'We're not giving up': Activist Thunberg joins France student protests

Thousands of protesters marched through central Paris on Tuesday as part of nationwide demonstrations supporting high school pupils who have been protesting for better classroom conditions, with Swedish activist Greta Thunberg taking part. With just six months to go before elections to replace President Emmanuel Macron, French authorities had been hoping that the protests were easing ahead of half-term holidays starting at the end of this week. But teenagers at high schools called lycees — backed by university students, teachers, unions and the far-left opposition party France Unbowed (LFI) —…