The office of French Prime Minister, Sebastien Le Cornu, announced that he will deliver a public speech on Wednesday evening, about the student protests taking place in the country, and other issues, including public finances.
According to his office, Locorno will address “the situation in secondary schools, fuel prices, the agricultural crisis, as well as the country’s financial situation.”
The student demonstrators denounce the deteriorating condition of school buildings, the overcrowding of classrooms, and the absence of teachers without substitutes. They intend to organize new demonstrations on Thursday, despite the government's call for them to return to educational institutions for dialogue.
Tens of thousands took to the streets across France on Tuesday to demand improved conditions in secondary schools, prompting President Emmanuel Macron to hold an emergency meeting with Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and a number of key ministers, to find a solution to the crisis.
The Ministry of the Interior counted about 256,000 demonstrators on Tuesday in France, including high school students, teachers, parents, and trade unionists, including 56,000 in Paris. As for the organizers, they announced the participation of 450,000 people across France, including 100,000 in Paris.
215 students have been injured since the start of the protest movement on September 17 in the Paris region before it spread to other cities.
On Wednesday, French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez announced the suspension of the use of stun grenades “in the context of protests by high school students,” in light of an incident that led to the amputation of the hand of a 15-year-old demonstrator.
Nunez said on French radio RTL: “I am suspending its use during the movements of high school students until the truth is revealed about the circumstances of this case.”
The Minister also announced that the General Inspectorate of Police has initiated investigations into 18 cases so far, at a time when many demonstrators, through slogans and banners, denounce the actions of the security forces, whose members are accused of practicing excessive violence.
Two people were killed in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, on Wednesday, in the latest almost daily attacks launched by Russia around the clock against its neighbor, in the fifth year of the war, which also caused damage to buildings and warehouses in the city.
Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said via Telegram that the bodies of the two dead were found after a fire broke out in a car garage cooperative as a result of the air strike. A Reuters witness reported hearing explosions in the city.
Regional officials said via Telegram that separate air strikes on the city of Dnipro, located in the southeast of the country, caused damage to an industrial facility, transportation infrastructure in Zaporizhya, and a number of residential buildings in Kremenchuk.
Swedish police shot and wounded a man during a security operation at the Royal Palace in Stockholm on Tuesday evening, authorities said.
The police said that they were summoned to the palace because of a man with aggressive behavior carrying a weapon whose identity has not yet been determined, according to what was reported by the German News Agency.
The police opened fire, wounding the man, who was taken to hospital with serious, but not life-threatening, injuries, according to police.
The authorities confirmed that there is no danger to the public.
The Royal Palace in central Stockholm is the official residence of King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden, and a major tourist attraction.
The incident occurred on Tuesday evening in Leonbacken, an open area directly north of the palace. The Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reported that about 20 ambulances were at the site.
