Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith reports from France on the growing student protests across the country.
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Read the full report at Al JazeeraFrench students, parents and teachers continued protesting into a third week, saying their schools are falling apart. Aidan Stretch reports.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CBS News
A nationwide day of protest follows more than two weeks of demonstrations and blockades over school conditions. More than 5,000 people have been detained, many of them minors.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Washington Post
WorldPingProtests break out over understaffed, dilapidated schools; teenagers hold up smoke flares, placards…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Hindu
WorldPingThousands of demonstrators were massing under heavy police surveillance across France on Tuesday, as unions and teachers joined high school students who for days have been demanding better conditions in protests punctuated by violent confrontations.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
WorldPingFrance braced on Tuesday for a day of nationwide high-school blockades and trade union-led street protests in support of students demanding that President Emmanuel Macron's cash-strapped government tackle understaffed and dilapidated schools.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
School blockades and clashes intensify in France as frustration rises over government education policy.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Al Jazeera
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