More than 140,000 rally as protests against rising costs sweep France

About 146,000 people protested across France on Saturday against the rising cost of living, including 46,000 in Paris, according to the Interior Ministry. Unions put the nationwide turnout at 250,000, with 75,000 in the capital, as demonstrations continued for a fourth consecutive weekend. Around 70,000 security personnel were deployed, and clashes with police and tear gas were reported in Paris and Lyon. The protests followed a union-organised rally days earlier that drew an estimated 575,000 people.