French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne has said police will use armoured vehicles to prevent riots from spreading across the country, the AFP news agency reports.

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Tonight and tomorrow's concerts by singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer at the Stade de France have been cancelled, French media report.

Farmer is a huge French pop star, and organisers will not have taken the decision to cancel the concerts lightly.

The stadium can hold over 80,000 spectators and is the biggest venue in France.

In the same statement, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has also asked that the sale of fireworks, petrol cans and flammable and chemical products be banned, AFP reports.

He is making that request from regional prefects, who are in charge of security around the country.

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has asked regional prefects for all bus and tram services to stop from 21:00 (19:00 GMT), the AFP news agency reports.

Intense and widespread rioting has been taking place across France, following the shooting of a 17-year-old during a traffic stop.

Video on social media showed the moment the police shooting of Nahel M took place, in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on Tuesday.

Here's how events have unfolded this week:

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The UK's Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for France, external in the wake of the unrest.

It notes that some of the protests taking place in Paris and other locations across France have "turned violent", with shops, public buildings and parked cars all targeted.

The unrest "may lead to disruptions to road travel or targeting of parked cars in areas where protests take place", officials add.

The Foreign Office urges travellers to "monitor the media, avoid protests, check the latest advice with operators when travelling and follow the advice of the authorities".

Visitors to France might find their travel plans are disrupted this weekend. Several towns, particularly in the region around Paris, are implementing curfews over the coming days.

As we mentioned below, the French president has asked parents to keep their children away from the riots, noting that some of those participating were "very young".

He added that social media had "intoxicated" some children and encouraged copycat behaviour.

James FitzGerald
Live reporter

The team's just brought you the latest lines from French President Emmanuel Macron - who's urged parents to show responsibility by keeping their children out of the riots.

Let's briefly remind ourselves of how this all started. There have now been three nights of demonstrations after a police officer shot dead a teenager in a Parisian suburb on Tuesday.

Seventeen-year-old Nahel M - who had driven away from a traffic check - was of Algerian descent, and his death has shone a new spotlight on racial profiling in French policing. His killer has apologised to Nahel's family.

It's Charley Adams and me taking over this live page for now - from Marita Moloney, Alexandra Fouché and their writing team of Anna Boyd and Laura Gozzi.

How do deaths involving police in France compare with other countries?published at 13:53 BST 30 June 2023

13:53 BST 30 June 2023

In 2021, there were 37 deaths during police operations in France, 10 of whom were shot dead, according to the latest report, external from the police regulator IGPN.

That figure puts France at about 0.5 deaths per million people.

Countries tend to report these figures differently, so it's difficult to compare. For example, there is a question of whether the death occurred during the operation or after it.

But it's definitely considerably lower than the USA, where the figure was, external about 3.5 per million and Canada where it was, external about 1.5.

And it’s higher than England and Wales, where there were, external two fatal police shootings and 11 deaths in or following police custody in 2021-22. That is about 0.2 deaths per million.

In his statement, President Macron also said that:

• more police would be deployed on the streets

• parents should keep their children at home, saying it was not the responsibility of the state, but that of parents to keep their children away from the riots
• social networks had their part to play in inflaming violence, by facilitating the organisation of protests and leading to violence being repeated; and there would be requests for the "most sensitive" content to be removed

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In a short statement, President Macron said Nahel's death had been instrumentalised, denouncing the "unacceptable exploitation of the adolescent's death".

He condemned the recent violence "with the greatest firmess", adding the current situation was "unacceptable and unjustifiable".

He did not announce a state of emergency, but outlined a series of measures to try to quell the recent violence.

French President Emmanuel Macron is issuing a statement now at a press briefing after a crisis meeting with ministers following the riots across the country.

We'll bring you the latest updates shortly on what he says.

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Nanterre Mayor Patrick Jarry has been speaking outside the prime minister's Matignon office in Paris where he attended a meeting with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and cabinet ministers.

He said he attended the meeting to convey the "emotion and anger" felt by the residents of his town, which he said was shared by the town's population "in all its diversity".

We must continue to support Nahel's family and his mother, who will attend her son's funeral on Saturday, he added.

He had no plan to impose a curfew at the moment, he added, saying de-escalating violence was the priority.

"We must continue to be present, to be alongside each other and to talk to each other," he added.

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It's lunchtime in France. Here is where things stand:

• Many French cities woke up to scenes of devastation following a third night of riots in protest of the police shooting of a teenager, Nahel M, on Tuesday
• More than 800 people were arrested last night
• Shops were looted and thousands of vehicles were set ablaze in cities and towns across France despite 40,000 officers being mobilised to keep the peace

• President Emmanuel Macron cut short his trip to Brussels, where he was attending a European summit, to chair crisis talks in Paris
• French PM Elisabeth Borne said "all options" were being considered to stop the unrest, when asked if a state of emergency was being contemplated
• Several towns are imposing evening curfews
• Marseille is suspending all public transport from 19:00 (17:00 GMT) tonight, and public demonstrations have been banned today

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In the southern city of Marseille, public demonstrations have been banned today after last night's protests across France.

All public transport in Marseille, the country's second-largest city, will also stop as of 19:00 local time tonight, according to local authorities.

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In the last few minutes, President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and government ministers arrived for an emergency meeting in Paris after three nights of riots across France.

As the meeting got under way, Macron announced that 492 buildings were damaged, 2,000 vehicles were burned and 3,880 fires were started last night, AFP news agency reports.

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The ministry of the interior says 875 people were arrested last night as riots took place across France, according to updated figures.

A crisis meeting of ministers convened by President Macron is starting shortly as the country is being rocked by protests which have been going on since Tuesday.

Laura Gozzi
Live reporter

Clashes between the residents of French banlieues - the suburbs - and the police are not rare and happen more often than the authorities would like.

In 2016, in a Paris housing estate, a male officer suffered serious burns and was put in an induced coma after a group of youths pelted petrol bombs at his patrol car.

Police unions protested and demanded a strong response from the government. Following that incident, the law on the use of firearms by police was amended in 2017.

It came in a context of a high terror threat after terror attacks were carried out in Paris and Nice.

Under the amended law, officers were allowed to shoot when faced with one of five situations - one being when a driver ignores an order to stop, and is likely to pose a risk to the life or physical safety of other people.

Critics say that this amendment - on the basis of which the teen Nahel M was shot and killed - makes the law much too vague, as it leaves an officer to determine whether the driver’s refusal to comply poses a risk.

The law has also been linked to the deaths of 13 people killed by French police after traffic stops in 2022.

But Bernard Cazeneuve, the former interior minister who approved the law, has defended the legislation, saying "it does not at all give officers permission to shoot whenever".

Bruno Boelpaep
Reporting from Nanterre

Mouna didn’t want to be photographed, but was keen to share her thoughts after a third night of violence in her neighbourhood.

The tower blocks of the Pablo Picasso area in Nanterre have been at the centre of the recent wave of protest.

Nahel, the teenager killed on Tuesday, lived and died only 1km (0.6 miles) away from here.

“I have lived here for 22 years and it’s never been that violent. Those kids should be at home and not on the street all night destroying everything," Mouna says.

The bus stop outside her apartment block was smashed at 04:00 this morning: "I couldn’t sleep. I wanted to film what they were doing, but I was scared I'd be spotted.

"I fear it is going to carry on. I heard them saying 'see you tonight' as they were leaving. There is a problem between the youth and the police, and I’m sad to say that the police has a lot to answer for."

Mouna adds: "The police has always been good to me, but I see the way they talk to young people and they conduct random checks - they are not respectful."