- Forty-five-thousand police officers have been deployed in France on Friday evening, the interior minister says – amid fears of a fourth night of rioting
- Gérald Darmanin said 917 people were arrested on Thursday night – with some of them as young as 13 – and has repeated government calls for parents to keep their children out of the riots
- The government also requested the shutdown of overnight bus and tram services, and said armoured vehicles would be used to aid law enforcement
- The UK Foreign Office has updated its guidance for Brits visiting France, urging travellers to monitor the media and avoid protests
- The disturbances began on Tuesday after police shot dead a 17-year-old boy of Algerian descent, named as Nahel M
- The officer who shot Nahel has apologised to the family, but the teen’s death has revived grievances about policing and racial profiling in France’s suburbs (BBC)