France braces for third weekend of protests; 70k police deployed

France's Interior Minister announced 70,000 police and gendarmes will be deployed Saturday as student groups and Yellow Vest activists plan a third consecutive weekend of demonstrations over school conditions and cost of living. The minister warned of violence risk ahead of 'night of darkness' protests. This marks an escalation in security posture amid sustained social unrest.

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