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A global Gen Z movement seems to be in place in this month of dark 2026. After the mobilization around the climate in Canada, the student and high school demonstrations in France, Italy, India or Greece, it is the turn of South America to bear its convictions. The demands are multiple and reflect a general uneasiness about the future proposed to them. The details of Léa Hurel, France 24 correspondent in Bogota.
Courseup, lack of places at university, state of buildings: the anger of high school students and students pushes the government to announce new measures. But will these answers live up to the expectations of young people, as the mobilization continues and the presidential elections approach? Olivier Guyottot, professor-researcher in political science at l'Inseec, analyses the government's announcements and the stakes of this mobilization.
A look at the highlights of the week's news and his most striking images: the blockades and demonstrations of high school students in France, the spationaut Sophie Adenot who returned to Earth after eight months on board the International Space Station, and the commemorations of October 7, three years after Hamas' attacks in Israel.
In Paris, high school students gathered in numbers for Act IV of the high school mobilization. A large and compact crowd formed Place de la Bastille, as reported by Karim Yahiaoui, journalist in France 24. On the spot, young people say they are determined to continue their mobilization to obtain concrete answers to their demands from the government.
High school mobilization does not weaken in France. On Thursday 8 October, the movement entered its "Act IV" with a new day of mobilization and an important demonstration in Paris. Students also join the movement as a sign of support for high school students and their demands. Johan Bodin's details from Paris.
Hundreds of people paid tribute to 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal, who became the symbol of the housing crisis in Spain after his expulsion. His death comes at a time when the protest is intensifying: protestors demand, in particular, a framework for rents and a fight against real estate speculation. Following the rejection of two measures from the government in Parliament, the movement could impose itself as a major issue in the early legislative process of November 29.
A new day of mobilization of high school students is being held in France on Thursday 8 October. High school students denounce claims that, according to them, remain unanswered, while the movement gains new institutions and extends beyond high schools, with students mobilized in turn. The challenge also affects the ultramarine territories, including Martinique and Guadeloupe.
As the blockages continue, the government wants to organise dialogue with the high school students. However, heads of establishments consider the measure difficult to implement without a serene climate and security conditions. In Aubervilliers, our journalist Karim Yahiaoui is with the students of Henri Wallon High School, where blocking prevents access to classrooms.
Today, in "Parlons-en", places to the analysis of the demands of the high school movement, which has won part of the establishments in France in three weeks. Mobilization took short a government that was apparently attentive to other angers. Is the high school girl justified? Is this a problem of money, consideration, society? Where do these accusations of political recovery lead? Is law enforcement appropriate for minor demonstrators?
A look back at the highlights of last week's news and its most striking images: the movement to block high schools and universities marked by violence, a Flydubai flight stolen from Saudi Arabia after the pilot was attacked by his co-pilot, but also the floods in Bangkok.
With similar demands, overloaded classes, safety and hygiene problems, a stifling heat going on. Law enforcement has sometimes had to intervene.
The high school movement has continued for several days, with blockages in several schools in France. For Philippe Moreau-Chevrolet, professor of political communication at Sciences Po and guest of France 24, the demands of high school students are legitimate, but the mobilization is now caught up in a climate of anger and distrust, with more violent elements and attacks on the media. According to him, high school students are thus caught up in a tense political context, as the presidential elections approach.
In New Delhi, hundreds of female students have been demonstrating for a week to demand more security and freedom in public space. After the alleged gang rape of a teenager, they denounce sexual violence and refuse to restrict access to parks at night, instead demanding better protection and awareness-raising at an early age. Report by Khansa Juned, Jeanne Hutin and Paloma Perez.
The Minister for the Sea and Fisheries, Catherine Chabaud, announced on Friday 18 September, following a six-hour meeting in Paris with representatives of Mediterranean fishermen, that she would come Monday 21 at their meeting at the Grau-du-Roi (Gard) and at Sète (Hérault).
