Opening summary
France is recovering after its worst protests in years saw buildings attacked and set ablaze across the country.
More than ۱,۲۰۰ people were arrested in the demonstrations on Saturday, which began with protests from students over the cost of living.
However violent fringe groups came out in support of the students, which saw events spiralling out of control.
Whole streets in Paris “have been devastated”, the city’s mayor, Emmanuel Gregoire, said.
Meanwhile in Limoges, central France, the town hall was “largely lost” to a fire set by masked protesters, the top regional official told the AFP news agency.
Authorities in France are now waiting to see if protests will go into another day. The protests began last month at schools in the poor northern suburbs of Paris, where anger over teacher absences and shabby facilities quickly morphed into a nationwide movement against inequality, weak public spending and falling standards.
We will be following events in France and bringing you any reaction as it comes in.
Key events
In case you are still catching up with the news from yesterday, my colleagues Kim Willsher and William Christou have this report.
More than ۱,۲۰۰ people were arrested in France on Saturday after protesters supporting high school students clashed with police, with some demonstrations later spiralling out of control as buildings were set ablaze and shops looted.
Police fired teargas in confrontations with protesters, as demonstrations across France were boosted by other groups angry about high prices and the fraying of a social welfare system. While hundreds of thousands protested peacefully in street marches in scores of cities, violent fringe groups targeted public buildings, luxury boutiques and supermarkets and attacked police vehicles and officers.
Late on Saturday, prime minister Sébastien Lecornu said ۱,۲۰۰ people had been arrested and ۱۵۰ police hurt.
Interior minister Laurent Nuñez said the official demonstration had been hijacked by casseurs – “opportunistic delinquents who had seen a chance to pillage and loot … we will find them and deal with them firmly”.
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Police in Paris arrested a “record figure” of ۸۵۵ people during the protests on Saturday.
Agence France-Presse reported the number detained was the highest ever for a single event.
The figure forms part of the ۱,۲۰۰ arrested across France, as prime minister Sébastien Lecornu said ۱۵۰ police had been hurt in clashes.
Meanwhile Deputy Mayor of Paris Lamia El Aaraje said the capital had been hit by “a level of violence that I believe we had never seen before”.
Opening summary
France is recovering after its worst protests in years saw buildings attacked and set ablaze across the country.
More than ۱,۲۰۰ people were arrested in the demonstrations on Saturday, which began with protests from students over the cost of living.
However violent fringe groups came out in support of the students, which saw events spiralling out of control.
Whole streets in Paris “have been devastated”, the city’s mayor, Emmanuel Gregoire, said.
Meanwhile in Limoges, central France, the town hall was “largely lost” to a fire set by masked protesters, the top regional official told the AFP news agency.
Authorities in France are now waiting to see if protests will go into another day. The protests began last month at schools in the poor northern suburbs of Paris, where anger over teacher absences and shabby facilities quickly morphed into a nationwide movement against inequality, weak public spending and falling standards.
We will be following events in France and bringing you any reaction as it comes in.
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