Football star received minimum penalty and will also have to pay a 255 euro fine. Disciplinary committee took into account 'the remorse shown' in Ronaldo's October 6 statement.
After a crisis meeting, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the government was ready to impose a state of emergency 'if needed.' Paris police announced a curfew from 11 pm on Monday until 6 am Tuesday in certain areas. It also announced a ban on protesting in certain areas from 8 pm to 6 am.
While they condemned looting and vandalism, high school and university students interviewed by Le Monde after Saturday's nationwide protest contrasted those acts with police brutality. They want to continue what they called a 'joyful' and 'moving' movement until their demands are heard.
The City of Paris and the building's management are charged with 'manslaughter,' 'involuntary injury' and 'destruction by explosion or fire.' The disaster on Rue de Trévise left four dead and more than 200 injured and displaced.
More than 2,500 people were arrested after violence broke out amid demonstrations on that saw some half a million people turn out across France to protest against the cost of living.
People look at a charred car on Place de la République the day after a demonstration against rising living costs, joining students' grievances, in Paris, October 18, 2026.
Since early morning on Monday, October 19, the Louvre has remained closed to visitors, after students blocked access to show their support for the high school student protest movement.
Demonstrators and students in front of the closed entrance to the Louvre Museum during a protest in support of high school student mobilization, in Paris, on October 19, 2026.
At the head of the movement that bears his name, the mysterious Abdul Malik al-Houthi combines religious, political and military authority, without ever appearing in public.
After a crisis meeting, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the government was ready to impose a state of emergency 'if needed.' Paris police announced a curfew from 11 pm on Monday until 6 am Tuesday in certain areas. It also announced a ban on protesting in certain areas from 8 pm to 6 am.
On Sunday evening, nearly 7,000 people gathered in Limoges to condemn the violent aftermath of the protests. The mayor blamed the 'ultra-left.' The investigation is ongoing.
One day after the beating of a 'Washington Post' photographer, settlers attacked a convoy of European diplomats, including the French and Belgian consuls general in Jerusalem and the French mayor.
In a bid to break the deadlock with neither the left nor the right blocs able to build a majority, speaker Andreas Norlen said he asked Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist to explore the conditions for a 'middle option.'
His role as a sensitive, tormented chef in 'The Bear' catapulted the 35-year-old New York actor into a new league. The worlds of film and fashion have been clamoring for his open masculinity. After taking on the role of Bruce Springsteen, White plays journalist Jeff Horowitz, exposing Facebook's failings in Aaron Sorkin's 'The Social Reckoning.'
The Louvre Museum was blocked by protesting students on Monday, while authorities in Marseille said that public gatherings would be banned from noon to 8 pm.
The French prime minister said he had asked regional authorities to impose curfews in some cities on Monday evening. Authorities in Marseille said that public gatherings would be banned from noon to 8 pm.
Protesters, including students from the Ecole du Louvre, block the entrance to the Louvre Museum to express their support for the high school students’ movement and to denounce police repression in Paris on October 19, 2026.
The violence on the fringes of protests across France on Saturday is the result of the evolution of the political system during Emmanuel Macron's presidency, marked by the rise of radical parties that promote a conflict-driven vision of society and a confrontational approach.
Laurent Nuñez acknowledged a 'lack of anticipation' in the deployment of security forces during Saturday's nationwide demonstrations, which were marred by large crowds of rioters and looters on the fringes.
French Education Minister Edouard Geffray, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, Higher Education Minister Philippe Baptiste at a crisis meeting, in Paris, October 18, 2026.
After nationwide demonstrations that descended into chaos on Saturday, the streets of the French capital still bore the marks of vandalism on Sunday night, alongside the carefree atmosphere of an ordinary weekend.
The MAGA movement and the Kremlin, along with European far-right groups, described the demonstrations in France as a consequence of immigration and the decline of 'Western civilization,' while other observers saw them as a sign of the Macron era's twilight.
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