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as the sun went down. across france, fires burned like beliefs as bright as fever. young protesters with their rocks and bottles, disappearing in clouds of tear gas fired by riot police in bordeaux, in nantes, and in paris. it took minutes for this peaceful protest to turn violent. hidden amongst the main demonstration, masked protesters who are now taking on the police. running through the lines of police, the white and black helmets of the specialist units known as brav—m — rapid reaction teams, tasked with stamping out trouble. a new target for protesters after growing allegations of abuse. a video emerged last week apparently showing brav—m officers hitting a protester in the face. and an audio recording appears to have captured threats, intimidation, and racist insults against a group of student protesters.
people are angry after legislation to raise the retirement age in france from 62 to 64 was forced through by president emmanuel macron�*s government. 0ur paris correspondent, lucy williamson, sent this report. the temperature rose as the sun went down. across france fires burned like beliefs as bright as fever. young protesters with their rocks and bottles, disappearing in clouds of tear gas fired by riot police in bordeaux and nantes and paris. it took minutes for this peaceful protest to turn violent. hidden amongst the main demonstration, masked protesters who are now taking on the police. running through the lines of police, the white and black helmets of the specialist units known as brav—m — rapid reaction teams, tasked with stamping out trouble. a new target for protesters after growing allegations of abuse.
of tear gas fired by riot police in bordeaux, in nantes, and in paris. it took minutes for this peaceful protest to turn violent. hidden amongst the main demonstration, masked protesters who are now taking on the police. running through the lines of police, the white and black helmets of the specialist units known as brav—m — rapid reaction teams, tasked with stamping out trouble. a new target for protesters after growing allegations of abuse. a video emerged last week apparently showing brav—m officers hitting a protester in the face. and an audio recording appears to have captured threats, intimidation, and racist insults against a group of student protesters. "next time, you won't be going to the police station, you'll be going to the hospital," one officer is heard saying. salome is one of them. she has since filed a complaint and was back out protesting today.
these. on thursday, what had been largely peaceful protests against the president and his pension reforms turned violent. that night, piles of uncollected rubbish in the capital were satellite. the french authorities say almost 1000 fires were started. this was nantes. and similar scenes on the streets of strasberg. and in bordeaux, the entrance to the town hall was satellite. this city, along with paris, was due to be visited by king charles and camilla queen consort. but as the cleanup operation continues to visit has been postponed. president macron declaring it would lack of common sense to host the royal couple as more protests are planned in the coming days. even those who were due to roll out the red carpet strike
sirens wail. police patrolling the streets of paris last night, trying to prevent a repeat of scenes like these. commotion. on thursday, what had been largely peaceful protests against the president and his pension reforms turned violent. that night, piles of uncollected rubbish in the capital were set alight. the french authorities say almost 1000 fires were started. glass smashes. this was nantes. and similar scenes on the streets of strasbourg. commotion. and in bordeaux, the entrance to the town hall was set alight. this city, along with paris, was due to be visited by king charles and camilla, the queen consort. but as the clean—up operation continues, that visit has been
commotion. on thursday, what had been largely peaceful protests against the president and his pension reforms turned violent. that night, piles of uncollected rubbish in the capital were set alight. the french authorities say almost 1,000 fires were started. glass smashes. this was nantes. and similar scenes on the streets of strasbourg. commotion. and in bordeaux, the entrance to the town hall was set alight. this city, along with paris, was due to be visited by king charles and camilla, the queen consort. but as the clean—up operation continues, that visit has been postponed, president macron declaring it would "lack common sense" to host the royal couple as more protests are planned in the coming days. even those who were due to roll out the red carpet were planning strike action.
0ur correspondent simonjones. sirens wail police patrolling the streets of paris last night, trying to prevent a repeat of scenes like these. commotion on thursday, what had been largely peaceful protests against the president and his pension reforms turned violent. that night, piles of uncollected rubbish in the capital were set alight. the french authorities say almost 1,000 fires were started. glass smashes this was nantes. and similar scenes on the streets of strasbourg. commotion and in bordeaux, the entrance to the town hall was set alight. this city, along with paris, was due to be visited by king charles and camilla, the queen consort. but as the clean—up operation continues, that visit has been
weekend against water shortages while blockades of oil refineries are leading to fuel shortages on some garage forecourts. simonjones has the latest. sirens wail. police patrolling the streets of paris last night, trying to prevent a repeat of scenes like these. commotion. on thursday, what had been largely peaceful protests against the president and his pension reforms turned violent. that night, piles of uncollected rubbish in the capital were set alight. the french authorities say almost 1000 fires were started. glass smashes. this was nantes. and similar scenes on the streets of strasbourg. commotion. and in bordeaux, the entrance to the town hall was set alight.
our correspondent simonjones reports. sirens wail police patrolling the streets of paris last night, trying to prevent a repeat of scenes like these. commotion on thursday, what had been largely peaceful protests against the president and his pension reforms turned violent. that night, piles of uncollected rubbish in the capital were set alight. the french authorities say almost 1,000 fires were started. glass smashes this was nantes. and similar scenes on the streets of strasbourg. commotion and in bordeaux, the entrance to the town hall was set alight. this city, along with paris, was due to be visited by king charles and camilla, the queen consort.