France riots: Clashes erupt in Paris as nearly 1,000 arrested across the country.TA

We are now closing today’s live coverage on the protests across Europe.

410,000 people have been arrested across France.

Protests also errupted in Albania, Belgium and Milan.

That’s all for tonight, thank you for following along.

Police are using water cannons to disperse protesters in Rome.

Italian police have arrested nine people and detained 371 people, including 110 minors, following demonstrations in Italy.

Italy faced another day of protests (Image: Getty)

A curfew has been imposed in the French city of Nantes, restricting unaccompanied minors from being in public spaces.

The measure runs from 8pm UK time on Saturday until 5am on Sunday. Authorities said it aims to protect young people and prevent them from becoming involved in vandalism or looting.

Protests have erupted in Marseille (Image: Getty)

Clashes between protesters and police officers brought a tense end to a demonstration in Toulon, southern France, according to the local prefect.

Smoke bombs and projectiles were thrown, while flares were reportedly fired from boats.

The prefecture said around 150 people later gathered in the city and set fire to rubbish bins before dispersing. Authorities subsequently imposed a ban on public gatherings.

Over the past couple of hours a total of 55 people have been arrested including 33 minors, while around 11 people remain in police custody.

Two police officers and two protesters were injured during the clashes.

Protests are drawing to a close across France (Image: Getty)

A man reportedly had his fingers blown off during nationwide protests in France.

France’s interior minister Laurent Nunez said two people were “seriously injured” during what he called “an extremely elevated level of violence” at today’s protests.

One in the city of Toulouse, where a 20-year-old man reportedly had fingers blown off, and the other in Clermont-Ferrand.

Protests are now drawing to a close across France.

Over the last hour, authorities have confirmed the end of demonstrations in Strasbourg and Toulon.

In Toulon 55 arrests were made, including 33 minors.

A small number of protesters tried to force their way into the Colosseum.

In Rome, 43 young people were taken to the police station after being found in possession of balaclavas, gloves, masks and keffiyehs.

Hard-left politician Jean-Luc Melenchon has lashed out at police in the French capital for deploying tear gas against protesters.

“In Paris, to ruin people’s day and cause unrest, the so-called law enforcement officers are firing tear gas,” he posted on X.

Police deploy tear gas and pepper spray at protesters (Image: Getty)

The following image shows police officers standing in front of flames as clahes erupt in Nantes, western France.

Meanwhile, in Bordeaux, people were seen ripping boards from a shop and forming barricades.

Police officers stand in front of flames (Image: Guillaume Saligot / AFP via Getty Images)

The marches in Paris have descended into chaos (Image: Getty)

The Paris march was attended by over 100,000 people (Image: Getty)

A business in Nantes was vandalized and looted, the prefecture of the Pays-de-la-Loire region and Loire-Atlantique department announced on social media.

Six people have been arrested in connection with the incident, according to the prefecture.

More than 2000 police have been deployed around Tirana, Albania on the 12th day of student-led protests with police firing tear gas to disperse the crowd.

Authorities say more than 300 protesters and police have been injured.

2,000 police have been deployed in Tirana (Image: Getty)

A protester has suffered a serious hand injury as crowds were being dispersed following the march in Toulouse. He has been rushed to hospital.

Tensions appear to be rising at the end of the marches in various major cities in France

Today’s protests Parus have largely been peaceful so far, a senior police officer told CNN affiliate BFMTV.

“For the moment, the situation is pretty much under control, apart from some attempts to block the peripherique, which we stopped,” said Olivier Bourde.

Paris police say 110,000 people marched in capital (Image: Getty)

A Molotov cocktail has exploded on the Cours Saint-Andre, a historic passageway in Paris.

Around 70,000 security personnel have been deployed, the Interior Minister said at a news conference.

Molotov cocktail explodes on Cours Saint-Andre (Image: Getty)

Spanish authorities say around 25,000 demonstrators have marched through Madrid demanding protections to the state pension scheme.

Earlier this month  Spain’s Socalist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called a snap election.

Sanchez has been under increasing pressure in recent weeks after parliament rejected a housing plan that his government had hoped would ease growing social unrest.

The next vote was originally meant to happen in the summer of 2027. He said the Spanish people must decide what role they wish Spain to play “in this era”.

Protester plays saxophone as he walks in tear gas (Image: Valery HACHE / AFP via Getty Images)

The following images show protester’s hurling stones towards riot police in Tirana, Albania.

Another image shows riot police standing in formation behind a burning garbage can during the anti-government rally in Albania.

Protesters are demanding action over poor university conditions, high tuition fees and corruption.

Riot police standing in formation behind a burning garbage can (Image: AP Photo/Hameraldi Agolli)

A protester throws a stone towards riot police (Image: Armend NIMANI / AFP via Getty Images)

Authorities in Lyon deployed tear gas to disperse what they described as an “undeclared gathering” at Place Jean Macé.

Officials said several groups with “hostile intentions” had assembled in the square, allegedly seeking to commit acts of violence and vandalism. They added that the crowds refused to comply with orders to leave, while police officers were targeted with “numerous projectiles”, including iron pellets.

Authorities also reported that barricades were erected before the gathering was dispersed.

A disappointed tourist on a “once in a lifetime trip” to Paris says “just about everything is closed.”

Terri Wallis, 65, whp is visiting with the French capital with her family said: “You know, we’re not wealthy people. This is a once-in-a-lifetime trip to come and see the Mona Lisa.

“So, this is a little disappointing.”

Police used tear gas in Lyon. (Image: Getty)

Emmanuel Macron has been urged to ‘give in’. (Image: Getty)

Protesters from one of the main student groups have reported being “surrounded by dozens” of riot police and “prevented from reaching the metro”.

The UNEF wrote on X: “As UNEF activists, gathered as a national collective, left the Bourse du Travail to join the demonstration via the metro, we were surrounded by dozens of CRS officers preventing us from reaching the metro as we were leaving our meeting. Right now, dozens of UNEF activists are being issued citations and searched, for no other reason than walking down the street.”

France’s “Yellow Vest” movement has called for new demonstrations on October 31 during a sit-in outside parliament and city halls nationwide.

Protesters condemned the “authoritarian drift” of President Emmanuel Macron and urged citizens to stand up for “public freedoms”.

A coordinator told journalists and Bastille Square that, next Saturday, “We will protest for the freedom to protest, and for all our freedoms”.

Yellow Vest members have called for another protest. (Image: Getty)

Protest marches are scheduled in Paris and Marseille, but some other rallies, including in Lyon, Nice and Montpellier, have been banned by local authorities.

In Lyon, French media reported that police used tear gas on Saturday morning. Trade unions have criticised the bans, calling them violations of freedom of expression, which is protected by the constitution.

Police are preparing for more unrest. (Image: Getty)

Thousands gathered in Orléans. (Image: Getty)

Police are preparing for the protests. (Image: Getty)

Parisian shopkeepers have been barricading their stores all week. Near the Saint-Lazare train station, Akram Ahmed, a 34-year-old contractor, was boarding up an optician’s shop. “I got the call last night,” he told the Associated Press. “The owner seemed desperate. He said I was saving his life.”

Following the unrest, Paris police prefect Patrice Faure urged Parisian shopkeepers to hire security guards. He later clarified that protecting business owners and their establishments is the government’s responsibility.

The Louvre is closed on Saturday. (Image: Getty)