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Police officers stand guard at the Place de la Bastille with The July Column in the background ahead of a demonstration in Paris on October 24, 2026 (Aris MESSINIS/AFP)
Major museums, art fair closed to public
France deploys thousands of police, restricts Paris march as it braces for new demonstrations
By Thomas Adamson, Samuel Petrequin and Sylvie Corbet
70,000 officers to be deployed, along with helicopters, armored vehicles and water cannons after mass riots and looting last week prompted accusations that government had lost control
Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham, right, speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron during a bilateral meeting at 10 Downing Street, in London, September 3, 2026. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)
October 23, 2026, 7:07 pm
France, Britain stage first joint nuclear air strike simulation
French Rafales carry out mock strike ‘Rummy’ escorted by British RAF Typhoons, as Paris and London deepen nuclear coordination amid rising tensions with Russia
By AFP
Police officers look at evidences on a site of a petrol station where a man opened fire from his car, killing one person and injuring four others according to police sources, in Trappes, Paris’ suburb on October 23, 2026. (Dimitar DILKOFF/AFP)
October 23, 2026, 3:13 pm
Gunman kills one, wounds four near Paris; French prosecutors suspect terrorism
Man opens fire from a vehicle in the town of Trappes, with country already on edge following riots and mass protests
By AFP
People watch and take photos of cleanup efforts after weekend protests over the cost of living turned into rioting and looting across France, in Paris, October 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Teresa Suarez)
October 22, 2026, 5:00 pm
France bans protests in major cities as authorities brace for new unrest
Macron says restrictions are needed to protect city centers and public buildings after a weekend of the country’s worst violence in years
By Samuel Petrequin and Sylvie Corbet
A collection of social media posts tying the violent protests in France to Jews and Israel (Screenshots)
October 20, 2026, 12:58 pm
Antisemitic conspiracies about French protests spread across social media – watchdog
Combat Antisemitism Movement finds 1,384 posts on X claiming that Jews, Israel, and Zionists are to blame for or are profiting from the widespread unrest over the weekend
By Zev Stub and Agencies
A man walks past a burnt out car on Rue Yves Toudic destroyed after a weekend of protests against the 'high cost of living,' in central Paris on October 19, 2026. (Kiran RIDLEY/AFP)
October 20, 2026, 2:04 am
France announces curfews in Paris and other cities as it grapples with violent unrest
French PM says he could still impose a state of emergency, after interior minister says police ‘lost control’ of massive protests that began over surging cost of living but widened
By Jeremy Tordjman, Lea Dauple and Nicholas Roll
Footage posted to social media shows the vandalized "Ohalei Yaakov" synagogue in Paris, October 18, 2026. (Screenshots/social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 19, 2026, 5:23 pm
French rioters vandalize Paris synagogue, set Jewish-owned shops ablaze in Marseille
Jewish Community Protection Service says vandals broke into captal’s Ohalei Yaakov synagogue, Torah scrolls unharmed; group says no evidence Jewish businesses deliberately targeted
By Ilan Bloom
This photograph shows a television monitor broadcasting France’s President Emmanuel Macron giving a speech from the Elysee Presidential Palace the day after riots and looting on the sidelines of nationwide protests over the cost of living, in Paris, France, on October 18, 2026. (Ludovic MARIN/AFP)
October 19, 2026, 12:39 am
Macron slams ‘unbridled’ riots in France, says ‘those who have destroyed must pay’
President blames ‘agitators from ultra-left groups,’ as Le Pen, far-right frontrunner in next year’s election, says incumbent is ‘running on fumes’; Trump: France ‘burning’ because of immigration
By Agencies
Vehicles at the site where Belgium's foreign minister says masked settlers attacked Western diplomats and officials near Taybeh, in the West Bank, on October 17, 2026. (Emad Diab/via REUTERS)
October 18, 2026, 6:26 pm
EU demands ‘full accountability’ after settler attack on diplomats in West Bank
European bloc also calls for ‘effective measures’ to prevent further attacks during olive harvest season, amid reports of new assaults on Sunday
By Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan, ToI Staff and Agencies
French gendarmes stand among rubbles and damages at the Hotel de Nesmond, the state’s official residence in Gironde, in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on October 18, 2026 a day after the building became a target of rioters during a nationwide protests against the “high cost of living." (Philippe Lopez/AFP)
October 18, 2026, 5:20 pm
‘Like we had a war’: France reels at cost of violent protests
Around 1,800 people arrested after hundreds of shops looted, a historic building burned to the ground, and a Paris synagogue vandalized; some 500 emergency personnel injured
By AFP
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (R) speaks with France’s Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot (L) at the Presidential Palace in Baabda on October 17, 2026. (Anwar AMRO/AFP)
October 18, 2026, 8:40 am
Lebanon seeks international presence in south from French FM as peace keeper exit nears
During Beirut visit, Aoun and French FM discuss post-UNIFIL security arrangement; Lebanon says next round of talks with Israel to be held Tuesday in Florida
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Fire burns and destroys the city hall after a group of individuals forced entry into the building during ongoing protest action against cost of living, in Limoges, central France, on October 17, 2026. (Melaine PAYZAL/AFP)
October 18, 2026, 6:24 am
Mass protests in France spiral into worst riots in years; 1,200 arrested, 150 cops injured
Hundreds of thousands protest cost of living; city hall torched as police use tear gas; teen protester loses hand after picking up stun grenade; PM blames ‘ultra-left,’ months before presidential election
By Janis Laizans, Stamos Prousalis and Yann Tessier
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a reception marking the opening of the Colombian Embassy in Jerusalem, held at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, October 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 17, 2026, 10:26 pm
Amid outrage, Netanyahu claims no ‘compelling evidence’ settlers attacked European diplomats
Despite images from scene of attack and IDF condemnation, PM suggests incident could be part of ‘coordinated smear campaign’; Belgium to push for EU sanctions on those involved
By Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan, ToI Staff and Agencies
A protester kicks a projectile as he stands among tear gas in front of Lyon’s tourism office during a demonstration to protest against the “high cost of living,” in Lyon, southeastern France, on October 17, 2026. (Jeff PACHOUD/AFP)
October 17, 2026, 4:42 pm
Police, demonstrators clash as mass cost-of-living demonstrations rock France
Police use tear gas, water cannons and stun grenades against protesters who shot fireworks at officers, broke into the Marseille town hall and set buildings on fire
By AFP
An Air France Airbus A320 approaches for landing in Lisbon, Portugal, October 10, 2023. (AP/Armando Franca)
October 11, 2026, 1:25 pm
Fate of French shipment to Elbit unclear after anti-Israel groups push for it to be nixed
The cargo, said to contain gears for military vehicles, was reportedly blocked from an Air France flight, then wasn’t loaded onto El Al jet; defense firm declines to comment
By ToI Staff and Sharon Wrobel
This courtroom sketch made on October 5, 2026 shows Indian national Rohan Rane (L) appearing during his trial for having run a masculinist discussion group and over allegedly forcing minors in which young girls, most of them minors, were forced to engage in sexual acts online and to mutilate themselves, at the assizes courthouse in Paris. (Benoit PEYRUCQ/AFP)
October 10, 2026, 2:06 pm
France jails head of sadist Nazi group that tortured girls, many of them Black or Jewish
Indian man imprisoned for 20 years; dozens of mostly American girls targeted, many of them aged under 15; victims forced to perform sexual acts, carve swastikas into their skin
By AFP
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