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France braces for another volatile weekend as massive police deployment greets protests

NPR | By Eleanor Beardsley,

Scott Simon

Published October 24, 2026 at 6:42 AM CDT

There are tensions in France today as another wave of protests begin. The police are out in force. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to demonstrate.

Eleanor Beardsley

Eleanor Beardsley is an NPR correspondent based in Paris, France.

Scott Simon

Scott Simon is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First.