKDOWN. AT LEAST 153 PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED DEAD SO FAR. THE SITUATION IS STILL VERY FLUID, WITH MANY OF THE ATTACKERS STILL ON THE LOOSE. THE DEADLIEST ATTACK APPEARS TO HAVE TARGETED A CONCERT HALL IN CENTRAL PARIS, WHERE AT LEAST 100 PEOPLE ARE REPORTED TO HAVE DIED AFTER BEING HELD HOSTAGE. HOSTAGES WHO MANAGED TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE SAY THE ATTACKERS 'SPOKE OF SYRIA' AND CALMLY EXECUTED PEOPLE BEFORE RELOADING AND EXECUTING AGAIN IN SILENCE. TWO GUNMEN HAVE BEEN KILLED AFTER BEING OVERPOWERED BY POLICE WHO STORMED THE THEATRE. PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE HAS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE OF THE THEATRE MASSACRE AFTER EARLIER BEING EVACUATED FROM ANOTHER ATTACK AT THE CITY'S FOOTBALL STADIUM. THE COORDINATED ATTACKS BEGAN LATE THIS MORNING NZ TIME, WHEN GUNMEN BEGAN ATTACKING RESTAURANTS AND BARS ACROSS THE CITY. THEN CAME MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS AT THE STADE DE FRANCE. HERE'S THE ABC'S BRANDI HITT WITH HOW IT UNFOLDED. Carnage of the streets of Paris. There were gunshots. Attackers opened fire with automatic weapons. There was at least one explosion at the soccer stadium. A restaurant was at least one of four places under fire. I heard somewhere in the region of 25 to 30 shots. PRESIDENT HOLLANDE HAS DESCRIBED THE TERROR ATTACKS AS 'HORRIFIC', AND OTHER WORLD LEADERS HAVE BEEN QUICK TO CONDEMN THE KILLINGS. US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SAID FRANCE WAS AMERICA'S OLDEST ALLY AND THE US IS READY TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY IT CAN. WE ARE REMINDED IN THIS TIME OF TRAGEDY THAT THE BONDS OF LIBERTE, EGALITE AND FRATERNITE ARE NOT ONLY VALUES THAT THE FRENCH PEOPLE CARE SO DEEPLY ABOUT BUT THEY ARE VALUES THAT WE SHARE. AND THOSE VALUES ARE GOING TO ENDURE FAR BEYOND ANY ACT OF TERRORISM OR THE HATEFUL VISION OF THOSE WHO PERPETRATED THE CRIMES THIS EVENING AND WE ARE GOING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO WORK WITH THE FRENCH PEOPLE AND WITH NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD TO BRING THESE TERRORISTS TO JUSTICE AND TO GO AFTER ANY TERRORIST NETWORKS THAT GO AFTER OUR PEOPLE. ONE NEWS POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN JOINS US NOW. AND, CORIN, ANY UPDATE ON WHETHER NZERS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP IN THE ATTACKS? There are 249 registered Kiwis in France. They are lockdown, and they have been told to go nowhere. They are confined to theIr rooms. Some of them have described it like a scene from a movie. They are not too far away from things at the moment . We have not had a formal response from our government yet. John Key is on the way to Darwin. He will make a statement at around 430 when he lands in Darwin. His daughter is in Paris and he wants to talk to her first. She is safe. THANKS. THAT'S ONE NEWS POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO ONE KIWI TEENAGER LIVING IN THE CENTRE OF PARIS WHO SAYS HER BUILDING'S BEING LOCKED DOWN. I heard a whole lot of helicopters and sirens. I did not realise how bad it actually was. I now know that the president has closed the borders. No one knows what to do because it has not happened before. You just need your mum or someone that you need know from home. A QUICK RECAP IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US. ISIS HAS REPORTEDLY CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR COORDINATED TERROR ATTACKS IN PARIS WITH MULTIPLE SHOOTINGS AND EXPLOSIONS ACROSS THE CITY. AT LEAST 153 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND UP TO SIX GUNMEN REMAIN ON THE LOOSE. 100 CONCERTGOERS HAVE BEEN KILLED AT THE BATACLAN CONCERT HALL AFTER BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY GUNMEN. 53 PEOPLE DIED ELSEWHERE AFTER GUNMEN ATTACKED RESTAURANTS AND BARS ACROSS THE CITY, AND TWO SUICIDE BOMBERS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE TARGETED THE STADE DE FRANCE, WHERE A FRIENDLY FOOTBALL MATCH WAS UNDERWAY BETWEEN FRANCE AND GERMANY. FRANCE HAS DECLARED A NATIONAL STATE OF EMERGENCY AND CLOSED ITS BORDERS. THANKS FOR WATCHING THIS ONE NEWS SPECIAL. WE'LL BRING YOU MORE ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY AT 4 O'CLOCK, AND GO TO ONENEWSNOW.CO.NZ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. CAPTIONS BY VIRGINIA PHILP AND DESNEY SHAW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015