{ um, help? }

[delga]

You know, generally, Ilisten to the news everyday, and start my day's internetting by heading to BBC news. That being said, I've been out of the loop this weekend because of going to London etc. So, even though I've heard about rioting in France, I have no idea what started it or why it's happening: can anyone fill me in?

From what I can tell, it has to do with racial tensions in the country but that's all the BBC website can tell me. I'm waiting for my laundry cycles to finish so in the meanwhile I'm going to go to The Independent's website and see if I can access archives but until then, anyone on the flist know what's what?