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Cover image: French riot police secure the area near Parisβs Place de la Concorde with the Eiffel tower in the background, amid clashes with protesters during a day of demonstrations across France, October 17, 2026. Β© Stephanie Lecocq, French authorities have issued a curfew for Place de la Republiqueβand theβstreets around Les Halles in central Paris to take effect on Monday night from 11pm until 6am Tuesday. Earlier, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez admitted that police had "lost control" of the protests in several cities, while the Yellow Vest movement called for a new round of protests on Saturday. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Hundreds of electric bikes damaged in France's weekend riots Shared-mobility operator Dott said in a statement to on Monday β that about 300 of its electric bikes were destroyed and 120 severely damaged in Paris during the nationwide protests on Saturday, which turned violent βin several cities. It has 6,000 bikes in the city. The company βalso said 80 vehicles, including bikes and scooters, were destroyed in Bordeaux and 30 to 40 scooters in Lyon.
It estimated the damage at around β¬400,000 ($450,000). Lime said some of its shared bicycles βand scooters in Paris were destroyed or damaged during the protests, with the company losing about 6 percent of its Paris βfleet. Several governments have warned their citizens travelling to France to take precautionary measures to avoid being caught up in violent demonstrations.
Here are some of the advisories issued by countries. Italy said its citizens should register their βpresence in France on a website or an app to enable them to β be located, as it warned them to avoid large crowds and exercise extreme caution. The German foreign ministry said further riots in the coming days couldn't be ruled βout and urged German nationals to follow instructions from local police.
It βwarned citizens that they could face fines or claims for damages if they failed to leave marches and βpublic gatherings, CTK news agency reported. The security situation in France has deteriorated, according to the avoid places where demonstrations are taking place, though there was no change to its overall guidance about whether France was The Dutch government βin an advisory last updated on October urging their citizens βin France to avoid demonstrations and have urged Chinese βnationals planning to travel to the country precautions, and avoid areas where demonstrations are taking Malaysia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it is monitoring unrestricted, Malaysians are β advised to consider postponing Malaysians in βFrance to exercise caution and remain vigilant. French digital minister invites Vinted, Amazon, eBay, Leboncoin, Meta for talks on resale of stolen goods France's digital minister on Monday urged online resale platforms to remove listings for "stolen items" following Saturday's looting and summoned representatives of companies including Vinted and eBay for talks.
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