Crime & Justice
France imposes partial curfews after weekend riots
October 19, 2026 at 06:29 PM · Updated 9m ago
4 reports · 2 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 1 hour
MAMasrawy
فرنسا تُحاصر "أعمال الشغب" وتفرض حظر تجول في 4 مُدن بعد اضطرابات واسعة
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CNCNN
The rioting across France is a symptom of a much larger public and political crisis
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SNSky News Arabia
بعد أعمال الشغب.. حظر تجول بمدن في شمال فرنسا
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TGThe Guardian
The Guardian view on France’s protests: a polarised country is in a perilous political moment | Editorial
(opens the publisher’s site)France has imposed partial curfews in four northern cities following weekend riots, looting and arson across the country.
- Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced a partial curfew in four northern French cities from 8pm to 6am for Monday and Tuesday nights.
- Weekend riots across major cities led to some 2,400 arrests, with looting in Paris, Marseille and Bordeaux and fire damage to Limoges' city hall.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez offered his resignation over the police's failure to contain the rioting; President Emmanuel Macron refused it.
- Macron condemned the violence in a televised address, warning against politicians seizing on the chaos, then departed for a three-day Gulf visit.
- The unrest began as protests over education demands before spreading nationwide over living costs and energy prices.