Violent clash between French police and protesters over planned reservoir injures dozens.
More than two dozen people were injured in a clash between French police and environmental activists protesting against the construction of a giant agricultural irrigation reservoir in rural western France. Protesters advanced towards a construction area in clouds of tear gas, as police vehicles burned and people hurled projectiles. Police reportedly detonated more than 4,000 non-lethal dispersion grenades to fend off protesters, some of whom were armed with machetes, axes and gasoline bombs. The demonstration was organized by the collective Bassines Non Merci and was held in defiance of a ban on gatherings in the Sainte-Soline district.