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Frankfurt mayor promises accountability after protest-night looting

ITV News's European roundup contrasts smashed shopfronts and police clashes with peaceful rallies over education and living costs.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 166,715 views a day, 23 times a normal first day on this channel (7,264).

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Masked people smash windows and loot shops in Frankfurt's main shopping district in the opening footage of ITV News's report. The city's mayor, Mike Josef, draws a distinction between the right to demonstrate peacefully and those who chose destruction, saying the latter will be treated as criminals.

The Short reports police injuries and arrests in Frankfurt before moving through clashes in Cologne, Berlin and Hamburg, then France, where protests continued for a third consecutive weekend.

It also shows the daytime demonstrations behind the headlines: peaceful rallies demanding investment in education and action on high living costs. German officials blame left-wing extremists for escalating the violence, an accusation the report attributes to the authorities rather than applying to everyone who marched.

The upload drew roughly 83,000 views in eight hours, already far beyond the usual first-day audience for ITV News's Shorts. Its brief sweep also takes in Portugal, Albania and Spain, before returning to police guarding streets near burning debris and officials promising accountability.

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