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🇫🇷 France: clashes with the police on the rue de Rivoli in Paris where protesters built a barricade with rubbish bins. #grevenationale #5novembre
Intervention des forces de l'ordre pour disperser le cortège de manifestants qui bloquent la rue de Rivoli à l'aide de poubelles dans le cadre de la journée de grève interprofessionnelle du #5novembre.
🇫🇷 France faces another nationwide day of strikes and protests today, Thursday 5 November.
Trade unions, students and Yellow Vests are mobilising amid growing anger over living costs, wages and public services.
Transport disruption, school closures and a major police deployment
📍 Hundreds of demonstrations are planned across France. Intelligence estimates reported by Reuters suggest between 500,000 and 700,000 people could demonstrate outside Paris alone.
These are forecasts, not confirmed attendance figures.
Ce soir au Ciné Lumière @ifru_london à Londres, avant-première d’Inside Gaza, le documentaire poignant d’Hélène Lam Trong sur le quotidien des journalistes de l’AFP à Gaza, qui risquent leur vie pour informer. 🎥
@afpfr @AFP
@BenedictePaviot @RSF_en @RSF_inter
☔️ François Hollande avait bravé la pluie bretonne en 2014, refusant un parapluie.
🇬🇧 Douze ans plus tard, sous une pluie torrentielle à Antigua-et-Barbuda, Charles III réclame : « Où est le parapluie ? » 👑
Deux chefs d’État, deux styles… mais une même météo ! 😂☔️
🇫🇷 Édouard Philippe has ruled out taking part in a centre-right primary ahead of France’s 2027 presidential election, rejecting Gabriel Attal’s proposal as a source of “division and confusion” during an interview on TF1 tonight.
🔴 ⚡ Une "grande primaire des démocrates" ?
"Je ne crois pas qu'elle aura lieu. C'est une primaire de la division et de la confusion", répond Édouard Philippe
Il est l'invité d'@ACCoudray dans LE20H de @TF1
🇫🇷 France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez says today’s protest marches “went well” overall, but claims groups of vandals and looters infiltrated every demonstration.
His comments come amid clashes with riot police and reports of tear gas in several French cities.
#France
🇫🇷 FRANCE: Nearly 500,000 demonstrators nationwide, according to unions (320,000 according to authorities).
Tear gas and violent clashes in Paris and other cities. Around 300 arrests reported.
70,000 police deployed as France braces for further unrest on Halloween night.
🇫🇷 BREAKING: Nearly 500,000 people have taken to the streets across France today, according to unions, compared with 320,000 estimated by authorities.
On Halloween, tensions are rising as police use tear gas in several cities and clashes erupt in Paris.
#FranceProtests #Paris
🚨 BREAKING: France’s Conseil d’État has now overturned that ruling, siding with the Paris police prefecture.
The authorised march will instead run from Porte de Bagnolet to Porte de Charenton, away from central Paris.
🇫🇷🎃 France is bracing for another day of nationwide protests — on Halloween.
Around 150 demonstrations are planned, with 70,000 police officers mobilised amid fears of further violence.
A tense Saturday ahead for President Emmanuel Macron.
#France #Halloween2026
🚨 Halloween adds another dimension to today’s security concerns, with demonstrations taking place as people prepare for evening celebrations.
Police face the challenge of maintaining public order while protecting the right to protest.
🇫🇷 The political stakes are considerable.
With France’s 2027 presidential election approaching, Macron’s government faces mounting pressure over education, purchasing power and public spending.
Will today’s demonstrations mark another turning point in France’s unrest?
#France
Why are France’s young people taking to the streets? My first article for @The_Tablet. thetablet.co.uk/features/fra…
#manifestation #jeunes #France #Lycée #Lycées #Jeunesse
🚨 🇬🇧 Deux hommes inculpés après un incident près de la base militaire américaine de RAF Fairford, en Angleterre.
La police britannique juge « hautement probable » une implication de l’État iranien.
#Iran #RoyaumeUni
BREAKING: Two men have been charged with national security offences following an incident at RAF Fairford last month
news.sky.com/story/men-charg…
