Historic Limoges town hall largely destroyed as cost-of-living protests sweep France

More than half a million people joined cost-of-living protests across France on Saturday, mostly peacefully, according to official figures reported by Euronews and Fox News (citing AFP). In Limoges, the regional prefecture says masked rioters broke into the 140-year-old town hall around 6 p.m. and set it on fire; its spire collapsed overnight and the prefecture describes the building as largely destroyed. Hundreds of people were arrested nationwide; reported totals differ. President Emmanuel Macron said there is no place for violence and that those who looted or vandalized will be prosecuted and punished. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez blamed rioters he said were instigated by the far left.