The Guardian reported that street protests sweeping Europe were expected to spread to Germany and reignite in France on Saturday. Police were mobilized to stop potential looting and rioting on the fringes of rallies that organisers hope will be peaceful, the outlet said in live coverage of the demonstrations.

The Guardian described weeks of protests as "at times violent." Activists have called on people to make their anger known over poor public services, including education and housing, according to the same report. The summary of the Guardian's report is truncated, so this account does not include further details from it.

ABC News reported that France is bracing for a third weekend of protests over living costs and education, and is deploying 70,000 police and gendarmes. The ABC News headline describes the rallies as youth-led and says they are sweeping Europe.

The New York Times reported that thousands of people, potentially in masks and costumes, are expected on the streets on Saturday, which is Halloween. The paper said the plan has caused jitters in France and has prompted the authorities to prepare another vast security response.

The accounts differ in how they describe the French demonstrations. The Guardian's report describes the protests in France as reigniting, while ABC News describes a third weekend of demonstrations. The summaries available for this report do not reconcile the two descriptions.

The summaries also do not name the activists or organisers they refer to, and they do not give the number of people who have taken part in earlier demonstrations.

Sources: The Guardian: Cost of living protests to spread to Germany and reignite in France on Halloween; ABC News: France heads into third weekend of protests as youth-led rallies sweep Europe; The New York Times: Plan for More Protests, This Time on Halloween, Causes Jitters in France.