Nearly 1,000 people were arrested across France as cost-of-living protests turned violent for a second weekend running, with riot police firing tear gas and water cannon at crowds.

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Cost-of-living protests spread across France, Italy, Albania, Spain and Portugal on Saturday, with hundreds of thousands marching in Paris alone. Authorities deployed police and soldiers in several capitals after earlier demonstrations turned violent, and shops in Brussels boarded up windows fearing a repeat of last week's looting.