French protesters return to the streets
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French protesters return to the streets

B1IntermediateOctober 25, 202627 min
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Protests against poor economic conditions have been held across France. Nearly 1,000 people have been arrested after clashes with riot police in cities including Paris and Marseilles. Also: campaigning intensifies ahead of the US mid-term elections. We have a special report from the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. Gianni Infantino claims the "vast majority" supports his bid for re-election as head of world football's governing body, FIFA. Final rallies are held in Brazil ahead of Sunday's presidential run-off election between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro. One man has been arrested after Hitler's Ea...

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Listen on BBC.com, the BBC app or wherever you get your podcasts. This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Andrew Peach and in the early hours of Sunday 25th October these are our main stories. French police arrest nearly a thousand people during a day of mass protests over the cost

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