Forty-five-thousand police officers have been deployed in France on Friday evening, the interior minister says
Gérald Darmanin said 471 people had been arrested so far in a fourth night of rioting, but that there had been a "downturn" in violence
He has repeated government calls for parents to keep their children out of the riots, with reports of some as young as 13 taking part
The government also requested the shutdown of overnight bus and tram services, and said armoured vehicles would be used to aid law enforcement
French football star Kylian Mbappe says "violence solves nothing", and calls for it to be replaced by "mourning, dialogue and reconstruction"
The UK Foreign Office has updated its guidance for Brits visiting France, urging travellers to monitor the media and avoid protests
The disturbances began on Tuesday after police shot dead a 17-year-old boy of Algerian descent, named as Nahel M
The officer who shot Nahel has apologised to the family, but the teen's death has revived grievances about policing and racial profiling in France's suburbs
Videos circulating on social media show a fire at the site of an Olympic swimming pool, reported to be under construction for the 2024 Games, after a third night of unrest in France.
Ambulances and a fire truck were seen arriving at the scene in Aubervilliers, a commune in the north east suburbs of Paris.
Image source, ReutersThe unrest started after a police officer shot a 17-year-old driver who refused to stop for a traffic check in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on Tuesday.
Emergency services attended the scene but Nahel, the driver, died shortly afterwards.
A video was released on social media shortly after through AFP news agency, showing two police officers trying to stop the vehicle and one pointing his weapon at the driver.
Riots took place for a third night across France and heavily in Nanterre where Nahel was shot.
More than 660 people have been arrested so far after setting cars alight, throwing fireworks at police and ransacking shops.
At least 667 people have been arrested following a third night of protests in France, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin says.
He tweets , externalto say that police and firefighters faced the "rare violence" that swept the country again last night with courage.
French cities woke up yesterday to damaged community centres, schools and city halls - places that symbolise the French institutions and state.
This morning, shopkeepers will be tallying up the damage of a night that saw rioters take aim at shops and supermarkets across the country.
French media report that in Paris, the looting focused on the central shopping street of Rue de Rivoli. More than a dozen people were later found carrying stolen shoes, bags and clothes and arrested, Le Parisien says. Small corner shops and jewellery stores were also broken into.
In the suburbs of the capital, supermarkets such as Carrefour were broken into.
In Roubaix, near the Belgian border, looters targeted a mini supermarket before setting fire to it.
In Marseille, shops and cafes were targeted too. The owner of a small restaurant in the southern city told BFMTV: "I am so sorry for the young man who died, but I don't understand what my business has to do with it."
And in Nantes, people reportedly drove a car into a Lidl supermarket before looting it.
Lucy Williamson
Reporting from Paris
Image source, ReutersFrom Lille in the north, to Marseille in the south, public buildings, shops and vehicles were attacked again last night.
In Roubaix, the residents of a bed-and-breakfast hotel were reportedly forced into the street after the building caught fire.
The trouble seems again to have been especially intense in the Paris region, with groups clashing with police in Nanterre and other suburbs.
The AFP news agency is reporting that some rioters used home-made grenades.
The third night of violence came after thousands gathered for a march in memory of Nahel through the centre of Nanterre.
France’s leaders know the risk that the death of the teenager could spark a wider rebellion against police, politicians and the state.
But despite attempts to calm the mood, and the use of elite police units and large numbers of extra officers, France’s government does not yet have the situation under control.
President Emmanuel Macron is going to hold another government emergency meeting after the night of unrest, AFP news agency is reporting.
Cars were in flames and fireworks set off in the Parisian suburb of Nanterre, where Nahel was killed. It has become the epicentre of the violent protests.
Watch footage of police officers trying to contain the chaos - and launching tear gas.
France: Police presence quadrupled on third night of riots
Overnight, hundreds of rioters have clashed with police and more than four hundred people across France have been arrested.
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Earlier we reported instances of the looting seen across Paris tonight.
Here's footage of a crowd breaking into the Nike store at a shopping centre at Les Halles.
Watch: Protesters attack Nike store in central Paris
It's nearing 05:00 in France and after another night of unrest with hundreds more arrests, most of the Paris protest activity has died down, local media report.
The Le Monde newspaper says several streets have suffered serious damage, in particular in the northwest suburb of Nanterre.
The unrest took place while a curfew was in place in some parts of Paris, including Clamart in the south-west which had a curfew order from 21:00 to 06:00, and Savigny-le-Temple in Île-de-France which put one in between the hours of 22:00 and 05:00 for minors.
Footage circulating on social media shows, external rioters earlier tonight breaking into shopfronts along the Rue de Rivoli in central Paris.
The high-end street is next to the Louvre and the Jardin des Tuileries.
Video shows rioters breaking into the clothing shop Zara and onlookers watching people run away from the store with merchandise.
There have been other instances of looting tonight, documented on social media. The Nike store at the Westfield Forum des Halles in Paris saw dozens of people outside the shop shouting and smashing in storefront windows.
Hundreds have been arrested across France since violent protests and looting broke out after 17-year-old Nahel M was killed by police on Tuesday.
Much of the unrest has been centred in the capital Paris. Here are some photos from the subub of Nanterre, where the fatal incident happened.
Thousands had turned out on Thursday afternoon for a tribute march for Nahel. Hours later, violent protests broke out.
Image source, ReutersPolice officers stand in position as fireworks go off around them
Image source, Julien Mattia/EPARiot police clash with protesters
Image source, ReutersProtesters stand near burnt out cars strewn across the road in Nanterre
We're getting rapid developments from French officials overnight.
The interior minister's office now says at least 421 people have been arrested across the country.
Le Figaro is reporting the office saying 242 of those took place in the Greater Paris region.
Most of those arrested were between 14 and 18 years old.
There have been 328 arrests nationally as of 02:30 local time (01:30 GMT), local media is reporting citing the latest figures from the Interior Ministry.
France is engulfed in a third night of riots with unrest across major cities including Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse and Lille.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin is at the command centre, external of the national police to follow the riots, local media have reported.
He is due to stay at the central command overnight.
Darmanin is the one who initiated the order for 40,000 police officers to be deployed across France tonight.
Let's take a step back to how this all started - the death of 17-year-old Nahel. We've put together a 55-second summary:
What social media videos reveal about Paris teen's death
Clashes have turned increasingly violent as the night goes on.
Here are some of the things that have happened over the past hour.
Firefighters in Paris say as a result of the ongoing unrest, their lines are becoming overwhelmed, external.
They've asked people to only call if there's an emergency while they respond to the violent protests.
At least 100 people have been arrested across France as the unrest continues for the third night, according to Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.
He expressed support for "our police officers, gendarmes and firefighters who are doing a brave job".
In Toulouse, at least 20 people have been arrested, In Marseille, at least 12 people and in Paris, Le Monde reports that at least 40 people have been arrested.
The policeman who shot Nahel on Tuesday morning has apologised to his family while in custody.
His lawyer Laurent-Franck Liénard said he was "devastated" and "doesn't get up in the morning to kill people".
"The first words he pronounced were to say sorry and the last words he said were to say sorry to the family."
He also said the officer, who has been charged with voluntary homicide, was "shocked by the violence of this video".