France pension protests: Mounds of rubbish and e-scooters set on fire

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Large crowds have been protesting across France, on a ninth day of nationwide demonstrations and strikes over legislation to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.

Protesters set fire to bins and piles of uncollected rubbish, causing firefighters to intervene.

Refuse collectors have been on strike for over two weeks in several cities, with Paris seeing thousands of tonnes of uncollected rubbish on the streets.

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