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This week, in the Paris des Arts, Valérie Fayolle receives Nikos Aliagas, famous television host and photographer. He takes us to discover his exhibition "The Great Ages" at the Museum of Man on the passing time.
French student unions vowed on Friday to keep up protests after scoring their first win in a campaign that is increasingly supported by Paris's elite universities, with 141 schools still shut around the country, according to the education ministry. Student and teacher unions have called for another round of nationwide school strikes next Tuesday. FRANCE 24's Shirli Sitbon reports.
Pauline Godart is in front of Turgot High School in Paris.
Pauline Heilmann, culture journalist Paris des Arts, is with us.
Today, high school events continued throughout France, notably in Rennes, Nantes, Lille, Paris, Marseille, Créteil and many other cities. In total, more than 150 establishments were closed on Thursday, less than the previous days. Sébastien Lecornu's political response on Wednesday night was not enough. Interunion student and professional calls for a new day of action and strike Tuesday, October 13.
Police fired tear gas and water cannons as demonstrators gathered in Paris to demand more funding and teachers.
As Iran criticizes the law enforcement response to high school protests in France, Paris denounces an Iranian disinformation campaign about the protest movement.
Over 70,000 people took part in demonstrations across France on Thursday demanding better education and less police brutality, as students protested nationwide despite government attempts to ease a crisis that has rocked the country for more than a week. Students have blocked entrances to hundreds of high schools, with squads of riot police deployed -- occasionally resulting in violent clashes. The interior ministry said 71,500 participated in protests across the country, with police detaining more than 500 people. FRANCE 24's Claire Paccalin reports from central Paris.
Police fired tear gas at protesters in Paris again as students continue to voice grievances about school conditions across France. The education minister has said 3,000 substitute teachers will reach schools soon.
Bally Bagayoko, mayor of the French city of Saint-Denis, in the Parisian suburbs, is standing in front of the police during a demonstration in Paris on Tuesday. Protecting with his body young demonstrators and shouting "stop" at law enforcement forces ready to charge the crowd,
Ethiopian authorities accuse Eritrea of supporting the rebels who have been fighting the Federal Army in Tigray State since 23 September. A charge so far without public evidence, that Asmara formally denies. The editorial staff of the Observers, based in Paris, were able to authenticate early images of Eritrean troops operating well within Ethiopian borders.
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.
Huge demonstrations have been held over the last few weeks in Spain over its housing crisis, but the issue is not restricted to Spain. Many other countries also have a huge problem with housing, including Ireland, with experts saying that for every street of 10 houses, the country actually needs 12. Now a new exhibition in Paris at the Irish Cultural Centre is trying to reflect the issue. In Perspective, we spoke to the museum's director and one of the artists taking part.
French teenagers blockaded some high schools and marched through cities on Thursday after the government promised to address their grievances about teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings. Reporting from Paris, France 24's Jamie Smith-Maillet says protesters he has spoken to see the government measures as lacking detail and have vowed to continue demonstrations until concrete action is taken.
In this edition of Entre Nous we speak to Mikko Nissinen, the artistic director of the Boston Ballet, which is performing this week at the historic Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris. He tells us what it means to come back to Paris and what the French audience can expect from works by Alexander Ekman and Akram Khan.
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.
FRANCE 24's Jamie Smith-Maillet reports from a high school in Paris as students across France prepare for more marches on Thursday.
The high school mobilization continues this Thursday with an "Act IV" and is growing, with new institutions mobilized across France. The high school students continue to bring their demands, ask to be heard, while the meeting with the government Wednesday night did not satisfy. To take stock of the situation, Johan Bodin, journalist of FRANCE 24, is live since the Lycée Turgot, in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. In particular, he questions Ethan, a student in BTS, about the demands and program of the day's demonstration.
The French Foreign Ministry called on Wednesday the Iranian ambassador in Paris to denounce the "disinformation campaign" that France accuses Iran of leading about the high school movement. Paris also describes as "unfounded" the convening by Tehran of the French ambassador to Iran the previous day.
Greatly absent from Zinedine Zidane's first list with the Blues because of injury, Madrilène Aurélien Chuameni was in Paris during the international truce for the Africa Day of Sciences Po. At the microphone of France 24, the midfielder recalled once again that he was a little more than just a football player.
