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Greta Thunberg joins French teens on new day of school protests

In Lyon, the local authorities asked organizers to call off a march after a group of "hostile individuals" preceding the main procession vandalized shops and a petrol station and clashed with police.

The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg in Copenhagen City Court on the day of a hearing against her and other activists, who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations, in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 24, 2026.
View of the closed frozen food aisle at a supermarket near Nantes after a cyberattack targeted refrigeration systems at French supermarket chains, causing food losses and fires at several stores, France, October 12, 2026.

Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires, spoiling food

Princess Diana Princess of Wales 1997 Washington D.C. (Red Cross) Photo was on the cover of us news magazine and was the best selling issue in 70 years.

From Diana to the ordinary citizen: How Britain lost its sense of duty - opinion

Students raise their hands in front of Police officers as they demonstrate outside Sciences Po during a protest over school overcrowding and decay on October 7, 2026 in Paris, France.

French PM Addresses Student Demands as Protests Shut Hundreds of Schools, Lead to 6,000 Detentions


Paris cargo workers refuse to load Elbit shipment onto El Al flight bound for Israel

The boycott comes as the latest example of Israeli defense companies facing discriminatory issues in France following the October 7 attacks.

This photograph shows a plane of Israel's El Al Israel Airlines connected to an airbridge at Roissy Charles de Gaulle (CDG) International airport Terminal 2, on the outskirts of Paris, on May 12, 2025; Illustrative.

Former hostage Yarden Bibas mourns family on anniversary of October 7 massacre

"Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir - I'm sorry! Sorry that you're up there and I'm down here. I love you more than anything, always." Bibas wrote in an Instagram story.

People pay their respects during the funeral service of late Israeli hostages Shiri Bibas and her children Ariel and Kfir, in the Goma junction, northern Israel, February 26, 2025.

French investigation spotlights Hamas links to crypto funding, local NGOs

The French arrests follow the US Treasury’s designation of a "member of Hamas’s military wing, along with two France-based individuals and two affiliated entities that provide financing to Hamas."

 Members of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas and mourners attend the funeral of Al-Qassam fighters who were killed during the war between Israel and Hamas in the Al-Shati camp, in Gaza City, February 28, 2025.

Trump says French protests the result of 'nothing less than out-of-control mass migration'

Trump claimed that the protests were not about schools, and instead were "about Islam wanting to take over a once great country!"

French CRS riot police stand in position near garbage bins and object set on fire amid clashes with protesters during a demonstration by high school and university students, supported by teachers' union and school parents.

Paris police ban October 7 'genocide' protest over fears of rising antisemitism, heightened terror

Meanwhile, London's Metropolitan Police issued conditions for allowing the student protest to proceed, including a ban on face coverings and limits on movement.

Anti-Zionist protesters hold placards that read "Gaza ceasefire" and "Macron: Stop genocide. Embargo now," during a protest in Paris, France, October 2, 2025; illustrative.

Police fire tear gas as French high school protests escalate nationwide over school conditions

The protests began in September in the deprived suburbs of Paris, before spreading nationwide, presenting a major challenge to President Emmanuel Macron's cash-strapped government.

A masked student attempts to kick a tear gas canister, amid clashes with French riot police during a protest by French high school and university students near Lycee Paul Eluard high-school.

Students and teachers march in France on biggest day of high school protests

Students, teachers and parents marched across France as hundreds of schools were blockaded in protests over understaffing, aging buildings and school conditions.

French high school and university students attend a demonstration as part of a nationwide day of protests and blockades, voicing anger over overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages, and dilapidated school buildings, which they blame on years of underinvestment, in Nantes, France, October 6, 2026.

Eiffel Tower workers protest after female staff removed during Hindu delegation visit

"As the delegation passed through, women were asked to leave their workstations so that men could take their places," Diane Davoine, a union representative, told Reuters.

A view of the Eiffel Tower is seen in Paris, France, April 13, 2025

Israeli woman attacked overnight at Paris hotel, Foreign Ministry says

An Israeli woman in her 80s was attacked at a Paris hotel, with the Foreign Ministry saying its officials are maintaining contact with her and her family as the case is handled.

 Illustrative: A police officer waits outside the courtroom at the courthouse in Paris, March 31, 2025.

France to expel two Iranian diplomats in coming days, foreign minister says

The French ministry said last month that two French embassy staff had been detained and physically intimidated by Iranian security services in Tehran.

French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot arrives to attend the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, July 14, 2026.