By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on BFMTV and L’essentiel
Spanish police have arrested about ten members of Nucleo Nacional, including its leader Isabel Peralta, who is suspected of having planned actions aimed in particular at France. The radical far-right organisation was planning an attack in Paris, according to BFMTV.
On Saturday 14 November, between 50 and 60 marches are expected across France, including several rallies in Paris against a bill on the presumed legitimate use of weapons by law enforcement officers. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced that 70,000 police officers and gendarmes will be deployed, compared with around 146,000 protesters the previous Saturday according to the authorities, citing BFMTV.
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On Saturday 14 November, marches wound through Paris, Nantes and Lyon, with 106,000 people taking part across France, including 24,000 in Paris. These demonstrations, which bring the movement in the country to a close, were accompanied by a few incidents, according to BFMTV.
🇫🇷 France · Source: BFMTV ·
Judo champion Teddy Riner is credited with 4.5% of voting intentions in a poll for the French presidential election. On Saturday, at the Made in France trade fair in Paris, he said he was not Emmanuel Macron’s envoy; according to BFMTV, LR vice-president Florence Portelli fears a second round between the two extremes.
🇫🇷 France · Source: BFMTV ·
Emmanuel Macron is setting off on an official four-day visit to Cambodia and Malaysia, according to BFMTV. He is due to land in Phnom Penh late in the afternoon, as protests are planned in France. The trip aims in particular to develop economic exchanges and diversify France’s supplies of rare earths.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Source: BFMTV ·
Heavy rain floods roads in Hérault, FranceAccording to BFMTV, violent rainfall hit the French department of Hérault during the night of 14 to 15 November. At daybreak, the road surface is submerged on many routes and several sites remain cut off.The week in Africa
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