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The French prime minister Sebastien Lecornu says twelve hundred people were arrested after huge protests over declining public services and the cost of living turned violent on Saturday. Meanwhile, riot police and protestors in the Albanian capital Tirana have continued violent clashes late into the night, on the fifth consecutive day of student-led demonstrations. Also on the programme: America's top diplomat Marco Rubio has defended pausing sanctions on Russia; and how artificial intelligence is impacting the judging of literature prizes. Joining Celia Hatton on the programme are Norwegian author and journalist Åsne Seierstad and Michael Shear, the chief United Kingdom correspondent for the New York Times. (Picture: Protesters at Place De La Republique in Paris, set a fire during a march against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools. Credit: Lucy North/The Press Association)
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