A wave of protests has spread across France, Albania, Italy, Spain and Portugal, with people marching over the cost of living, pensions, housing, education, corruption and opposition to war, and clashes between protesters and police. In France, the government said 410,000 people took to the streets while organisers estimated nearly 800,000, and nearly 1,000 people were arrested. In Albania, government buildings in Tirana were attacked, and more than 300 protesters and police personnel were reported injured. In Italy, police made nine arrests and briefly detained 371 people, 110 of them minors, in eight cities. Trump commented on the situation in France, while Meloni thanked law enforcement for maintaining order.
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