Donald Trump on Sunday night blamed immigration for riots across France that saw a historic town hall torched, businesses ransacked and hundreds injured.
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hundreds → blame → France
French politicians raged against far-Left agitators for 'whipping the kids into a frenzy' as protests led to widespread destruction.
And Emmanuel Macron vowed to hold to account those who had 'sought to bring down the Republic'.
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who → rag → Republic
But as trouble spread to Milan and Lisbon on Sunday, President Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform: 'France is burning!
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France → spread → platform
The immigration of people from an entirely different world, people with hatred in their hearts, has shattered that once great country.
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immigration → shatter → country
Close your Borders and take control, before it is too late!'
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it → close → control
It came after Kirill Dmitriev, a liaison between Vladimir Putin and Washington, said: 'Left-wing globalists are sowing migration-driven chaos.'
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globalists → come → chaos
Demonstrations were started by teachers and students a month ago in response to staff shortages and have grown into a wider movement against rising prices.
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Demonstrations → start → prices
They have been joined by extremist politicians and activists such as Jean-Luc Mélenchon, head of the hard-Left France Unbowed party.
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They → join → party
Riots and protests are seen taking place in Marseille, France, on October 17.
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Riots → see → October
One rioter holds a flag which says 'antifascist action'
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which → hold → action
A fire burns and destroys the city hall after a group of individuals forced entry into the building during ongoing protest action against the 'high cost of living', in Limoges
Protesters throw an object in the flames during a demonstration at Place de la Republique in Paris on October 17
President Macron blamed 'agitators from far-Left fringe groups, joined by numerous criminals' for plunging his country into 'unbridled violence'.
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Macron → burn → violence
He made a plea 'for unity' following a weekend of chaos involving up to half-a-million protesters.
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He → make → protesters
In a live TV address, Mr Macron said: 'Looking at these images, we have all asked ourselves how French people could do this to France.
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people → say → France
'Nothing justifies it, nothing explains it, nothing excuses it.
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nothing → justify → it
'Those who looted will have to pay back for the damage, and those who sought to bring down the Republic will be held accountable.'
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who → loot → Republic
Jordan Bardella, the National Rally chairman, described Macron's address as 'pathetic'.
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Bardella → describe → address
One of the most dramatic images was that of the historic clock tower of 140-year-old Limoges town hall crumbling in an inferno.
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tower → crumble → inferno
On Sunday, the town's mayor Guillaume Guerin took aim at extremists for 'whipping the kids into a frenzy'.
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mayor → take → frenzy
He said: 'Those who organise everything, who bring the battering rams, who smash the windows and identify the basement entrances in this town hall so they can get in - they are not the kids.
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they → say → hall
They are people who are organised to wage war.'
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who → organise → war
He added: 'The logistics, the organisation, the premeditation behind the attack on the town hall is something I find unbearable.'
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I → add → hall
Blocking rioters from entering through a smashed door, a female protester pleaded: 'Why are you doing this?
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you → block → this
But the masked rioters smashed past her
Another defining image came from Paris where a female protester tried to stop thugs looting a grocery store.
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protester → smash → store
Blocking them from entering through a smashed door, she pleaded: 'Why are you doing this?
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you → block → this
But the masked rioters smashed past her.
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rioters → smash → her
'It was apocalyptic,' a senior police commander told Sunday's Le Parisien newspaper.
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commander → tell → newspaper
'Law enforcement was unable to contain the multitude of simultaneous attacks across the country.
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enforcement → contain → country
After Mr Macron's speech, rioters and looters returned to the streets of Paris, setting up barricades and engaging in running battles with police.
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rioters → return → police
'We are here because we want Macron to resign,' said one.
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one → want → ?
'The police are out to wound us, if not kill us, but we will fight back.'
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we → wound → us
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