Flip News — lens news https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/lens/ The latest Flip News stories on lens. en-GB Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:13:55 GMT French school protests turn darker as teenager loses hand in grenade blast in Lens https://flipnews.co.uk/world/france-lens-grenade-hand/ https://flipnews.co.uk/world/france-lens-grenade-hand/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:45:00 GMT A 15-year-old lost a hand in Lens on Monday after a riot-police grenade exploded, as France's school protests enter a third week and the police watchdog takes on ten cases of alleged brutality. Sarah Whitfield france-student-protests lens school-blockades police-tactics Channel NewsAsia (AFP)