More than 1,800 people have been arrested and streets and buildings devastated in France after nationwide protests involving hundreds of thousands of demonstrators.
At least half a million people protested rising living costs on Saturday, according to the Interior Ministry – as violent fringe groups set fire to buildings, looted businesses and supermarkets and attacked police vehicles. One protester died after suffering a cardiac arrest during a protest in Paris, where police made a record 855 arrests.
