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Trump questions decision to hold NFL game in Paris amid violent unrest
President Donald Trump questioned whether the NFL should have postponed Sunday's game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints as France grapples with another weekend of nationwide protests. "I think maybe it’s looking like tomorrow is going to be a bad day in France, so you worry abo…
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Barcelona riots leave 100 arrested, dozens of fires as unrest spreads across Europe
[Video ID] A wave of violence swept through Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday, leaving 100 people arrested after rioters set more than 30 fires and damaged or looted 14 stores, according to Reuters. The unrest erupted near the city's popular Plaza de Catalunya, where masked individuals smashed storefro…
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Trump blames France riots on immigration, warns against similar unrest in US
[Video ID] President Donald Trump blamed France's ongoing unrest on immigration during a rally in Perry, Georgia, on Saturday, warning that similar violence would not be tolerated in the United States. "So guys like [Democrat Sen.] Jon Ossoff, they look at what's happening in France, and he votes t…
New reports of looting emerge in France as arrests reach 1,000, Fox correspondent reports
[Video ID] Reports of looting emerged Saturday evening in Paris and other French cities as authorities reported approximately 1,000 arrests nationwide during another day of widespread demonstrations. Fox News senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot, reporting from Paris on "Fox Report Week…
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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni condemns violence amid nationwide protests
[Tweet URL] Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni thanked law enforcement officers Saturday for maintaining public safety during demonstrations across Italy, while condemning attempts by violent protesters to provoke confrontations with police. In a post on X, Meloni praised officers working to pro…
Trump points to France unrest as warning for US during Florida remarks
President Donald Trump pointed to the ongoing unrest in France on Saturday as a warning about what he said could happen in the United States under left-wing leadership. Speaking to reporters after voting in Florida, Trump criticized the country's previous leadership and drew a comparison to the vio…
Italian police fire water cannon at protesters as violence breaks out in Rome
[Video ID] Italian police deployed a water cannon against protesters in Rome on Saturday as demonstrations over rising living costs and war turned violent in several cities across the country. Reuters footage showed riot police confronting demonstrators before a water cannon vehicle approached with…
Military expert warns no European nation is immune as protests spread beyond France
[Video ID] Lt. Col. Darin Gaub warned Saturday that protests spreading across Europe could escalate into further violence, as demonstrators confronted police in Albania and unrest continued in France. Speaking on Fox News' "Saturday in America," Gaub said similar demonstrations have already emerged…
Mike Pompeo says 'Macron has failed' as violent protests grip France
[Video ID] Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized French President Emmanuel Macron's handling of nationwide unrest Saturday, blaming his leadership for the violence that has swept through France. Speaking on Fox News' "America Reports," Pompeo said the French government failed to adequate…
Former Thatcher adviser warns France riots could worsen, spread across Europe
[Video ID] Nile Gardiner, a former adviser to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, warned Saturday that violent unrest in France could intensify in the coming weeks and spread to other European countries. Speaking on Fox News' "Saturday in America," Gardiner, an expert at the Heritage Foundati…
French AI entrepreneur blames 'dead end of socialism' for violent protests sweeping France
[Video ID] France has reached the "dead end of socialism" as violent protests spread across the country, a French artificial intelligence entrepreneur said Friday. Speaking on "The Faulkner Focus," Brivael Le Pogam blamed decades of left-wing policies for what he described as growing unrest and dec…
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Arrests surge to nearly 1,000 as France faces another day of nationwide unrest
The number of people arrested during Saturday's demonstrations across France has surged from 135 earlier in the day to nearly 1,000, according to a new figure announced by French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez. The sharp increase comes as police respond to confrontations in multiple cities, includ…
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Government buildings set on fire in Albania as riot police clash with agitators
Albania's capital of Tirana is being rocked by protests again Saturday as police fired water cannons on large groups of agitators, some of whom set government buildings on fire and threw projectiles at law enforcement. High school and university students there are demanding lower tuition fees, grea…
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Paris police block vandals from breaking into car dealership
[Tweet URL] The Paris Police Department said Saturday that it prevented agitators from breaking into a car dealership following the conclusion of a protest march. "The swift intervention of law enforcement prevented them from doing so and secured the business," it added on X. France's interior mini…
Clashes break out in Paris as police fire water cannons at protesters
[Video ID] Video obtained by Fox News Digital shows police in Paris, France firing water cannons Saturday in an attempt to disperse a massive crowd of protesters. The French interior ministry estimated that 110,000 took part in a march on the city’s southeastern edge that started peacefully but is…
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Louvre turns away tourists as Paris braces for renewed violence following destructive riots
Tourists were turned away from the Louvre on Saturday as some of Paris' most iconic museums remained shuttered amid fears of renewed violence, a week after destructive riots erupted across France. The Louvre, Musée d'Orsay, Picasso Museum and Grand Palais were all shuttered Saturday as French offic…
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500 more soldiers deployed to Milan, Italy, over concerns of potential violence
Five hundred additional soldiers were sent to the Italian city of Milan on Saturday over concerns that protests there could spiral into riots. The 500 soldiers deployed to Milan come in addition to hundreds already stationed there, and will support about 5,000 police and other law enforcement perso…
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Agitators shooting fireworks at police in Dijon as clashes erupt between officers, youth
[Tweet URL] France's National Gendarmerie said Saturday that law enforcement is being targeted with fireworks in the eastern city of Dijon. "Diverted from their original use, these pyrotechnic weapons, fired horizontally, can reach a temperature on impact of up to 1,000°C," the agency said in a pos…
135 people arrested in France after potential weapons found: official
French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said Saturday that 135 people have been arrested so far across the country as a fresh wave of protests are developing, according to Reuters. Many of those arrested were taken into custody during pre-emptive searches by law enforcement, which uncovered firework…
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Tear gas, stun grenades being used on protesters in Lyon and Clermont-Ferrand: report
Reports emerged Saturday of French police pushing back against protesters in the southeastern part of the country. In the city of Clermont-Ferrand, officers used tear gas and stun grenades against demonstrators trying to reach the city center, French media reported. Video captured by Euronews on Sa…
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Huge crowds gather in Paris, France, as main protest march is underway
[Video ID] Fox News correspondent Jonathan Hunt reported Saturday that thousands of people have now gathered in Paris, France, as the main protest march in the French capital is underway. "This is a protest, it started obviously, about educational standards. High school students were leading the pr…
Thousands marching in Orléans, vow to be 'united against fascism' as National Rally holds convention
Thousands of people are currently marching in the city of Orléans, south of Paris, on Saturday as Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party is holding a political convention. Demonstrators were seen carrying a banner that read, "All united against fascism. For the popular rally and social prog…
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French official tells police in Paris 'It is going to be a long day': report
French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez told police in Paris on Saturday that "We have to be ultra, ultra responsive," ahead of planned protests in the French capital, according to Reuters. "We have significant calls for disruption from political groups and quite simply from criminals," Nuñez report…
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Paris police set up checkpoints to prevent people 'with bad intentions' from arriving in capital
The Paris Police Department said Saturday that it is "organizing massive checks, particularly in train stations and public transport, to deter those who might come to the capital with bad intentions." "Following 635 checks, numerous prohibited items have been seized and several arrests have been ma…
France deploys 70,000 police officers as museums, businesses brace for protests
French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said as many as 70,000 officers will be deployed nationwide Saturday, along with helicopters, armored vehicles and water cannons, as the country braces for another wave of anti-government protests that led to widespread rioting and looting last weekend. Parisi…
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