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Northern Israel explosion kills at least 1 person, injures 19
The blast occurred in northern Israel near the Lebanese border and is under investigation.
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UK students call for school uniforms to be banned in pornography
Short skirts, knee-high socks, white blouses: Girls' school uniform items are widely used as costumes in pornographic videos. As students experience harassment, a group wants to change that.
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'Everyone hates the police' – what France's school protests reveal about a divided nation
Students taking to the streets have become a focal point in the country's increasingly polarised politics.
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French students vow to keep up protests as UN voices 'concern' over violence
French student unions vowed on Friday to keep up the fight even as the government registered a "marked slowdown" in a protest movement that has rattled the country for over a week. The UN human rights agency called for de-escalation, voicing concern over violent clashes with police that have caused severe injuries among teenage protesters.
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NBA star Wembanyama to French students: ‘I hear you’
San Antonio Spurs player Victor Wembanyama offers solidarity to students protesting conditions in schools in France.
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'Fighting for our future': France high school students vow no let-up
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.
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‘Nothing will stop us’: French student protests show few signs of ending
Students on Thursday barricaded a Parisian high school with garbage bins before police shot tear gas at them as France’s nationwide protests showed little sign of ending. At least a dozen demonstrations supporting the high school students’ movement were planned across the country while 375 schools were fully or partially closed.
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As elections near, how are French political parties reacting to student protests?
Students in France are pledging to keep taking to the streets despite the country's prime minister making a speech on Wednesday in which he said the government would come up with a plan to address their concerns. How have political parties in France been reacting to the movement? Delano D'Souza has been finding out.
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Student protesters 'showing no signs of backing down'
Students who have been protesting classroom conditions in France for days are "not looking like they are willing to back down", says France 24 reporter Claire Paccalin, despite promises by the French prime minister to bring in measures to address their grievances.
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Protest culture: Why do French students repeatedly rise up?
France is in the international spotlight as massive student protests show no sign of stopping. Demonstrating is something of a rite of passage for young people in France, a moment when teenagers discover politics and their collective voice. How has this "protest culture" manifested itself in recent French history? And why are some student protests effective at bringing about change and others not? We take a closer look in French Connections.
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‘This is a crisis of hope’: Echoes of 1968 as France’s students rise up
As in 1968, when student protests triggered nationwide strikes, today’s crisis is about generational discontent.
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French PM vows changes as students keep up school protests
French PM Sebastien Lecornu has promised to address student concerns as protests force hundreds of schools to close.
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French students prepare for more marches as hundreds of schools close
FRANCE 24's Jamie Smith-Maillet reports from a high school in Paris as students across France prepare for more marches on Thursday.
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France to release diesel reserves as student protests resume
Students are taking to the streets over underfunding in education as the government seeks to find budget cuts to appease bond markets.
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France's school protests: What lies behind the anger
Students' blockades and marches spring from real grievances – and from France's habit of settling policy on the street.
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Live: Police fire tear gas at student protesters in Paris ahead of afternoon marches nationwide
French riot police fired tear gas at students at the Hélène Boucher high school in northeastern Paris early Thursday. The school has been a flashpoint for clashes in the French capital in recent days. Larger demonstrations are expected from 2pm in cities across the country. Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates.
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Brazil: Thousands of students march against Bolsonaro
After Flavio Bolsonaro came out on top in the first round of Brazil's presidential election, thousands of people joined student-led protests against the far-right in Rio de Janeiro.
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From Mai 68 to 2026: France’s long student protests tradition
Students, parents and trade unions were demonstrating across France Tuesday, protesting what they say is under-investment in high schools. From Mai 68 to the CPE crisis in 2006, major French student and youth protests have pressured leaders and transformed national politics.
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France is caught between angry students and unforgiving bond markets
France's student protests took a breather on Wednesday after weeks of unrest, but market pressure on the French government intensified ahead of budget talks.
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Students, unions and teachers in mass movement to demand better learning conditions
A quarter of a million demonstrators took to the streets across France on Tuesday as unions and teachers joined high school students demanding better learning conditions in protests that later descended into sporadic clashes with security forces. A French policeman was on Tuesday charged with violence over the firing of a tear gas grenade last week at close range at a 14-year-old student during the high school protests that have shaken the country, the prosecutor said. Reporting from central Paris, FRANCE 24's Claire Paccalin says the protesters are adamant that "this is not it, this movement