Live Updates: Hundreds of Thousands Join Another Round of Protests in France
What happened
Clashes broke out between police and rioters in Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse on Saturday, as about 320,000 people joined a third weekend of protests across France, according to the interior ministry.
That is down from an estimated 410,000 a week earlier; 70,000 marched in Paris, against 110,000 last Saturday, Paris police said.
Police fired tear gas and stun grenades and used water cannon in Toulouse; the interior ministry reported 565 arrests nationwide.
A riot police officer was hit by a Molotov cocktail in Paris, and Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez called it an "attempted murder".
Nuñez said the roughly 150 planned rallies were largely peaceful, while a night curfew was set for parts of central Paris from 11pm Saturday and Sunday.
“We are fully prepared for those looking for confrontation tonight”
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- 2026-10-31 05:53 UTCFrance 24 · france24.com ↗
- 2026-10-31 16:54 UTCNYT · nytimes.com ↗
- 2026-10-31 17:46 UTCTimes of Israel · timesofisrael.com ↗
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- 2026-10-31 18:28 UTCAl Jazeera · aljazeera.com ↗
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