Latest: France to deploy troops to support police before 24 October protests
5 events since 17 October 2026, when it began with "Half a million join youth-led cost-of-living protests across France"
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Soldiers will free up police for crowd control as a new day of protest is called.
The president left on a three-day tour to secure fuel supplies while curfews were in force at home.
Parts of Paris and Lyon went under overnight curfew; more than 2,500 people were in custody.
IAC president Hemant Patil said the movement's finances need "closer scrutiny". He cited no evidence.
Prayer books were scattered and Torah scrolls left unharmed; the SPCJ found no evidence Jewish sites were deliberately targeted.
Fact-checkers found the clip was almost certainly AI-generated; no outlet reported any such event.
5 events since 17 October 2026, when it began with "Half a million join youth-led cost-of-living protests across France"
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