France riots: quieter night reported across the country despite close to 500 arrests

The interior ministry says the level of violence appears to have declined compared to previous nights, as 45,000 police are deployed overnight 'We are seen as less human': inside Marseille's districts abandoned by the police French authorities made hundreds of arrests on the fifth night of unrest sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old, but reports from across the country indicated that rioting was much less intense. A total of 486 people had been arrested across the country by 3am...