Many French schools are still closed as protests over learning conditions continue across the country.
Many French schools are still closed as protests over learning conditions continue across the country, with violence, blockades and hundreds of arrests. Al Jazeera’s Natacha Butler spoke to students demonstrating in Paris.
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