How is Paris keeping athletes and tourists safe during the Olympic Games?

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With just a week to go until the Olympic Games opening ceremony, Paris is stepping up security. 40 countries are helping police the Games, areas of central Paris are locked down and visitors are being briefed on how to keep safe during the world’s biggest sporting event.  #ParisOlympics #Olympics #France #Olympicssecurity

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00:00More than 100 heads of states are set to attend the opening ceremony with 300,000

00:05spectators lining the banks of the Seine. But they're not just ordinary

00:09spectators, each had to be invited and undergo security checks. While putting on

00:14a world first ceremony brings new challenges, as areas of central Paris

00:19locked down on Thursday the restrictions have been causing some confusion.

00:22A journalist tweeted this image of people stuck at closed checkpoints by

00:27the Seine. He says many were unaware that they had to pre-register for access.

00:31Well to help with that French news agency AFP has tweeted this map. If you

00:37want to access the grey area you need a digital pass, while the red zone allows

00:41pedestrians and cyclists access, but vehicles need pre-authorization. These

00:46Olympics are the biggest event that France has ever staged. Thousands of

00:50troops, many mobilized from Afghanistan, have been employed to Paris. Security is

00:56an international effort. The French Embassy in India put up this picture of

01:00the Indian canine team in Paris. Around 40 countries are sending police officers

01:06to support France. One of those is Qatar. Their armed vehicles have been seen

01:10outside some of Paris's most famous landmarks. And the two million

01:15international visitors have been told to stay vigilant. The United States is

01:19urging citizens to download this photo from its x-page and keep it stored on

01:24their phones whilst in France. It has the US Embassy and consulate details as

01:28well as numbers for the French emergency services.

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