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  "id": 11939038,
  "title": "Up to 500 French schools to be totally or partly closed Monday amid student protests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/up-to-500-french-schools-to-be-totally-or-partly-closed-monday-amid",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T12:50:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/france/20261004-up-to-500-french-schools-to-be-totally-or-partly-closed-monday-due-to-protests"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Lessons will be \"totally or partly suspended\" at up to 500 high schools across France on Monday, the country's education minister has said, after days of sometimes violent protests against teacher shortages, dilapidated school buildings and overcrowding in classrooms. The minister said 24 schools had been \"burned or ransacked\" since the start of protests.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "What is fuelling French school protests?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/what-is-fuelling-french-school-protests",
        "published": "2026-10-04T05:12:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Paris on the boil: Student protests ‘out of control’, cars set on fire, French cops use ‘tear gas’ to disperse crowd | What we know",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/paris-on-the-boil-student-protests-out-of-control-cars-set-on-fire",
        "published": "2026-10-04T07:25:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "French student protests escalate: Up to 500 schools to remain closed on Monday, 5 October",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/french-student-protests-escalate-up-to-500-schools-to-remain-closed",
        "published": "2026-10-04T13:58:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Local France",
        "title": "What is fuelling French school protests?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/what-is-fuelling-french-school-protests-11951032",
        "published": "2026-10-04T15:00:46.000Z"
      }
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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."
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