Macron shelves Germany state visit over France riots

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PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday (Jul 1) informed Berlin he was postponing a state visit to deal with the urban rioting that has rocked France for the last four nights, as the 17-year-old whose kil

Police arrested 1,311 people overnight Friday to Saturday, the highest figure since the violent protests began over the point-blank killing by a policeman of Nahel M in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on Tuesday.

The move is hugely embarrassing for Macron who earlier this year was forced to postpone a visit by Britain's King Charles to France due to the protests over pensions."PEACEFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE WAYS" "The time of violence must give way to that of mourning, dialogue and reconstruction," the team said in a statement posted on social media by captain and Paris Saint-Germain superstar Kylian Mbappe.

In a bid to limit the violence and trams in France have stopped running after 9pm and the sale of large fireworks and inflammable liquids has been banned.

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