France to deploy 70,000 officers as it braces for weekend of protests – Europe live

Interior minister Laurent Nuñez defended blanket bans on demonstrations in some parts of FranceThe 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...