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Fires, fury and hundreds of arrests as France gripped by student protests

Government struggling to deal with worst crisis in months after being taken by surprise by massive demonstrations Europe live – latest updates As dozens of school pupils sat on top of a pile of wheelie bins blocking a high school entrance in north-eastern Paris, Sophia, 17, was…

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