•Saint-Denis Mayor Bally Bagayoko (bottom C) attends a demonstration “against racism, fascism and imperialism” on the sidelines of the Congress of the Far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) in Orleans, central France, today France will deploy about 70,000 police nationwide as it braces for new protests today after some of the worst urban...
•France’s President Emmanuel Macron There was “no health risk to the general public identified at this time”, France’s health and agriculture ministries said in a joint statement today after the country detected the Shamonda virus, which usually affects livestock, in a human for the first time, in a severely immunocompromised patient who died ...
•Police officers run in a street as clashes erupt at Place de la Republique, yesterday French police “lost control” during nationwide protests marred by violence over the weekend, the interior minister admitted today, with President Emmanuel Macron calling for a security review. Macron also refused Interior Minister Laurent Nunez’s resignatio...
•US President Donald Trump and France’s President Emmanuel Macron US President Donald Trump yesterday blamed immigration for unrest during protests in France and urged the country to tighten its migration rules. “France is burning! The immigration of people from an entirely different world, people with hatred in their hearts, has shattered th...
•French Republican Security Corps (CRS – Compagnies Republicaines de Securite) clash with protestors, yesterday Police and protesters clashed in Paris and other French cities yesterday, sending smoke from fires and tear gas over several demonstrations nationwide against high prices in the run-up to elections to replace President Emmanuel Macr...
•Photo of a previous incident A minibus collided with a stationary train near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel in France yesterday evening, injuring the driver and 18 passengers, authorities said. Five people were severely injured, though no one’s life appeared to be in danger, the local prefect said in a statement. The minibus was […...
•Protesting high school students High school students across France launched a fresh day of protests today, despite government attempts to ease the crisis, which has rocked the country for days. Students have blocked entrances to hundreds of high schools across the country since late September, and protests have on occasion spiralled into viol...
France today fired for the first time its new M51.3 nuclear-capable ballistic missile from a nuclear-powered submarine, a successful test that President Emmanuel Macron argued showed the credibility of the French nuclear deterrent. The missile, a variant of France’s M51 missile and which was not carrying a warhead, was fired from the Le Vigila...
•Trump US President Donald Trump today blamed mass student protests in France on “mass migration” and Islam, pushing his global right-wing narrative ahead of tough midterm elections at home. “What’s happening in France is nothing less than out-of-control mass migration. This isn’t about schools, this is about Islam wanting to take over a once ...
At least 400 high schools have been closed across France as student protests over poor learning conditions, teacher shortages and overcrowded classrooms. The protests, which began in the Paris region last week, escalated into violent clashes with police, reports Reuters. Across France, students have been blocking school entrances, setting fire...
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