{"id":"d98e59ee-20ac-4e94-b9b7-e9aacb229696","url":"https://www.thejournal.ie/france-protests-arrests-fire-7196953-Oct2026/","domain":"thejournal.ie","outlet":{"name":"TheJournal.ie","country":"IE","cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false},"title":"Over 1,200 arrested as fires, looting and violent protests leave streets devastated across France","plainHeadline":"France sees 1,200 arrests as protests turn violent nationwide","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Police say 1,200 people arrested and 150 police officers hurt during unrest.","Protests against rising living costs escalated into extreme violence with looting.","Stores and town halls across multiple cities were looted or vandalised.","A 17-year-old boy lost his right hand from a crowd-control grenade in Saint-Étienne.","Large marches drew hundreds of thousands of participants ahead of upcoming elections."],"topics":["Politics","Economy","Environment"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-18T07:29:03.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-18T07:48:32.686Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/fe08d9f2-d4bc-424f-b318-fba27c10e32d","storyId":"fe08d9f2-d4bc-424f-b318-fba27c10e32d","image":"https://c0.thejournal.ie/media/2026/10/france-protests-64e13716-d056-402a-b090-7df6dfd1e5d8-630x420.jpg","author":"AFP","dek":"Shops were looted, cars set alight and a historic town hall largely destroyed as demonstrations over the rising cost of living descended into violence."}