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Guardian Europe columnists Rokhaya Diallo and Alexander Hurst are taking questions from readers about the riots and protests in France. Join the discussion in the comments here . David Welling asks: On the matter of so-called police violence. The question should not even be put in these terms ‘Why are French police so violent?’ It should be ‘How do French police manage to be so restrained?’ When you are the target of mortars, cocktail molotovs, paving stones and much else and you have done nothing but be present, you have to react, don’t you? Far more police are injured than protesters. Rokhaya: Police officers facing attacks can protect themselves, but their use of force must remain necessary and proportionate. Injury totals alone is not complete information; we need to know their severity and causes, including how many officers were injured by their own equipment rather than by protest

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Melania Trump has helped broker ceasefire in Russian-occupied Ukrainian town, says White House – Europe live
Residents in Oleshky have been enduring a worsening humanitarian crisis due to the lack of food, electricity and other resources The French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu has just issued a statement on a shooting in a town west of Paris this morning where one person was killed and four others injured. Police said a gunman had opened fire in Trappes, in the Yvelines, and neighbouring La Verriere. The gunman was later arrested in nearby Coignieres. Continue reading...