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Spain: Massive protests after housing bills voted down
Organizers estimated that 500,000 people turned out in the streets of Madrid to demand affordable housing. Similar protests were held in around 50 other Spanish cities.
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Fresh protests over housing flare in Spain after lawmakers reject relief measures
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Madrid and other cities in Spain on Saturday to demand affordable housing, fuelled by anger at lawmakers who narrowly rejected measures put forward by the government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to strengthen protection for tenants.
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Schools ablaze as student protests spread across France
Students have set fire to schools and clashed with police as protests spread across France
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'Apocalyptic scenes' as France school protests escalate
France 24's Olivia Bizot reports from the Paris suburb of Aubervilliers, where she says protests over school conditions have left "apocalyptic" scenes in their wake. The protest movement, which began last week in the Paris region and rapidly spread nationwide, has seen teenage pupils block access to buildings and clash with police.
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Spain housing protests rage ahead of key government vote
Spanish lawmakers are due to vote on Friday on two government housing decrees drawn up after an outcry over the eviction of an 87-year-old woman, with their passage in doubt. Several hundred people held raucous protests in Madrid and other Spanish cities ahead of the vote, with demonstrators rattling keys, blowing whistles, banging spoons against pots.
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France school protests 'rapidly becoming out of control'
French high school students lit fires outside schools and faced off with police on Friday as a protest movement that has forced the closure or disrupted education at more than 560 establishments showed no sign of abating. France 24’s Rochelle Ferguson Bouyahi takes a look at why the students are protesting, and how the demonstrations spiraled into violence.
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School protests send shivers down French government's spine
A movement that started nearly two weeks ago has spread, and in France young people on the streets spells trouble, writes Hugh Schofield.
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Protests shutter hundreds of French schools as violence flares
Education minister declares students 'in danger' as hundreds of injuries reported across the country.
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What’s behind France’s school protests?
Many French schools are still closed as protests over learning conditions continue across the country.
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Amid French school protests, students seek 'respect, dignity and decent working conditions'
Alison Sargent is pleased to welcome Éric Fassin, a sociologist and professor at Paris VIII University. He sees these student protests first and foremost as a demand for equality, dignity and recognition. Students from working-class suburbs are asking for the basic conditions that make studying possible and, ultimately, the same opportunities as students elsewhere. What began among students in the Parisian suburbs has spread, but its fundamental meaning remains the same: this is a social movement with a political and democratic dimension. He also see these protests in the context of a longer h
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Protests disrupt Ireland football match with ‘Palestine tennis balls’
Protesters interrupted Ireland’s match against Austria with tennis balls and Palestine flags.
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France: 400 schools closed as student protests continue
Police have made around 2,000 arrests and dozens of people have been injured as student protests spread across France. Ministers have called for a "day of dialogue" but students have called for further strike action.
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Indian police detain politicians at protests over election chief
Police in New Delhi have detained opposition politicians and demonstrators during protests.
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Student protests in Chile turn to violent clashes with police
Riot police in Chile’s capital deployed tear gas and water cannons to disperse hundreds of students.
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Pot banging protests across Spain over housing crisis
Hundreds of protesters across Spain took part in pot banging demonstrations to demand political action over housing
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School protests spread as fires, blockades deepen unrest in France
Police have detained hundreds as students protest overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and crumbling facilities.
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Students face riot police as protests over school conditions escalate in France
French teenagers on Tuesday set fire to rubbish bins and threw projectiles at police who responded with batons and tear gas, as pupils kept up blockades and protests at hundreds of high schools, demanding better conditions. The movement in the lycees, attended by students aged 15 to 18 for their final three years of secondary education in France, has angered the government.
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France: Hundreds arrested as student protests escalate
Student protests have grown in scale and intensity, with violent clashes in some places leading to hundreds of arrests and dozens of injuries.
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What’s behind French student protests that turned violent?
The school protests coincide with public sector strikes over planned budget cuts.
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Morocco’s pro-Palestine protests challenge Rabat’s deepening Israel ties
Protests across Morocco highlight gap between public opposition to normalisation and Rabat’s closer ties with Israel.