'I want to break free': Underground Paris party defies lockdown

On a darkened residential street in Paris, a gate left partly open signals the entrance to an abandoned train tunnel -- and an illegal rave party for 300 people looking for an escape from France's Covid-19 lockdown. 'We decided to mount a resistance and issue this call to hide together and party because there's no longer any place for young people to be together,' says the 27-year-old organiser, who declined to give his real name but asked to be called 'Alexandre.' The sentiment is apparently widespread, since French police have had to crack down on dozens of illegal parties since the partial lockdown was announced in October to combat a new surge in coronavirus cases.