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France promises 3,000 extra teachers in first step to calm student protests
Source: BBC News
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- France’s student protests grow as hundreds of schools close
- Watch: At the scene of student protests in Lille
- American teacher based in France discusses the student-led protests
- France halts police use of stun grenades at student protests
- Minister denies police brutality as student protests continue across France – Europe live, as it happened
- France to release diesel reserves as student protests resume
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