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Students across France are blockading schools over inadequate funding, staff shortages, overcrowded classrooms and deteriorating buildings. Fires were reported at schools in Nantes and Rouen. The interior ministry said 1,949 people were arrested and 305 police officers injured on Thursday, while the government described the demonstrations as having descended into “urban violence”.
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Fires break out at French schools as student protests spread
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