French protests: Almost 1,000 arrested, Laurent Nuñez says, as clashes erupt

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Almost 1,000 people have been arrested during protests across France, the interior minister says, as clashes erupt after a day of mostly peaceful demonstrations
In Porte de Vincennes, Paris, protesters threw objects towards the police, while barricades were set alight in Marseille and people ripped boards from a shop in Bordeaux
Police fired tear gas in cities including Lyon and Nantes as hundreds of thousands took to the streets across France - 110,000 protesters marched in Paris alone, police say
Tear gas filled my eyes as protest turned ugly, writes our reporter in Paris, showing how violent standoffs mark the end of these bouts of unrest
Today's marches follow last weekend's riots and looting that saw more than 2,700 arrested across France - why are people protesting?
Elsewhere in Europe, protests have also been taking place today in Brussels, Rome and Milan

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Edited by Matt Spivey and Charlotte Hadfield, with Nick Beake and Mark Lowen in Paris

Multiple Paris metro stations shut down ahead of protestspublished at 10:56 BST 24 October

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Access to République metro station - where protesters have been assembling in recent weeks - is closed and transport across the Paris metro system is widely affected by today's protests
Paris's transport authority, the RATP, confirms several metro stations in the French capital have been shut down because of today's protests. Here's a quick look at which ones are not operating:
- M1: Tuileries, Concorde, Champs-Élysée-Clemenceau, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George V, Charles de Gaulle-Étoile, Argentine won't be served
- M2: No service between Nation and Barbès - Rochechouart; trains do not stop at Charles de Gaulle-Étoile
- M3: Access to République metro station will be shut until Sunday
- M4: Trains won't stop at the central stations of Odéon, Saint-Germain-des-Prés et Saint-Sulpice
- M6: No service between Kléber et Charles de Gaulle – Étoile; trains are not stopping at Picpus, Bel-Air, Daumesnil et Dugommier
- M8: The stations of Concorde and Daumesnil won't be served
- M9: No services stopping at Franklin D. Roosevelt and Miromesnil
- M10: The stations of Sèvres - Babylone, Mabillon, Odéon, Cluny - La Sorbonne et Maubert - Mutualité won't be served
- M12: No service between Notre-Dame-des-Champs and Madeleine
- M13: The Varenne, Champs-Élysées – Clemenceau et Miromesnil won't be served
Businesses brace for impact in Parispublished at 10:48 BST 24 October

We can now bring you some pictures from the streets of Paris this morning, where businesses have been boarding up their windows.
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Watch: France 'at a very volatile moment' ahead of further protestspublished at 10:43 BST 24 October

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France 'at a very volatile moment' ahead of further protests
Yellow vest map plots hundreds of protests across Francepublished at 10:41 BST 24 October

A map from the yellow vests - key participants in last weekend's protests - shows more than 700 gatherings planned across France on Saturday.
Their website calls the October 24 protests "Act II", proclaiming: "Macron must go and make way for the people!"
The site calls on Gen Z protesters, school and university students, farmers, workers, climate activists and pensioners to come together.
The group also expresses anger at paying "ever-increasing prices for gas, groceries, and rent".
Image source, Gilet Jaune

France braces for another day of mass protestspublished at 10:23 BST 24 October

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France is bracing for another day of protests, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to join despite some gatherings being banned by authorities.
Protest bans and curfews are in place in many cities, and Paris has closed a number of central metro stations.
The protests began in September with students unhappy about conditions in schools. Yesterday, President Emmanuel Macron met with students representatives to discuss several commitments to improve educational standards.
But people from other parts of French society have become involved in protests, which have grown to include discontent about the cost of living and government inaction on climate change, and some have descended into violence, arson and looting.
A conference by the hard-right National Rally in Orléans could prove to be a flashpoint today, with protesters from left-wing groups also expected to descend on the city.
The French interior ministry says that 70,000 police officers will be deployed across the country, after the government was accused of failing to prepare for the large-scale protests last weekend.
Stay with us as we bring you the latest updates.
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Protesters light a fire outside a grocery store near the Champs-Elysees during a demonstration in Paris last Saturday