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France deploys 70,000 police to try to contain nationwide protests

Global Published 24 October 2026, 20:26 · archived 24 Oct 2026

PARIS: Demonstrators took to the streets of France on Saturday under the watch of 70,000 police officers, with unrest appearing markedly less severe than a week earlier despite scattered confrontations in several cities. Tens of thousands of people marched peacefully through the French capital, according to police numbers, denouncing the high cost of living and accusing President Emmanuel Macron of cutting public services while failing to tackle rising inequality. “Down with the state, the police and the fascists,” some of the flag-waving crowds chanted. Elsewhere, police fired tear gas at peo...

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