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  "id": 15361256,
  "title": "Buildings set ablaze and more than 1,200 arrested as police clash with protesters across France",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/buildings-set-ablaze-and-more-than-1-200-arrested-as-police-clash",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T05:35:42.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/buildings-set-ablaze-and-more-than-1200-arrested-as-police-clash-with-protesters-across-france"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "More than 1,200 people were arrested in France on Saturday after protesters supporting high school students clashed with police, with some demonstrations later spiralling out of control as buildings were set ablaze and shops looted. Police fired tear gas in confrontations with protesters, as demonstrations across France were boosted by other groups angry about high […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "GBC Ghana",
        "title": "Scores detained in Paris as protesters clash with police during nationwide demonstrations in France",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/scores-detained-in-paris-as-protesters-clash-with-police-during",
        "published": "2026-10-17T17:28:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "New nationwide protests rock France as buildings looted, burned",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/new-nationwide-protests-rock-france-as-buildings-looted-burned",
        "published": "2026-10-18T02:41:44.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "France erupts in violence: Nationwide clashes, fires and looting; 1,200 arrested",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/france-erupts-in-violence-nationwide-clashes-fires-and-looting-1-200",
        "published": "2026-10-18T03:44:55.000Z"
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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."
}