PARIS: More than 1,700 people were arrested across France during the latest "yellow vest" protests as demonstrators clashing with riot police caused more damage in Paris than a week ago, officials said on Sunday.
Clashes broke out in the French capital and other several cities, including Marseille, Bordeaux, Lyon and Toulouse, during a fourth weekend of nationwide protests against rising living costs and President Emmanuel Macron in general.
The embattled president -- whose name rang out across the Champs-Elysees as protesters shouted "Macron, resign" -- is expected to address the demonstrations in a much-anticipated speech in the coming days. A total 1,220 of the 1,723 detained were ordered held in custody, the ministry said.
Police in Paris said they made 1,082 arrests on Saturday, up sharply from 412 in the previous round. The interior ministry said some 136,000 people took part in Saturday’s protests across France, around the same number as on December 1.
But it was Paris which again bore the brunt of the violence and destruction. Protesters in the capital set fire to cars, burned barricades and smashed windows in pockets of violence, clad in their emblematic luminous safety jackets, as armoured vehicles rolled through the streets.
Railway tracks covered with snow in Ireland. — AFP/FileLONDON: Ireland, Britain and France faced travel chaos on...
Samoan Environment Minister Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster attends the COP29 United Nations Climate Change...
Philippine Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte speaks during an economic briefing following President...
This undated photo shows people cremate the bodies at a crematorium in Delhi. — Reuters JAIPUR, India: An Indian...
View of smoke rising from buildings that were purportedly struck by Ukrainian forces, amid their ongoing incursion, in...
US President-elect Donald Trump.— AFP/file NEW YORK: The judge in Donald Trump´s criminal hush money case ordered...