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France 24 · 24 Oct 2026, 18:42 UTC
After the French protests turned into riots last weekend, the curfews, and then the alleged racist mass shooting yesterday on the outskirts of Paris, there has been much anxiety, planning and preparation ahead of today's protests.
France 24 · 24 Oct 2026, 17:50 UTC
🇫🇷 The Ministry of the Interior estimates at least 410,000 people rallied across France for Saturday’s protests against the high cost of living, including 110,000 in Paris. Meanwhile, reported nearly 800,000 demonstrators and 250,000 in the capital. The situation in Paris remaine
France 24 · 24 Oct 2026, 17:11 UTC
A coalition of the “Yellow Vests” movement, trade unions and students will march across France on Saturday with demands over studying conditions and purchasing power. Some 70,000 police are expected to be deployed as authorities fear looting and vandalism similar to last Saturday
France 24 · 24 Oct 2026, 17:10 UTC
A total of 410,000 people took part in demonstrations across France on Saturday – including 110,000 in Paris – as part of a day of rallies focussed on purchasing power and the defence of public services, the Interior Ministry told AFP. The turnout was slightly lower than last wee
France 24 · 24 Oct 2026, 15:42 UTC
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France 24 · 24 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC
FRANCE 24's François Picard and Selina Sykes are pleased to welcome New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara as the National Football League (NFL) expands its international reach to Paris. As the Saints prepare to face off with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kamara calls the occasi
France 24 · 24 Oct 2026, 14:15 UTC
François Picard and Selina Sykes are pleased to welcome New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara. As the National Football League expands its international ambitions to Paris, FRANCE, Kamara offers a unique perspective that reaches well beyond the spectacle of American footba
France 24 · 24 Oct 2026, 13:22 UTC
A coalition of the “Yellow Vests” movement, trade unions and students will march across France on Saturday with demands over studying conditions and purchasing power. Some 70,000 police are expected to be deployed as authorities fear looting and vandalism similar to last Saturday
France 24 · 24 Oct 2026, 13:21 UTC
Adding to the tensions, France is reeling from a shooting that authorities are investigating as a potentially racist and Islamophobic terrorist attack. One person was killed and five others wounded in the Paris suburbs of Trappes and La Verrière, including a 12-year-old girl who
France 24 · 24 Oct 2026, 13:19 UTC
Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen is officially launching her presidential campaign this weekend at the National Rally’s two-day party congress in Orléans, where thousands of supporters are expected to attend. Local authorities have put exceptional security measures in place as a
France 24 · 24 Oct 2026, 13:18 UTC
France is bracing for another day of cost-of-living protests, with extra police deployed nationwide to prevent a repeat of the violence that followed last Saturday’s demonstrations. In Lyon, where protests have been banned, police used tear gas to disperse around 150 people who h
France 24 · 24 Oct 2026, 13:09 UTC
“You can't police yourself into social cohesion. You can't police yourself into a political future,” explains Andrew Smith, historian of modern France at Queen Mary University of London. He identifies a central paradox confronting the French Republic: the state may possess the me
France 24 · 24 Oct 2026, 11:45 UTC
Thousands of anti-fascist protesters took to the streets of Orléans on Saturday to demonstrate against a congress held by Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party. Marchers criticised both Le Pen and President Emmanuel Macron, chanting slogans and carrying banners opposing
France 24 · 25 Oct 2026, 07:14 UTC
Serbia votes on Sunday in what is set to be its most contested parliamentary election in more than 14 years, as a student-led movement seeks to oust the party of populist leader Aleksandar Vucic. The vote comes after nearly two years of student-led protests sparked by the 2024 co
France 24 · 25 Oct 2026, 06:05 UTC
Brazilians will choose between incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro in Sunday's polarizing presidential election, a contest that will determine whether the US will significantly expand its growing influence in Latin America. Bolsonaro bested Lula by
France 24 · 24 Oct 2026, 18:37 UTC
Ukraine’s access to Starlink and Starshield satellite links has been restored to the speeds it had before restrictions that disrupted front-line operations for more than a week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday.
France 24 · 24 Oct 2026, 18:21 UTC
Thousands marched against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in Tel Aviv on Saturday – just three days before Israel's general election – demanding accountability for the failure to prevent a Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, that led to the war in Gaza.
France 24 · 24 Oct 2026, 17:50 UTC
Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi rebels said they launched attacks at Saudi oil facilities and airports on Saturday while Yemen’s Saudi-backed government said the group also fired three ballistic missiles at coast guard sites in the port city of Aden.
France 24 · 24 Oct 2026, 17:13 UTC
The Palestinian Authority has called for international pressure on Israel after a Palestinian official said around 1,200 Palestinians in Hebron in the West Bank were forced to leave their homes following an attack on Friday which killed two Israeli soldiers. The head of Hebron's
France 24 · 24 Oct 2026, 17:12 UTC
Soldiers were deployed across Milan and luxury boutiques boarded up as protesters took to the streets again on Saturday, a week after looting and clashes with police. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced a series of measures, including sending an additional 500 soldiers to the
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