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Paris protesters demand smaller classes before tear gas dispersal

An Israeli report follows the march from students' demands to its tense conclusion, then documents unrest in Marseille, Barcelona and Tirana.

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0:27Police clear Place de la Bastille as Gil-Har reports from the square.
0:54The report describes a large Paris march against living costs and conditions in schools.
1:14Yellow Vest organizer Benjamin Boul accuses authorities of seeking chaos.
1:57High school students call for less crowded classrooms.
3:11Police disperse demonstrators with tear gas after the authorized protest period ends; Gil-Har rinses his eyes.
3:32The report moves to Marseille and Lyon, then shows break-ins and fires in Barcelona and unrest in Tirana.

High school students explain their demand for less crowded classrooms. Later in the same Paris procession, correspondent Dov Gil-Har washes his eyes after tear gas reaches him.

The report from Israel's Kan News, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, follows renewed demonstrations against the cost of living and conditions in schools. It reports that about 110,000 people joined a march on the outskirts of Paris, while police cleared Place de la Bastille to prevent gatherings in the city center.

Benjamin Boul, identified as an organizer from the Yellow Vest movement, accuses the authorities of trying to humiliate protesters and provoke disorder. "They are aiming for chaos, they want chaos," he says. The Yellow Vest movement emerged in France in 2018, initially around opposition to fuel-tax increases before broadening into a protest over living costs and inequality.

Gil-Har reports from the space between police and demonstrators as tensions build. When the authorized protest period ends, officers use tear gas to disperse the crowd. The correspondent continues reporting while rinsing his eyes. The report distinguishes the Paris march, which it says took place without looting, from more destructive scenes elsewhere.

In Marseille and Lyon, the report describes more severe clashes. Footage from a Marseille resident shows a fire in her apartment, which the report attributes to pyrotechnics. Laurent Nuñez, France's interior minister, appears in a response about police conduct and says the marches initially went well.

The closing sequence moves beyond France: footage from Barcelona shows store break-ins, fires and street disorder, followed by unrest in Tirana, Albania's capital. The report presents these as part of a wider wave of unrest, without establishing a shared organization or common set of demands across the countries.

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