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France erupts in violence: Tear gas and fireworks as masked demonstrators storm Marseille City Hall

Clashes began before a rally was due to start in Paris’s Place de la République, with tear gas also deployed in Marseille and Lyon – At least 166 arrests and 140 demonstrations recorded by midday – Macron appeals for calm

Albania: Anti-Rama student protests spread nationwide, with clashes, injuries and arrests

School and university students take to the streets in seven cities, demanding the prime minister’s resignation. Socialist Party offices attacked in Shkodër, schoolgirl injured in Lezhë. Rama accuses the opposition of inciting violence and blames ‘foreign hands’

French school protests escalate as more than 600 arrested and 119 injured

Excerpt: Student protests over overcrowded classes and teacher shortages have spread across France, with 625 arrests, 119 injured and 356 schools affected as the government and the hard left trade blame

The situation is escalating in Ceuta: Spaniards set illegal immigrants’ tents on fire & block food distribution (video)

They are protesting the invasion of illegal immigrants in the enclave

Clashes following Paris Saint-Germain’s victory in the Champions League have boosted the polling figures of Marine Le Pen & Jordan Bardella (videos)

47% in France now say they would like the president of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, to play an important role in the coming months & years, while 40% mention the party’s traditional leader, Marine Le Pen

Clashes after anti-government protest against Rama in Tirana (video)

Molotov cocktails and fireworks were thrown at the office of Albania’s Prime Minister, Edi Rama – Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd

Brutal attack on kickboxer Giannis Tsoukalas in Serbia after winning the World Championship title by knockout (video)

The Greek athlete defeated Serbia’s Vahid Kičara for the WKU professional world title at -67 kg – Tsoukalas was taken to hospital as a precaution

Brussels: Clashes and tear gas at farmers’ protest (videos)

Thousands of farmers are in Brussels to protest against the EU-Mercosur agreement

Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister sentenced to death for the bloody crackdown on last year’s protests

78-year-old Hasina was tried in absentia on charges of crimes against humanity - She is in India where she fled after her removal from power in August 2024

Clashes at the Polytechnic with violence and damages – There were injured who were taken to hospital

Violent clashes broke out on Saturday morning at the Athens Polytechnic, which opened its gates early in the day for the three-day events marking the 52nd anniversary of the uprising

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