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World Service,06 Oct 2026,49 mins

Tear gas in Paris and Marseille as school protests grow across France

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The French government has denied it ordered police repression against students, after hundreds of young people were injured in nationwide protests. The Interior Ministry said more than a quarter of a million people took part today. Also on the programme: our reporter meets Yemeni civilians determined to defeat the Houthis; and hundreds of items from the personal archive of the influential American film director Stanley Kubrick are going to auction for the first time. (Riot police run past garbage bins and object set on fire amid clashes with protesters during a demonstration by high school and university students. October 6. Credit: Reuters)

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