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Arrests over France protests rise to 1,800, with whole streets in Paris ‘devastated’ – Europe live
Interior minister says ‘the Republic will not yield’ to France’s worst protests in years A dispatch here from Sam Jones, our reporter in Madrid, as protests have spread to Italy and Portugal The angry protests that have convulsed Spain and France in recent weeks have spilled over to Italy and Portugal , with rioters clashing with police and setting property on fire in Milan, and a tent encampment springing up in Lisbon over the weekend. Continue reading...

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Interior minister says ‘the Republic will not yield’ to France’s worst protests in years A dispatch here from Sam Jones, our reporter in Madrid, as protests have spread to Italy and Portugal The angry protests that have convulsed Spain and France in recent weeks have spilled over to Italy and Portugal , with rioters clashing with police and setting property on fire in Milan, and a tent encampment springing up in Lisbon over the weekend. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Arrests over France protests rise to 1,800, with whole streets in Paris ‘devastated’ – Europe live, Interior minister says ‘the Republic will not yield’ to France’s worst protests in years A dispatch here from Sam Jones, our reporter in Madrid, as protests have spread to Italy and Portugal The angry protests that have convulsed Spain and France in recent weeks have spilled over to Italy and Portugal , with rioters clashing with police and setting property on fire in Milan, and a tent encampment springing up in Lisbon over the weekend. Continue reading…
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