Riots

Rioters Storm Colosseum in Rome, Clash With Police Across Italy

Protesters clashed with police across Italy on Saturday and even briefly stormed the Colosseum in Rome; however, Giorgia Meloni’s government claimed that widespread disorder was prevented by the expanded powers granted to police, which enabled preventative detention and led to the arrest of one of the chief architects of the Milan riots.

ROME, ITALY, OCTOBER 24: A demonstrator hods a Palestinian flag in front of the Colosseum

Iran Mocks France After Macron Blames Middle East War for Riots

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused French President Emmanuel Macron of “welcom[ing] atrocities against Iranians” and mockingly called for the French government to “listen” to hordes of violent rioters in a social media post on Sunday, responding to Macron blaming the war between Iran and America for the riots.

French President Emmanuel Macron attends an agreement-signing ceremony with the Emir of Ku

Macron Addresses Nation: Refuses Blame, Ignores Immigration Impact on Riots, ‘How Can French People Do This?’

In an address to the nation on Sunday evening, French President Emmanuel Macron refused to take any accountability for the national riots that erupted on Saturday, as he sought to shift the blame onto the far-left and even external forces like the Iran conflict while failing to acknowledge the role mass migration played in creating a groundswell of support for the unrest.

This photograph shows a television monitor broadcasting France's President Emmanuel Macron