Riot police were out on the streets in force in major cities across France today as thousands took to the streets to protest against the country’s hardline immigration policies. According to the Le Parisien website, rubbish bins were set on fire and objects were thrown at law enforcement agencies who responded by throwing tear gas. The new normal: FRANCE 24 reports from Venezuela to Cameroon The world this week George Floyd protests; Brazil & Covid-19; India eases lockdown; the row over hydroxychloroquine January 11, 2020: Clashes took place today in Paris during the new 38th day of protest against the pension reform. Riot police fired tear gas to end repeated clashes on Tuesday among hundreds of migrants in Calais who launched their second attempt in two days to storm lorries bound for Britain. He compared the current condition to riots in October 2005, and added that the situation in France today is quite different.

Daily news from France written in English by native English-speaking journalists. “In reality, confinement only exacerbates situations which unfortunately also exist the rest of the year,” she said. RIOTS have rocked Paris today, with police deployed stun grenades, tear gas and water cannons on masked protesters who chanted for French President Emmanuel Macron to resign. Protests in France against police violence France 24 10:53 4-Jun-20 George Floyd protests: America is at a 'turning point', philosopher Cornel West says France 24 10:07 4-Jun-20 George Floyd riots spread to Europe, but Black Lives Matter protest in Hungary draws interest from only … About 69,000 police have been mobilised across France to prevent a repeat of the violence of previous weeks. It is worse.
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