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France was reeling yesterday from widespread damage caused by violent protests the day before that saw 1,800 people arrested, a historic town hall torched and widespread looting. “It’s like we had a war,” a 78-year-old resident in central Paris, Mehmet Ozeden, told AFP amid burnt street barricades from the protests. The convulsion raised the stakes for President Emmanuel Macron, who is in his final months in power before elections to replace him in six months’ time. It followed weeks of student protests that had also turned violent at times. Macron, who Saturday vowed that anyone who had engaged in vandalism or looting would be prosecuted and punished, was to address the nation yesterday evening at 1800 GMT, his office said, after meeting key ministers. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said 1,800 people were arrested over the protests and looting, with investigations under way “to identify the perpetrators of these acts so they can be brought to justice”. Torched cars, smashed shopfronts and burnt debris scarred numerous streets in Paris, where officials said 557 people were in custody — around a third of them minors — after a “record” number of 855 arrests Saturday. The capital experienced “a level of violence that we have never, I believe, seen before”, said Paris deputy mayor Lamia El Aaraje. US President Donald Trump waded into the debate yesterday afternoon, blaming immigration for the unrest and urging France to tighten its migration rules. “France is burning! The immigration of people from an entirely different world, people with hatred in their hearts, has shattered that once great country,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. “Close your Borders and take control, before it is too late!” Trump’s post comes after similar comments made by Vice President JD Vance on Saturday. Hundreds of shops were looted in Paris and other cities, including Marseille, Bordeaux, Nice and Strasbourg, on the margins of protests over the cost of living. ...
The Pakistani army announced on Monday that one of its personnel and four militants were killed during an intelligence-based operation in the southwestern province of Balochistan, as part of the country’s counter-terrorism efforts. State-run Radio Pakistan reported a statement from the Pakistani military as saying that security forces conducted a series of sweep operations in the Shadi Kor area, near the town of Pasni in the province. During one of these operations, the advancing force came under attack, resulting in the death of one of its members. The statement added that during the operation, security forces clashed with the militants, leading to an intense exchange of fire that resulted in the deaths of all four militants. A large cache of weapons and ammunition was recovered during the operation. The Balochistan region has recently been witnessing rapidly unfolding security developments, with several clashes breaking out between government forces and armed groups. ...
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