France on Seven Lights https://sevenlights.org/tags/france/ Recent content in France on Seven Lights Hugo en-us Sun, 25 Oct 2026 07:26:00 -0400 More Than 1,300 Arrested as Protests Across France Turn to Clashes https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/25/france-protests-arrests-clashes-october/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 07:26:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/25/france-protests-arrests-clashes-october/ Hundreds of thousands marched across France on October 24 against the cost of living and shortfalls in schools and public services. Police fired tear gas and water cannon after nightfall, and the interior ministry reported more than 1,300 arrests. Macron Calls Paris-Suburb Shooting 'a Turning Point' as Terror Probe Opens https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/24/trappes-shooting-macron-turning-point/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:30:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/24/trappes-shooting-macron-turning-point/ One person was killed and five wounded, including a 12-year-old girl shot eight times, in a shooting at a petrol station, a medical centre and a playground in Trappes, south-west of Paris, in an attack President Macron called racist and terrorist. France reports first human case of Shamonda virus, but says there's no public health risk https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/22/france-first-human-shamonda-virus-case/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:20:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/22/france-first-human-shamonda-virus-case/ French authorities confirmed the first known human case of the Shamonda virus, a livestock virus mainly found in cattle, in a patient in Lyon who died in early October.