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France fuel protests: President Macron holds urgent security meeting

<span style="color: #222222;">French President Emmanuel Macron has held an urgent security meeting following a day of riots by thousands of anti-government protesters. He surveyed the damage from a day of riots across state capital Paris. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Macron held crisis talks with the prime minister, interior minister and top security service officials to forge a response to the violence that left hundreds injured nationwide. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Nearly 260 people were injured nationwide, with 133 injured in the capital, including 23 members of the security forces. Dozens of cars were torched by the gangs of rioters in the state capital Paris. Paris police said, over 400 people were arrested on Sunday during the worst clashes for years in France.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The government has not ruled out imposing a state of emergency to combat the protests, which began over fuel taxes but have grown into wider anger over Macron's agenda.</span><br />''  <br />

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