France shocked by 'senseless' school violence and the inventions you never knew were French

This week we discuss a shocking incident which saw a teaching assistant stabbed to death by a pupil outside a French secondary school, and find out what the government plans to do, to tackle what the president has described as a "senseless wave of violence".We'll also find out about the efforts Paris is going to to protect the Seine and reveal all about Paris's second, secret river, that may be given a new life.We'll find out whether flight passengers in France and around Europe are going to lose out through a planned change in the compensation rules and we'll examine the threat of violence linked to far right extremism in France after a Tunisian was murdered in a suspected terror attack.And stay to the end to see whether you can spot which famous world changing inventions came from France and which very French-sounding creations didn't.Host Ben McPartland is joined by the team from The Local France: Emma Pearson, Gen Mansfield and politics expert John Lichfield.EXTRA READINGFrance eyes social media ban for under-15s after school stabbing12 world-changing inventions that came from FranceParis unveils plans to bring forgotten underground river back to surfaceParis seeks personhood status for River SeineANALYSIS: How much of a threat is extreme-right violence in France?Passenger compensation for flight delays set to decrease in Europe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.