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Greta Thunberg joins students protesting in Paris

Students in France are demanding investment to fix teacher shortages, overcrowded classes and crumbling schools, with another day of nationwide protests under way; the homework is on hold.

On air: Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger on BBN This Morning
Published 6:33 AM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Photo: Kushal Das · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Photo: Greta Thunberg — Photo: Kushal Das · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

First reported by The Guardian: “‘Our future is being stolen’: Greta Thunberg joins students protesting in Paris”, with reporting from Al Jazeera.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 6:33 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger.
Topics: Paris, French.
BBN covered this story before: French fridge hack now hits hundreds of stores, Paris says (October 12).

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The Guardian‘Our future is being stolen’: Greta Thunberg joins students protesting in Paris
Al JazeeraActivist Greta Thunberg joins French student protests

What BBN said about it

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Paris this morning, Greta Thunberg joined high school students at Paul Eluard school in Saint-Denis, as France braced for another day of nationwide protests.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe students want money for chronic teacher shortages, overcrowded classes and crumbling buildings, and she told them young people are not being included in the conversation.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the students are on strike from a school that is already short of teachers.