{
  "id": 11457427,
  "title": "Why are French students taking to the streets? Around 400 schools shut as protests spread across the country",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/why-are-french-students-taking-to-the-streets-around-400-schools-shut",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T14:01:30.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/world/why-are-french-students-taking-to-the-streets-around-400-schools-shut-as-protests-spread-across-the-country-11790945864117.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Around 400 French high schools have been closed as student protests over teacher shortages, overcrowding and poor facilities spread nationwide, with clashes, fires, and arrests prompting the government to step up security talks.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "Tear gas and fires on French streets as student protests turn violent",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/tear-gas-and-fires-on-french-streets-as-student-protests-turn-violent",
        "published": "2026-10-02T11:40:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "French high schools shut as protests intensify",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/french-high-schools-shut-as-protests-intensify",
        "published": "2026-10-02T11:50:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "School protests send shivers down French government's spine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/school-protests-send-shivers-down-french-governments-spine",
        "published": "2026-10-02T12:43:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Protests shutter hundreds of French schools as violence flares",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/protests-shutter-hundreds-of-french-schools-as-violence-flares",
        "published": "2026-10-02T13:12:45.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}