Tear gas used as renewed protests in Paris

By Geert de Clercq and Antony Paone
Updated January 13 2019 - 8:56am, first published 8:54am
Riot police have unleashed tear gas and sprayed water cannons at yellow-vest protesters in Paris.
Riot police have unleashed tear gas and sprayed water cannons at yellow-vest protesters in Paris.

Paris police have fired water cannon and tear gas to push back "yellow vest" demonstrators from around the Arc de Triomphe monument, in the ninth straight weekend of protests against French President Emmanuel Macron's economic reforms.

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