Video Challenges Far-Right Claim in French Burning Bin Case; Students Block Schools
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The French fact-checking site CheckNews, run by Libération, has found a new video linked to an incident involving Bally Bagayoko.
The incident involves a burning bin used for rubbish collection.
Supporters of the far right gave their own account of what happened during the event.
CheckNews says the newly found footage contradicts that account.
To contradict means to show that something is not true or is different from what was said.
The video puts the far right's version of events in doubt, according to the report.
In a separate story, high school students in the suburbs of Paris have joined a wave of protests.
The students have blockaded their schools, stopping normal classes from happening.
A blockade means blocking entry so people or activities cannot continue as usual.
The students say they want to be heard about their daily school life.
They are also protesting against what they call injustice.
At a school called Claude Monet, students have also blocked the building.
They say they have far too many hours of coursework each week.
Coursework means the classes and school work students must do.
The students feel their schedule is too heavy and unfair.
These protests are part of a larger movement among students in the region.
It is not clear from current reports how many schools are affected in total.
Both stories show growing public attention on fairness — one about political claims, the other about student life.
Vocabulary7 words
- CheckNews
- a service that checks if news stories or claims are true
- far right
- a political group with very strong nationalist ideas
- contradicts
- shows that something is false or different
- version
- one person's way of telling what happened
- blockaded
- blocked so people cannot enter or continue as normal
- injustice
- unfair treatment
- coursework
- the classes and school work students must complete
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Answer key
1. It contradicts the far right's version of events 2. To be heard about their daily life and against injustice 3. Too many hours of coursework
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The French fact-checking site _____, run by Libération, has found a new video linked to an incident involving Bally Bagayoko.
Supporters of the _____ gave their own account of what happened during the event.
CheckNews says the newly found footage _____ that account.
The video puts the far right's _____ of events in doubt, according to the report.
The students have _____ their schools, stopping normal classes from happening.
They are also protesting against what they call _____ .
They say they have far too many hours of _____ each week.
These protests are part of a larger movement among students in the region.
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