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PARIS: Paris police on Tuesday (Oct 20) ordered a temporary ban on people carrying cans or bottles of petrol or gas, or possessing fireworks, following weekend riots in the capital and elsewhere in France.
Hundreds of thousands marched in cities across France on Saturday amid fresh demonstrations over school funding and the cost of living. A peaceful protest during the day in Paris – with at least 110,000 people marching along the eastern edge of the city – descended into violent clashes with police by the time night fell. Police fired teargas to prevent protesters in Lyon, Lille, Montpellier, Nantes and Toulouse from reaching city centres. In Marseille, some bin fires were lit amid clashes with police. At least two people were seriously injured, one in Clermont-Ferrand and another in Toulouse, who reportedly had fingers blown off. The interior ministry said there had been almost 1,000 arrests Hundreds of thousands march across France in protests over schools and policing Continue reading...
Demonstrations took place in Italy on Saturday over the rising cost of living. No serious clashes were reported, with nine people arrested nationwide.
Rescue efforts are under way to find people trapped under the block, which was still under construction when it buckled.
It's been a week that’s seen mass protests hijacked by violent rioters across France. The looting of shops, trashing of public buildings, the burning of Lyon’s Tourist Information and the iconic Limoges City Hall. After the riots, came the curfews, and the contemplation, who did what and why weren’t they stopped. Seditious groups, ultra left anarchists and opportunist criminals said President Macron, with a qualified mea culpa: failures in anticipation and authorities dropped the ball in intelligence gathering. Macron is out of breath, exhausted and disorientated claimed the Presidential Frontrunner Marine Le Pen, the far right leader now polling in an even stronger position for the Presidency. Foreign leaders had a free for all too, President Trump wading in and Israel’s prime minister settled old scores ahead of elections there. But France wasn’t isolated in its protests and unrest, Milan was a mirror image, with demonstrations in Spain, Portugal, Belgium too, An Autumn of Discontent, and more protests to follow this weekend
Members of the Orchestre du Nouveau Monde recounted the moment French riot police lobbed teargas canisters into the orchestra as they tried to disperse demonstrators gathered at Place de la République. The Paris-based orchestra is made up of hundreds of young professional and amateur musicians, all of them volunteers and all committed to blending classical music and activism, particularly social and climate justice. ‘An orchestra being gassed should be an alarm signal’: the musical activists targeted in Paris Continue reading...
Move follows some of the worst street violence in years on the fringes of cost-of-living protests last weekend France will deploy about 70,000 police around the country on Saturday as the government seeks to prevent more civil unrest after some of the worst street violence in years erupted on the fringes of cost-of-living protests last weekend. The interior minister, Laurent Nunez, said on Friday the security forces would include elite units usually used for counter-terrorism operations and hostage rescues, adding that there had been social media calls for violence from “ultra-left” groups. Continue reading...
Officials say they both travelled through Entebbe International Airport on 3 October.
The move comes as part of a wider clampdown in the occupied West Bank after two Israeli soldiers were killed by Palestinian gunmen in the city of Hebron earlier this week.
Iran’s IRGC says it hit four vessels in the northern Gulf and three more struck mines near the strait of Hormuz Shipping workers: how is the Middle East conflict affecting you? Business live – latest updates Oil prices jumped to a five-month high on Thursday after attacks in Saudi Arabia and hits to tankers in the strait of Hormuz threatened further disruptions to the world’s crude supply. Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, rose by 3% to hit $112 a barrel for first time since 18 May. Continue reading...
Pacific police chiefs have established a new regional policing organisation aimed at combating transnational crime, including drug trafficking, human smuggling, child sexual exploitation, money laundering, and firearms trafficking. The Pacific...
New evidence suggests medical reasons might have caused a baby's brain and rib injuries.
My reckless jump over a balcony left me with a slim chance of survival, but taught me never to take my loved ones for granted
A PREGNANT woman was found dead after her partner stabbed her 60 times in the face and neck during a row, a court heard. Amber O’Brien's body was left on the bathroom floor of a flat in Blackley, north Manchester, where she was living with Stephan Garner, the father of her nine-week-old unborn twins. Ms...
A 16-year-old suspected of plotting a massacre has been detained by police in Warsaw, Poland. Investigators believe the teenager was preparing to kill multiple people. Officers searching his home discovered what they described as "an entire arsenal of dangerous items".
Meloni said nearly 200 police officers had been injured and 330 people detained, around half of whom she said were of "foreign origin".
The incident happened on the Brooklyn set on Friday night. A knife-wielding man was arrested Friday night for threatening crew members on the Brooklyn set of Miami Vice ‘85. Citing information from the NYPD, TMZ reports that a police officer working security on the set arrested Alex Perez, 23, who has a criminal record. “Perez can be seen …
Three drug suspects were arrested in an anti-narcotics operation in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat on Friday.
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