Major museums including the Louvre, Orsay Museum, Picasso Museum and Grand Palais - where a Cézanne exhibit is on display - are closed Saturday. Art Basel, one of the world's most prestigious contemporary art fairs, opened to the public Friday, but only for the day, with the threat of unrest prompting organizers to cancel the weekend program.

France must prove to bond markets that it is not the sick man of Europe by passing a 2027 budget and appeasing protesters without additional spending, according to the finance minister.

Officers have clashed with protesters in France as demonstrations sweep the country and at least 100 people are detained. Follow for the latest updates.

PARIS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - France ⁠reported ⁠the first human case of the ⁠Shamonda virus usually found in livestock on Thursday in a hospital patient who died, though ​authorities said there was no risk to the general population.

Officials have so far managed to avoid a repeat of last weekend's rioting and looting as hundreds of thousands took part in demonstrations.

Violent protests erupt in Paris, Rome and other European cities as authorities clash with demonstrators. Greg Palkot reports on the unrest in France.

PARIS, Oct 23 (Reuters) - France will deploy 70,000 police at nationwide protests ⁠on ⁠Saturday, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Friday, looking to ⁠prevent a repeat of the violence and looting that shocked the country last weekend.

About 70,000 police and security officers, mobilized ahead of mass protests, will try to avert the arson and looting that shocked the country last weekend.