https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/live-police-fire-tear-gas-at-student-protesters-in-paris-ahead-of-afternoon-marches-nationwideContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/live-police-fire-tear-gas-at-student-protesters-in-paris-ahead-of-afternoon-marches-nationwidehttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/live-police-fire-tear-gas-at-student-protesters-in-paris-ahead-of-afternoon-marches-nationwide#u133144Sun, 18 Oct 2026 20:12:01 +0000French security forces are using tear gas, water cannons, and rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of thousands of protesters across the country. Demonstrations began with high school students demanding better school conditions but have expanded to include workers protesting high prices and a fraying social welfare system. Clashes have intensified in Paris, where police fired tear gas at a barricaded high school and in the Place de la République. More than 160 people have been detained nationwide, and Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez reported that 11 police officers were hospitalized following T