Days of unrest have affected more than 1,000 schools across France as high school students push for better standards.

Riot police clashed with teenagers across France as roughly 400 high schools closed and some 2,000 people were arrested amid escalating student unrest.

Zinedine Zidane's first home match as France head coach comes Friday against Italy at Stade de France. Les Bleus have won both of Zidane's games 1-0, the latest coming on Michael Olise's 88th-minute winner in Brussels on Monday.

Zinedine Zidane will face Italy on Friday for the first time after head-butting Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup final, now coaching France instead of playing for them. Zidane says he does not regret the incident,

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The Vatican estimated that 700,000 people came out for the Mass — more than the 600,000 who had registered in advance. The stunning turnout testified to the church's enduring influence in France, despite sharp declines in churchgoing in recent decades and secularizing trends that have emptied churches around Europe.

Hundreds of French high schools closed Friday after nationwide student protests over school conditions escalated into violence.

Violent student protests continue to spread across France, with school blockades, clashes with police and officials warning of outside agitators.