More than 2,000 people have been arrested in France as the country faces another day of violence from student rioters who have left at least 65 teaching staff injured.
Protests have been growing in size and aggression this week across the country as young people take to the streets over their grievances about the state of education.
The students say their school hours are excessively long, conditions are inadequate including overheated classrooms and that there are too many staff absences. The government says the complaints are legitimate but violence is not.
Riot police have been deployed across the country as young thugs set
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