BREAKING: King Charles has postponed his state visit to France.
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The French Presidency confirmed the postponement on Friday morning, while Buckingham Palace has yet to comment.are in response to President Macron’s controversial plan to push through a bill to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64Backlash has led teachers, oil refinery, railway and airport workers at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to walk out.
More than 450 protesters were arrested in Paris and beyond on Thursday, as some 300 demonstrations drew more than a million people nationwide.Last night, Bordeaux Town HallThe mayor of the town, Pierre Hurmic, said on Friday he had ‘difficulty understanding the interest of such acts of vandalism’. Meanwhile in Paris, there have been occasional clashes between police and masked rioters who smashed shop windows, demolished street furniture and attacked a McDonald’s restaurant, according to
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