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Halloween presents an endless parade of ghouls and goblins. Most aren’t actually scary, but can illuminate some things about the nature of fear.

Saturday is set to see another day of nationwide demonstrations over the cost of living and conditions in schools. Dubbed “Act Three”, the protests bring together Yellow Vest activists and student demonstrators. But France’s highest administrative court has just upheld a ban on the planned route of the Paris march, forcing protesters to remain on the eastern outskirts of the capital. Authorities are deploying 70,000 security personnel and imposing curfews in some areas, repeating many of the measures seen last weekend. The interior minister has also issued a Halloween-themed warning: covering your face at a demonstration remains illegal. Ophelie Jacobson reports.

Thousands, potentially in masks and costumes, are expected on the streets on Saturday, prompting the authorities to prepare another vast security response.

France on Saturday braced for a third weekend of protests coinciding with Halloween, as shops boarded up and authorities scrambled to prevent a repeat of the street violence that swept the country two weeks ago.

France on Saturday braced for a third weekend of protests coinciding with Halloween, with authorities alert to the possibility that rioters could use festive masks to conceal their identities. Around 70,000 security personnel have been deployed to prevent a repeat of street violence that erupted two weeks ago. Follow our live blog for all the latest updates.

France braces for another weekend of unrest as the Yellow Vests return to the streets under the rallying cry of ‘Act III – Halloween’, with 70,000 police and security forces deployed after the riots and looting of recent weeks. A cash-strapped government faces mounting grievances, a rolling protest movement and little room for manoeuvre ahead of elections, as it struggles to restore order while grappling with crippling debt.

A wave of youth-led protests has swept Europe, with demonstrators denouncing rising prices and a lack of prospects.

American video game publisher Activision said Friday that it was removing controversial footage from its newly released “Call of Duty” game after an outcry in South Korea over the inclusion of real-life footage from a deadly 2022 Halloween crowd crush in Seoul.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 uses actual visuals from a Halloween crowd crush in South Korea, in which over 150 people died in a narrow alleyway.

Activists call for people to make their anger known over poor public services including education and housing Europe live – latest updates Street protests sweeping Europe are expected to spread to Germany and reignite in France on Saturday, with police mobilised to stop potential looting and rioting on the fringes of what organisers hope will be peaceful rallies. Weeks of, at times violent, student demonstrations have rocked Italy, Spain, Portugal, Albania and France, where activists on Halloween have again called for people to make their anger over the cost of living and deficient public services felt across the country. Continue reading...