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Violent clashes, looting and buildings ablaze as hundreds arrested after France protests

World | 2026-10-17 at 20:52 UTC | Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Disorder broke out in cities across the country on a day in which more than half a million joined cost of living protests.
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