Forty-five-thousand police officers have been deployed in France on Friday evening, the interior minister says.

The government also requested the shutdown of overnight bus and tram services.

At least 875 people were arrested on Thursday night, after which President Emmanuel Macron urged parents to keep their children out of the riots

The disturbances began on Tuesday after police shot dead a 17-year-old boy of Algerian descent, named as Nahel M

The officer who shot Nahel has apologised to the family, but the teen’s death has revived grievances about policing and racial profiling in France’s suburbs