France reports deploying massive security for protests, businesses boarding up windows

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• Euronews states: France has deployed a massive security operation for major protests on Saturday.

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  8 sources: CGTN, Euronews, Fox News, DW News, Business FM, TRT World, BBC World Service, Novaya Gazeta Europe

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  • CGTN · 22 Oct · Macron calls for halt to demonstrations in coming days (Original publication)
  • Euronews · 23 Oct · France bolsters security as businesses fear renewed unrest during Saturday protests (Original publication)
  • Fox News · 23 Oct · France on edge with 70,000 police deployed for unrest as authorities probe suspected terror attack near Paris (Original publication)
  • DW News · 23 Oct · France to deploy 70,000 police officers ahead of protests (Original publication)
  • Business FM · 24 Oct · Париж готовится к новым столкновениям протестующих мародеров с полицией и армией (Original publication)
  • DW News · 24 Oct · France: Clashes break out as protests go nationwide (Original publication)
  • TRT World · 24 Oct · France sees mass protests turn violent with clashes, arrests in multiple cities (Original publication)
  • BBC World Service · 24 Oct · Fireworks and tear gas as protesters and riot police clash in Paris (Original publication)
  • Euronews · 25 Oct · More than 1,300 arrests across France as protesters clashed with police (Original publication)
  • Novaya Gazeta Europe · 25 Oct · «Моя мама сказала протестовать мирно» (Original publication)
  • Business FM · 25 Oct · Полиция задержала свыше 1300 участников протестов во Франции (Original publication)

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  4 sources: Euronews, Business FM, Anadolu Agency, UNIAN

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  • Euronews · 23 Oct · France: shops barricaded in Lyon and Orléans for possible unrest (Original publication)
  • Business FM · 23 Oct · Bloomberg: Франция планирует ввести в города военных для сдерживания протестов (Original publication)
  • Euronews · 24 Oct · France on edge as fresh nationwide protests begin amid last-minute restrictions (Original publication)
  • Anadolu Agency · 24 Oct · French interior minister urges police to remain alert ahead of Paris protests (Original publication)
  • UNIAN · 24 Oct · Протесты во Франции отпугивают туристов: несколько стран предостерегли своих граждан от поездок (Original publication)

• Business FM states: In central Paris, stores are closed and street furniture has been removed.

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  5 sources: Fox News, Business FM, TRT World, BBC World Service, Novaya Gazeta Europe

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  • Fox News · 22 Oct · France's Macron blames protests on 'ultra-left groups whose aim is to bring down the Republic' (Original publication)
  • Business FM · 23 Oct · Bloomberg: Франция планирует ввести в города военных для сдерживания протестов (Original publication)
  • Business FM · 24 Oct · Париж готовится к новым столкновениям протестующих мародеров с полицией и армией (Original publication)
  • TRT World · 24 Oct · Paris shuts museums as France braces for new nationwide protests with massive security deployment (Original publication)
  • BBC World Service · 24 Oct · Fireworks and tear gas as protesters and riot police clash in Paris (Original publication)
  • Novaya Gazeta Europe · 25 Oct · «Моя мама сказала протестовать мирно» (Original publication)

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  1 source: Fox News

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  • Fox News · 23 Oct · France on edge with 70,000 police deployed for unrest as authorities probe suspected terror attack near Paris (Original publication)

• Fox News states: Businesses in central Paris are boarding up their windows out of concern for potential violence on Saturday.

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  2 sources: Fox News, Novaya Gazeta Europe

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  • Fox News · 22 Oct · France's Macron blames protests on 'ultra-left groups whose aim is to bring down the Republic' (Original publication)
  • Novaya Gazeta Europe · 25 Oct · «Моя мама сказала протестовать мирно» (Original publication)

• Fox News states: The Paris police prefecture previously stated that the ban was necessary due to the risk of street violence after groups of masked youth clashed with police forces, looted shops, and torched cars over the weekend.

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  6 sources: Fox News, Anadolu Agency, TRT World, Euronews, Novaya Gazeta Europe, Business FM

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  • Fox News · 22 Oct · France's Macron blames protests on 'ultra-left groups whose aim is to bring down the Republic' (Original publication)
  • Anadolu Agency · 24 Oct · French interior minister urges police to remain alert ahead of Paris protests (Original publication)
  • TRT World · 24 Oct · France sees mass protests turn violent with clashes, arrests in multiple cities (Original publication)
  • Euronews · 25 Oct · More than 1,300 arrests across France as protesters clashed with police (Original publication)
  • Novaya Gazeta Europe · 25 Oct · «Моя мама сказала протестовать мирно» (Original publication)
  • Business FM · 25 Oct · Полиция задержала свыше 1300 участников протестов во Франции (Original publication)