Event Brief
Oct 19, 2026 at 8:04 AM ET
France orders localized curfews to curb rioting
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Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu instructed prefects to impose “very limited” and “localized” curfews in cities to prevent further rioting and looting. The move comes after violence that left Limoges’s 19th-century town hall with shattered glass and only the skeletal frame of its roof remaining.
WHO: French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu
WHAT: instructed prefects to impose very limited, localized curfews in cities
WHEN: Reported Oct 19, 2026 at 6:53 AM ET
WHERE: France
WHY: The curfews are intended to prevent more rioting and looting.
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