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POLITICSOct 7France halts use of stun grenades after boy's hand blown off in student protestsThe step comes after several groups complained of police using disproportionate force towards teenagers.BBC World
POLITICSOct 7France and Germany say diesel promise to Trump won’t require new stock releaseThe comments suggest Europe's commitment to release fuel wasn't as generous as it sounded.Politico Europe
POLITICSOct 7France's PM Lecornu prepares national address over student protestsFrench Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu will address the nation on Wednesday evening as part of his government's drive to end the wave of student blockades, which have closed high schools throughout the country.RFI [en]
POLITICSOct 7What is the EF-SON stun grenade France has suspended after it mutilated a high schooler?Le Monde [en]
POLITICSOct 7'Get your house in order': IMF chief's stark warning for France over surging bond yieldsFrance is facing a fresh political crisis, as its debt levels and borrowing costs continue to rise.CNBC
POLITICSOct 7France halts police use of stun grenades at student protestsPrime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to make public address after thousands rally to demand more funding for education.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSOct 7France Suspends Stun Grenade Use At Student Protests Ahead Of PM’s SpeechThis comes days after a 14-year-old student in northwest Paris was hit in the face with a tear gas grenade at such close range that he lost several teeth last week, leading to a policeman being charged on Tuesday over that incident. The post France Suspends Stun Grenade Use At Student Protests Ahead Of PM’s Speech appeared first on Channels Television.Channels TV
POLITICSOct 7One-year-old infant hospitalised after being hit by firework as school protests sweep FranceHundreds of thousands of pupils have marched across the country to protest school conditionsThe Independent World
POLITICSOct 7‘We’re short of resources’: France’s student protesters, in their own wordsFrench students and teachers protesting school conditions spoke with Al Jazeera about their demands.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSBREAKINGOct 7Live: France suspends stun grenade use in school protests after 15-year-old loses handFrance 24 [en]
POLITICSOct 7Israel's ambassador Zarka: France has a serious antisemitism problemThe world is marking the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks by Hamas — a day that shocked Israel to its core and reverberated across the region and beyond. Meanwhile, the war against Hamas in Gaza continues to produce a human catastrophe, with tens of thousands dead and no path to peace.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 7France: government slams Marine Le Pen's alternative budget"You're dreaming in colour", "a Potemkin budget, flimsy as cardboard", "purely incantatory, utterly unenforceable": the government torpedoes the counter-budget put forward by National Rally leader Marine Le Pen.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 6How much does France spend on education?Protests have been gripping France with students demanding better learning conditions and more equal opportunities. The education ministry is among the few that have been granted an increase in next year's draft budgets, but critics say it still doesn't catch up with inflation. We take a closer look. Plus, OpenAI has apologised to Australia over its handling of government website hacks by a rogue AI agent in June.France 24 [en]
POLITICSOct 6Watch: Historic student protests sweeping across FranceStudents, teachers and parents continued protesting against poor school conditions in France for a third week. Videos captured throngs of demonstrators marching, with some clashing with law enforcement on a historic day of protest on Tuesday.CBS News
POLITICSOct 6Calls to block social media platforms for minors in France amid school protestsOne factor accelerating these student protest is social media, and its being boosted even more by artificial intelligence. Some French mayors have even called for social media platforms to be temporarily blocked for minors. Our colleauges at France 2 took a look at the impactFrance 24 [en]
POLITICSOct 6Trump, Waltz link France riots to mass immigration as thousands are arrestedTrump claims France's student protests are about "Islam wanting to take over" as Sébastien Lecornu reports the school system's heaviest toll in decades.Fox News World
POLITICSOct 6France erupts overs schools: Why the violence surrounding surprise movement?It’s a protest movement that a broke, lame-duck French government did not see coming. Civil servants this Tuesday joining high schoolers now in their third week of picketing over long-deteriorating classroom conditions. The usual recipe for wearing down movements in France has recently been to match eventual violence with a heavy hand, the escalation turning the silent majority against the protesters as was the case with the pre-Covid Yellow Vests movement.France 24 [en]
POLITICSOct 6Benin-France: what to remember from the meeting between Romuald Wadagni and Emmanuel MacronLe chef de l’État béninois a effectué sa première visite officielle en France, où il a scellé trois accords économiques avec son homologue. Et, selon nos informations, acté la nomination de l’ancien ministre de la Culture Jean-Michel Abimbola comme futur ambassadeur à Paris.Jeune Afrique
POLITICSOct 6France's police fire tear gas and water cannons as school protests sweep the countryMore than a quarter of a million people rallied nationwide to support school students demanding more education funding, according to government figures, with thousands of arrests.NPR News
POLITICSOct 6Tear gas in Paris and Marseille as school protests grow across FranceCrowds of mainly teenagers called for more resources for schools and an end to what they called police repression.BBC World
POLITICSOct 6Who is Soumaya Sarré, a student inspiring France's high school protests?The 18-year-old's Instagram videos have gone viral. A winner of a public speaking competition, she works with a group encouraging youth from working-class neighborhoods to get involved in politics.Le Monde [en]
POLITICSOct 6Again large protests and violence in France, what is behind it?Het is al een paar weken onrustig in Frankrijk. Wat begon als een kleinschalig protest bij een middelbare school buiten Parijs, is uitgegroeid tot een nationale volksbeweging waar ook universiteitsstudenten zich achter hebben geschaard. Tegelijkertijd maken hooligans of relschoppers misbruik van de demonstraties. Waar komt deze onrust vandaan? Waar het de afgelopen dagen nog ging om honderden scholen, hebben demonstranten vandaag 1800 middelbare scholen geblokkeerd. Volgens het ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken waren er zeker 250.000 mensen op de been, van Rennes en Toulouse tot Parijs, om de NOS Buitenland
POLITICSOct 6France’s conundrum: How to cut spending amid protestsPrime Minister Lecornu is pledging to improve schools at a time when the government seeks to save billions. France's dilemma can be seen across the EU: How to cut spending when citizens are demanding more from the state?DW News [en]
POLITICSOct 6Hundreds of thousands demonstrate across France for better educationOrganizers claimed 450,000 people marched across the country, while the Interior Ministry said 256,000. At least 488 people were arrested.Le Monde [en]
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