{
  "id": 15757546,
  "title": "October 17 riots in France: Who's responsible?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/october-17-riots-in-france-whos-responsible",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T14:41:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/entre-nous/20261020-october-17-riots-in-france-who-s-responsible"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "We take a look at who is responsible for the violence that broke out in France on October 17. We dive into who the casseurs, or lawbreakers, are and how a bill is proposing that they pay for the damage they caused. We also discuss the French government’s mea culpa and the ongoing political blame game, with a budding controversy over whether the vandals were \"ultra-left\" members or not.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "France in turmoil: What might follow a weekend of riots?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/france-in-turmoil-what-might-follow-a-weekend-of-riots",
        "published": "2026-10-20T14:44:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Troops deployed and curfews enforced to quell France riots",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/troops-deployed-and-curfews-enforced-to-quell-france-riots",
        "published": "2026-10-20T16:55:12.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}