Maya: Good morning, Paris, and happy Saturday. It's October third, twenty twenty-six, and this is your Paris Morning Briefing.
Devon: I'm Devon.
Maya: And I'm Maya. Coming up: your week-ahead weather, what's up in tonight's sky, a packed weekend around the city, and three stories you need to know.
Devon: Let's start with the weather, because autumn is making itself felt this week.
Maya: Today, Saturday: a high of twenty-three degrees, a low of eleven, with about a thirty-eight percent chance of rain. A slight chance of a shower, nothing dramatic.
Devon: Sunday: high of twenty-four, low of thirteen, thirty-five percent chance. Monday looks like the best day of the week — high of twenty-five, low of fourteen, and essentially zero chance of rain.
Maya: Tuesday stays pleasant at twenty-three degrees. Then it turns. Wednesday: the high drops to seventeen, with a sixty percent chance of rain. Thursday: fifteen degrees and breezy. Friday: just thirteen degrees for the high, low of five — you'll want a real coat by then.
Devon: So enjoy the mild weekend, because proper autumn arrives midweek.
Maya: Now the night skies. Sunset tonight is at seven twenty-five, and it's properly dark by nine ten.
Devon: The moon is in its last quarter, about forty-five percent lit, and it doesn't rise until eleven fifty-five tonight. So the evening sky is moonless — good for stargazing if the clouds cooperate.
Maya: Saturn is up in the southeast after dark, about twenty-three degrees above the horizon. No space station passes tonight.
Devon: Plenty happening around Paris this weekend. Today is the Pride March, back on the streets of Paris, with the Podium performances at Place de la Bastille from four to ten this afternoon.
Maya: The Fête de la Science is on all weekend — laboratories and cultural venues open their doors with hands-on workshops and experiments, great for families.
Devon: Tonight: a giant free Céline Dion karaoke night at Boom Boom Villette, with a vocal impersonator and DJ set. Also tonight, M. Pokora plays the Adidas Arena, and the Grand Rex hosts an immersive symphonic tribute to Steven Spielberg.
Maya: Tomorrow, two fun ones: Alizée plays the Zénith, and for the first time ever, the Paris Sausage Walk — a parade of dachshunds down the Champs-Élysées.
Devon: Now to the news, and we start with the biggest story in France right now. A nationwide student protest movement has spread to more than twelve hundred high schools.
Maya: It began September twenty-first at a school in Créteil, over overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages, and dilapidated buildings. This week it escalated: more than five thousand people arrested since Monday, most of them teenagers, with clashes between protesters and police in several cities.
Devon: This morning, the Paris police chief called the movement, quote, "out of control," urging students to return to peaceful protest and warning of a firm response to violence. Student unions have called for a national day of demonstrations on Tuesday, and security officials are bracing for a large protest in central Paris.
Maya: Second: the government is in crisis mode. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu called an emergency cabinet meeting Thursday and asked ministers to cancel travel. Some schools are preparing to move classes online, and around one hundred sixty schools were shut on Friday.
Devon: Education Minister Édouard Geffray is meeting student representatives, acknowledging their concerns are legitimate while condemning the violence. More than six hundred police officers have been injured, and property damage is estimated in the tens of millions of euros.
Maya: And third, something lighter: Pink October is underway. On Wednesday, October seventh, there's a six-kilometer charity run at the foot of the Eiffel Tower paired with a DJ set, raising money for the Rafaël Institute. And all month long, one euro from every pink cocktail sold at Noti Plage goes to the cause.
Devon: That's your briefing for this Saturday, Paris. A mild weekend, a busy city, and autumn arriving right on schedule.
Maya: We'll be back tomorrow morning at five with a fresh briefing. Bonne journée.