A major day of protests in France on Saturday turned into rioting and looting.

Some 550,000 demonstrators took to the streets for largely peaceful protests, and French President Emmanuel Macron said a distinction must be drawn between the “legitimate demands” of protesters and “those who destroyed, smashed and looted”.

So – what are their demands? And will they be met?

In this video…
0:00 – Montage
0:48 – What happened in France over the weekend
1:39 – Where the protests took place across France
2:26 – Business owner says more than a hundred thousand Euros worth of goods were stolen
3:20 – Why are people protesting?
4:06 – Who are the people taking part?
5:01 – AI videos going viral
6:46 – Powers for partial curfews in some French cities
7:34 – Impact on the next election in France

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Nearly 1,000 arrests were made as hundreds of thousands people took part in another day of protests across France.

After a day of largely peaceful demonstrations, clashes occurred late on Saturday with police firing tear gas and water cannons to disperse protestors in a number of cities including Paris.

The interior ministry said an estimated 410,000 people protested on Saturday, while the unions put the number at about 800,000.

Hundreds of people have been jailed for vandalism, arson and looting after the protests over the cost of living and poor school conditions descended into chaos.

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US President Donald Trump has said Iran will “never have a nuclear weapon” in his preliminary deal to end the war.

Speaking at the G7 summit, Trump also said that without him “there would be no Israel” and criticised Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu.

Fighting between Hezbollah and Israel has continued, and Iran has said Israeli troops must withdraw from Lebanon.

Netanyahu said his troops will not be withdrawing and the framework deal was reached between Iran and the US, not Israel.

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Barclays is cutting its staff by around 5,000 as it is increasing reliance on artificial intelligence (AI).

The banking group expects to close what amounts to 5% of its global workforce by the end of this year.

The bank’s cost reductions are focused on its UK retail bank, but some back office functions for the UK are done in India, where a significant proportion of the job cuts are expected to fall.

Barclays said the changes were the result of an ongoing modernisation plan, with the use of AI being the “icing on the cake” of its strategy.

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