French police fire teargas and protesters burn cars on fifth night of riots

Police made at least 700 arrests in a fifth night of rioting in France, but authorities said the unrest triggered by the fatal police shooting of a teenager at a traffic stop appeared to be declining. The biggest flashpoint was in Marseille, where police fired teargas and fought street battles with youths, many in their early teens We are seen as less human’: inside Marseille’s districts abandoned by the police France riots: calmer night reported despite 700 arrests