France wakes up to wreckage of a night of rioting
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At least 1,800 people were detained as public anger over rising living costs, educational conditions and proposed budget cuts erupted in looting, rioting and vandalism.
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Riots swept across France on Saturday after initially peaceful demonstrations turned violent.
In the French capital, police used tear gas and water cannons to push back people wearing hoods and masks and throwing fireworks and other objects at officers in the Place de la République, northeast of the Paris city center.
'I hope Americans are paying attention,' Vance said.
People in France woke up on Sunday to streets littered with shattered glass and images of burned-out government buildings after the country’s largest protests in years descended into violent riots.
Tear gas and water cannons have been fired at protesters in Paris, as a minister says more than half-a-million people attended demonstrations across the country.
Violent clashes, fires, and looting have marred demonstrations across France as hundreds of thousands protest rising living costs and poor school conditions.
The city has seen months of protests as opposition to a development involving Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, has melded with students protesting against education costs, poor job prospects and government corruption.
The NFL will continue ahead with a Week 7 meeting between the New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers in Paris on Oct. 25.
Riots broke out in several French cities alongside peaceful marches of tens of thousands of people demonstrating against rising living costs and poor school conditions.
By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS, Oct 18 (Reuters) - France woke on Sunday to the wreckage of one of its most violent days of unrest in years after protests over high prices and public services left one demonstrator dead,