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The aggressive police tactics that led to the death of Nahel Merzouk reflect wider problems in French society

French President Emmanuel Macron is to meet on Tuesday with some 220 mayors of towns that have witnessed riots that broke out since the death of the 17-year-old Nahel M. at the hands of a police officer. Seeking to suppress the violent unrest that has swept across major cities the…

As Nahel’s coffin was lowered into the ground, his mother bravely declared: ‘It is finished.’ But Bel Trew is told the country’s reckoning with racism and nights of rioting are only just beginning

Thousands of mourners gathered to lay Nahel Merzouk, 17, to rest in Nanterre amid rioting across the country

France has seen five consecutive nights of rioting across the country following the death of a 17-year-old during a traffic stop

Following a night where 1,300 people were arrested across France, 45,000 police officers have been deployed again across the country, after the killing of a teenager at a police checkpoint sparked unrest that prompted President Emmanuel Macron to postpone a trip to Germany.

The Man Who Pays His Way: Tens of thousands of British travellers are booked to travel to France on Sunday alone

The killing of 17-year-old Nahel M. during a police traffic stop this week was a depressingly familiar addition to France’s list of police brutality cases. But when the UN called on the government to address racial discrimination in its police force, the official reaction was just as familiar and depressing…

Emmanuel Macron has to find a way to deal with the anger and resentment simmering in communities on the margins