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However, the ban does not extend to professionals or municipalities that are organising traditional fireworks for the Bastille Day celebrations.

French police arrested 16 people overnight in connection with urban violence, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, indicating a further decrease in the scale of unrest that swept through poor French suburbs after a fatal police shooting.

French President Emmanuel Macron told a meeting of mayors on Tuesday that the "peak" of rioting had passed but he remained cautious about calling an end to the violence.

The riots across France have reached unprecedented levels of vandalism, arson and violence. France has deployed 45,000 police officers backed by light armoured vehicles to tackle a fourth straight night of violent protests.

However, the ban does not extend to professionals or municipalities that are organising traditional fireworks for the Bastille Day celebrations.

French police arrested 16 people overnight in connection with urban violence, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, indicating a further decrease in the scale of unrest that swept through poor French suburbs after a fatal police shooting.

French President Emmanuel Macron told a meeting of mayors on Tuesday that the "peak" of rioting had passed but he remained cautious about calling an end to the violence.

The riots across France have reached unprecedented levels of vandalism, arson and violence. France has deployed 45,000 police officers backed by light armoured vehicles to tackle a fourth straight night of violent protests.