Student activist Neha Bora, a prominent face of the protests, ‌who was detained on Friday as she tried to reach central Delhi with dozens of supporters, was released on Saturday.

In Brazil, deforestation in the Amazon has reached its lowest level in 40 years. President Lula is bolstering his environmental record just over a week before the second round of the presidential election, in which he faces Flávio Bolsonaro.

"Mothers of Kherson" has opened at Poland's National Opera. The performance was co-produced with New York's Metropolitan Opera and created in close association with Save Ukraine, a group helping to bring back Ukrainian children who remain in Russia. More than four years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the opera aims to "reawaken" global interest in the war.

Police and protesters clashed in Paris and other French cities on Saturday, with smoke from fires and tear gas filling the air at demonstrations nationwide against high prices, ahead of elections to replace President Emmanuel Macron. "Two fires broke out in Place de la République," reports France 24's Antonia Kerrigan from the ground.

The teenage gunman who shot dead three children and a teacher in an Oregon school was a former special needs student there, officials said Friday, as they praised the heroism of people who helped to shorten the rampage.

Saturday’s mobilisation in France follows calls on social media to revive the Yellow Vests movement, which emerged in 2018 against social injustice. Student groups protesting since mid-September have urged supporters to join. We discuss this with our journalist on the ground, Antonia Kerrigan, and our guest, Paul Smith, head of Modern Languages at the University of Nottingham.

In France, protests are under way across the country this Saturday. Demonstrators are protesting against the high cost of living, as well as poor working and studying conditions. We discuss this with France 24's Jamie Smith-Maillet.

Protesters across France called for street demonstrations on Saturday against rising living costs. France 24's Antonia Kerrigan reports from Paris. "The march from here to Place de Clichy isn't set to start for another hour. However, we've seen it kicking off extremely early doors. It seems that what's happened is that police attempted to block the protesters from reaching Place de la République, and we saw the use of tear gas. We've seen people running with their masks on. We also saw the use of stun grenades."

190 000 people could demonstrate this Saturday in France. They called for street demonstrations Saturday against rising living costs, joining high school students' grievances over education conditions after more than three weeks of school blockades.

French authorities detained dozens on Saturday at the start of nationwide protests against the cost of living, in what is likely to be a key indicator of the social climate heading toward elections to replace President Emmanuel Macron. France 24's Antonia Kerrigan tells us more.

Cameroonian journalist Ambe Macmillan is recovering in hospital after being shot in the legs by gunmen in the north-western city of Bamenda. A young woman was also killed as the attackers opened fire on mourners attending a wake. The shooting has renewed concerns about the dangers facing journalists in Cameroon's English-speaking regions, after years of conflict between government forces and separatist groups.

The town of Masaka in southern Uganda is currently conducting a Phase 1 trial of a vaccine candidate against the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, which is circulating in the region. There is currently no approved treatment or vaccine for this strain.

Kenya has confirmed a third case of Ebola, a relative of a man who died earlier this month after travelling from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The health ministry said the 65-year-old woman tested positive while in quarantine, where she has been since 5 October. The second patient, a 39-year-old man from the same family, is in a stable condition. Health officials say there is no evidence of community transmission, as both individuals were under quarantine. However, three contacts have yet to be traced. Our correspondent Bastien Renouil tells us more.

Russia on Saturday hailed US President Donald Trump's move to waive new sanctions on it as "historic", as Ukraine worries he is taking Moscow's side in Europe's worst conflict since World War II.

A fast-moving fire fueled by high winds burned at least six homes in Southern California on Friday, engulfing expensive coastal properties and prompting thousands to evacuate.

White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia was pushed out Friday after less than a week in the high-profile job following a series of blunders that added to distractions for her embattled boss, President Donald Trump.