French student protests continue as government delays policy response

Protests over school funding and conditions, now in their third week, continue across France, with a 15-year-old boy having lost a hand after being hit by a police-fired stun grenade. Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said his policy response will not come until the end of the month. The unrest, which began in Paris in mid-September, has spread to Belgium, where police have made at least 139 arrests in Liège. More than 6,500 people, mostly minors, have been arrested in France.