Watch: French protesters loot Hermès, Apple and other luxury stores across cities

Looters target luxury brands Hermès and Apple as cost-of-living protests turn violent across France. Looters ransacked luxury boutiques, electronics outlets, supermarkets and other businesses across several French cities on Saturday as protests against the rising cost of living descended into widespread violence, with authorities reporting mass arrests, injured police officers and fires.In Marseille, protesters vandalised dozens of shops, including luxury brand Hermès and stores selling jewellery, clothes, cosmetics, household appliances and bread, AFP reported. Firefighters also intervened to extinguish a blaze at a shoe shop.In Paris, looters smashed the window of a skincare store near République Square and threw beauty products to crowds gathered outside. A telecommunications shop was also broken into, with mobile phones tossed into the crowd. Nearby, a bar called La Barrique caught fire, while youths raided a supermarket and threw bottles and cans at police officers.Shops were also vandalised in Lille, where looters broke into an Apple Store in the city centre, according to Socialist mayor Arnaud Deslandes. In Nice, several businesses, including sportswear outlets and a motorcy...