Many held as French riots spread

French police have arrested more than 250 people following fresh riots in and around Paris and other parts of France.

Nearly 900 cars were burnt on the ninth consecutive night of unrest in immigrant-dominated areas near Paris, despite a heavy police presence.

Nurseries and a school were burnt overnight and unrest spread to Nice, Lille, Marseille and Toulouse.

Hundreds of people have heard a call for calm at a rally in one of the Paris suburbs worst hit.

The mayor of Aulnay-sous-Bois, Gerard Gaudron, made the appeal to marchers outside a fire station which had come under attack .../...

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