France extends curfews across Paris and Lyon as PM vows 'massive' police deployment before fresh protests on Saturday

Rioting over the weekend resulted in more than 2,500 arrests, around 1,000 police and gendarmes wounded, over 3,000 shops looted, and Limoges's historic city hall razed. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez acknowledged that authorities had underestimated the extent of the unrest and lost control in a number of cities. Paris has closed off Place de la République and Les Halles. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu says the curfews 'helped to restore calm'.

Riot police guarded the Macron family's macaron shop in Amiens while other businesses burned.

Alliance Police Union told Emmanuel Macron: 'The Republic is not your private property.'

Some French synagogues cancelled Sabbath prayers and told Jews to hide their kippahs.