Today, French cities have been given the power to implement partial curfews after violence across France over the weekend.

Hundreds of thousands of people turned out for protests against falling education standards and the rising cost of living.

There were outbreaks of rioting, looting, and arson, after weeks of student-led rallies across the country.

Adam is joined by the Financial Times’ Paris bureau chief, Leila Abboud, and Politico’s chief Europe correspondent, Marion Solletty, to discuss the situation on the ground, and how the government might respond just six months before the French presidential election.

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Huge crowds have flocked to a canal in South Korea to watch a stranded shark.

Bukangi was first spotted in the waterway last month in the south-eastern city of Busan.

Now a third attempt has been made to rescue the female using nets to guide her back to the open sea.

The BBC’s Seoul correspondent Jake Kwon has been in Busan to follow the latest attempt to rescue Bukangi.

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People in the province of Alberta will vote on 19 October on whether they want to start the process of separating from the rest of Canada.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has called the upcoming referendum a “dangerous bluff”, comparing it to the Brexit vote that saw the UK leave the European Union.

But supporters of Albertan independence believe that the oil-rich province has long been overlooked by decision-makers in Ottawa, the national capital, and that federal environmental policies have hindered its ability to develop its natural resources.

So, could Alberta really become its own country?

The BBC’s Nadine Yousif takes us on a journey through Alberta to talk to both supporters and opponents of separation about their hopes for the country’s future.

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Tens of thousands of people are demonstrating across France, in protest at what they say is under-investment in high schools.

Some protests over the past week in France have turned violent, as protesters and authorities clashed.

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said: “Burning down a high school does not improve the state of high school buildings. Lynching a teacher does not help replace teachers”, adding it is a “lie” to suggest the government had ordered “police repression” against demonstrators.

Our correspondents report from the scene of the protests. In this video…

0:00 – Protests in France

0:25 – Fire in Lille

0:55 – Why are students protesting?

03:27 – Teachers join protests

04:56 – Peaceful gathering in Lille

05:45 – Violence this week

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The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light moved into a former orphanage in Crewe, Cheshire, in 2021. Its American-born leader, …

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