Looting reported at stores in Paris, Lille amid massive unrest in France

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across France, Belgium, Italy and Portugal on Saturday to protest against rising living costs, low wages and deteriorating public services, with demonstrations turning violent in several cities. In France, an estimated 550,000 people participated in demonstrations over school conditions, rising fuel prices and the cost of living. Dozens of shops were looted in Paris, Marseille, Nice, Nantes, Bordeaux, Limoges, Lille, Toulouse and Strasbourg, according to news agency AFP.