# Couple enjoy a drink as fires burn nearby amid Paris unrest

https://mins.news/en/video/106415

- Guardian News, 2026-10-19 14:15 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbMi6KEE3ig

> A couple dined on a café terrace near the Arc de Triomphe on Saturday as a bin burned nearby, close to a main site of rioting in central Paris. Protests that began over teacher absences and dilapidated school buildings have widened into a movement over living costs and declining education standards.

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