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The Route du Rhum, billed as the world’s biggest solo transatlantic race, is set to depart from Saint-Malo in Brittany. Skippers will sail alone to Guadeloupe, with professionals and amateur sailors competing in the race, held every four years. Selina Sykes reports.
A heavy police presence was hard to miss on the streets of Paris on Saturday, as the capital saw demonstrations for a third consecutive weekend over the rising cost of living and deteriorating conditions in schools. But the increased security failed to prevent clashes in several parts of the city. Riot police fired tear gas to push back protesters, while small fires broke out in several areas. Similar scenes unfolded across the country, including in Bordeaux, Toulouse and Marseille. Still, the demonstrations were largely less violent than the chaos witnessed on October 17. Caroline Baum has th
Protests in France have helped inspire youth demonstrations elsewhere in Europe, from Portugal and Italy to Germany. Germany saw particularly large rallies on Saturday, led by a youth initiative whose name roughly translates as “Gen Z has got this”. Demonstrators called for better education and healthcare, stronger climate protection and a more affordable cost of living, while also opposing any return to compulsory military service. However, protests in several major German cities turned violent towards the end of the day, particularly in the financial hub of Frankfurt. Charlotte Hughes report
In Saint-Malo, in France's Brittany region, the legendary Route du Rhum is preparing to set sail. Billed as the world's biggest solo transatlantic race, it sees skippers sail alone from France's northern coast to the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. It's a high-speed, high-risk crossing that takes place every four years.
It is merely witnessing another episode of unrest that – like many others in its history – has a violent element to it.
Police used tear gas to disperse protesters as demonstrations entered a third week ahead in France.
American Filmmaker Zarina Zabrisky has lived and reported across the Dnipro River in Ukrainian controlled Kherson for the past three years. She’s been speaking to France 24’s Gavin Lee about the events of the past 24 hours.
Around 320,000 protesters took part in a third mass protest over living costs across France on Saturday, the interior ministry estimated, while organisers counted nearly half a million. Tensions flared at the end of marches in some cities but authorities reported that most demonstrations were largely peaceful.
More than 320,000 people demonstrated across France against the rising cost of living and poor public services, with clashes between some protesters and police.
Protests continue across France as 320,000 people take to the streets over rising living costs and poor school conditions for a third consecutive weekend, with clashes reported in several cities.
Five-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar says he is "just happy to be alive", two months after suffering three fractured vertebrae in a crash.
France is preparing for a third weekend of protests, with 70,000 security personnel deployed to prevent a repeat of the violence seen on October 17. Shops have boarded up their premises as authorities warn of further clashes, with Halloween adding to concerns over masked demonstrators. The protests, initially driven by anger over the cost of living and poor school conditions, have broadened to include demands for greater civil liberties and the right to protest. With presidential elections six months away, authorities have tightened security and restricted demonstrations in several cities.
France is bracing for a third consecutive weekend of protests, with around 70,000 security personnel deployed to prevent a repeat of the violence seen on October 17. Shops have boarded up their premises as authorities warn of further clashes, with Halloween celebrations adding to security concerns over masked demonstrators. The protests, involving Yellow Vest activists, trade unions and students, initially focused on the rising cost of living, inequality and poor school conditions, but have since expanded to include demands for greater civil liberties and the right to protest. The demonstratio
France is bracing for a third weekend of protests, with demonstrations against the rising cost of living planned across the country. Nearly half a million people are expected to take to the streets, prompting the government to deploy 70,000 police officers to maintain order. In Paris, a last-minute court ruling has restricted today’s march to the eastern outskirts of the capital. Jack Pownall reports.
France on Saturday braced for a third weekend of protests coinciding with Halloween, as shops boarded up and authorities scrambled to prevent a repeat of the street violence that swept the country two weeks ago.
France's Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said on Saturday that demonstrations across the country were largely peaceful, despite what he called an "extraordinary" level of violence from some groups of rioters. Around 320,000 protesters took part in demonstrations across France on Saturday, the interior ministry estimated, while youth unions counted nearly half a million. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog.
France braces for another weekend of unrest as the Yellow Vests return to the streets under the rallying cry of ‘Act III – Halloween’, with 70,000 police and security forces deployed after the riots and looting of recent weeks. A cash-strapped government faces mounting grievances, a rolling protest movement and little room for manoeuvre ahead of elections, as it struggles to restore order while grappling with crippling debt.
A wave of youth-led protests has swept Europe, with demonstrators denouncing rising prices and a lack of prospects.
Several social media accounts associated with sharing anti-immigrant views claim French Muslims were responsible for burning five churches on October 17 – the day the nation was rocked by en masse protests. But both this number and story are fictitious. The French government agency that monitors religious heritage sites confirmed only one fire in a church occured in recent days; its cause unknown.
France's anti-terrorism prosecutor on Thursday released details of the main suspect in the racist attack in Trappes and La Verriere, on the outskirts of Paris, on October 23.The 39-year-old opened fire with a submachine gun, killing 26-year-old Pengo Bossio Wangi and injuring five others.
