Fiery protests in France over higher retirement age and Macron-style reforms.

The French government has faced backlash and protests after forcing through controversial plans to raise the country's retirement age from 62 to 64. At least 310 people have been detained across France, with most of the arrests made in Paris. The government argues that the reform is necessary to keep the pension system's finances out of the red in the coming years, but labor leaders and protesters have called for more strikes and demonstrations. The pension reform bill passed the French Senate earlier on Thursday, but would have faced more of a hurdle passing the National Assembly.