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  "id": 11454640,
  "title": "Students and police clash as France struggles to quell school protests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/students-and-police-clash-as-france-struggles-to-quell-school-protests-11454640",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T13:40:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261002-students-and-police-clash-as-france-struggles-to-quell-school-protests"
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  "summary": "Riot police clashed with high school students in cities across France on Friday, as President Emmanuel Macron's government battled to contain increasingly violent protests over classroom conditions and funding. The protest movement has forced the closure or disrupted education at more than 560 establishments.",
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        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "France closes 400 high schools as teens protests escalate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/france-closes-400-high-schools-as-teens-protests-escalate",
        "published": "2026-10-02T09:11:50.000Z"
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        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "France: 400 schools closed as student protests continue",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/france-400-schools-closed-as-student-protests-continue",
        "published": "2026-10-02T09:17:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Hundreds of high schools in France close as new protests against conditions erupt",
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        "outlet": "RFI English",
        "title": "France closes 400 schools as student unrest over conditions continues",
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        "published": "2026-10-02T10:33:51.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "France rocked by protests as nearly 400 schools close amid student-police clashes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/france-rocked-by-protests-as-nearly-400-schools-close-amid-student",
        "published": "2026-10-02T10:49:08.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Violent protests in France over state of education lead to closure of nearly 400 schools",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/violent-protests-in-france-over-state-of-education-lead-to-closure-of",
        "published": "2026-10-02T11:02:33.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Students and police clash as France struggles to quell school protests",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/students-and-police-clash-as-france-struggles-to-quell-school-protests",
        "published": "2026-10-02T11:24:53.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "France Protests Escalate As Nearly 400 Schools Shut, Students Clash With Police",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/france-protests-escalate-as-nearly-400-schools-shut-students-clash",
        "published": "2026-10-02T11:25:45.000Z"
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