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Last updated: 17 October 2026 at 21:22 · 15 articles · 6 sources
Unrest broke out in parts of France as students, trade unionists and Yellow Vest activists took to the streets to protest high prices and inequality. Police arrested hundreds amid chaotic scenes in Fr
Read at Deutsche Welle · 17 October 2026 at 21:22
Girls wearing headscarves have been turned away from schools in Azerbaijan, triggering unusual protests involving children. The government rules do not mention hijabs. Why are schools enforcing unwrit
Read at Deutsche Welle · 17 October 2026 at 21:22
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets for separate demonstrations putting pressure on governments across the EU.
Read at Al Jazeera · 17 October 2026 at 21:02
Limoges town hall, a 143-year-old building in central France, was set on fire amid unrest following nationwide protests over the cost of living.
Read at Euronews · 17 October 2026 at 20:55
Disorder broke out in cities across the country on a day in which more than half a million joined cost of living protests.
Read at BBC · 17 October 2026 at 20:52
Al Jazeera’s Rosie Rosie Birchard was harassed by protesters looting shops in Rennes, France.
Read at Al Jazeera · 17 October 2026 at 20:20
Looters on Saturday seized the opportunity to raid and vandalise a host of shops and businesses across France – from bakeries and supermarkets to tech stores – as hundreds of thousands of people took
Read at France 24 · 17 October 2026 at 20:15
Five days of clashes rock Tirana as students join a wider movement demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation.
Read at Al Jazeera · 17 October 2026 at 19:26
Read at France 24 · 17 October 2026 at 17:18
Student activist Neha Bora, a prominent face of the protests, who was detained on Friday as she tried to reach central Delhi with dozens of supporters, was released on Saturday.
Read at France 24 · 17 October 2026 at 16:29
Police and protesters clashed in Paris and other French cities on Saturday, with smoke from fires and tear gas filling the air at demonstrations nationwide against high prices, ahead of elections to r
Read at France 24 · 17 October 2026 at 15:53
A branch of Lyon’s tourist office was vandalised and set on fire during nationwide protests over rising prices in France.
Read at Euronews · 17 October 2026 at 15:30
Saturday’s mobilisation in France follows calls on social media to revive the Yellow Vests movement, which emerged in 2018 against social injustice. Student groups protesting since mid-September have
Read at France 24 · 17 October 2026 at 15:10
In France, protests are under way across the country this Saturday. Demonstrators are protesting against the high cost of living, as well as poor working and studying conditions. We discuss this with
Read at France 24 · 17 October 2026 at 15:07
Students, farmers and the Yellow Jacket movement are taking to the street, calling for a "convergence of struggles."
Read at Politico EU · 17 October 2026 at 11:33