France protests latest: Paris and Nice impose curfews as Trump tries to exploit riots for midterm gains
Hundreds of thousands of people protested this weekend over declining public services and rising cost-of-living pressures
Curfews for minors have been introduced in several French cities following a weekend of rioting and looting, with restrictions in some areas set to remain in place until next week.
In designated areas of Lille, Douai, Wattignies, and Denain, unaccompanied minors are subject to a curfew from 8pm to 6am for two nights. Nice has introduced a nightly curfew for minors in specified neighbourhoods from 9pm to 6am until 25 October.
In Bordeaux, unaccompanied minors are barred from specified areas between 10pm and 7am until 26 October.
In Paris, police announced a separate curfew from 11pm on Monday until 6am on Tuesday in designated areas around Place de la République, where rioting took place on Saturday, and Les Halles, a shopping district targeted by looters.
Demonstrations were also banned in other designated areas of the capital from 8pm on Monday until 6am on Tuesday.
Lyon has imposed a curfew in part of its city centre from 9pm on Monday until 6am on Tuesday.
