Source: International Business Times
A French riot gendarme mobile has flames rising up his uniform after being hit by a Molotov cocktail during a charge against demonstrators at the end of a demonstration part of a nationwide day of protests over the rising cost of living and inequality organised by Yellow Vest movement, labour unions and high school and university students organisations, in Paris on Oct. 31, 2026. Getty Images A covert Russian-linked network used fake news reports and manipulated social media content to exploit violent protests in France last month, portraying the unrest as evidence of uncontrolled immigration and a government losing its grip on the country, an internal European Union assessment concluded.
