More than 400 detained as France student protests escalate

More than 400 people, mostly minors, were detained in France on Tuesday over student protests at high schools across the country, the French interior minister said." Taking to X, French Education Minister Édouard Geffray said students have the right to protest, but condemned reports of violence as "indefensible"." French students blocked the entrance to a high school in Paris The movement at French lycées, equivalent to sixth form in the UK or high school in the US, began last week in the Île-de-France region around Paris.