Trial for 2015 Paris terror attacks begins

The trial has begun in Paris for 20 men in connection with the November 2015 Islamic State terror attacks across the French capital that left 130 people dead.

Of the defendants, six are being tried in absentia; five are presumed dead, thought to have been killed in drone strikes, and the sixth is in prison in Turkey.

Just one, Salah Abdeslam, a 31-year-old French-Moroccan who is believed to be the only surviving member of the gang, faces a murder charge. Others face charges related to helping support the gang.