let's go live to paris and melissa bell. tell us the mood there and the concern that we could see more violence. >> reporter: already if you look behind me, you k scan see the evidence of the violence last week. this crowd goes well down the champs-elysees. so many of the yellow vests have turned up to protect already, of course 320 people already taken in for questioning. the authorities have made it clear that they intend to do everything that they can to keep this saturday less violent than it was last saturday. but already we've heard from the interior minister yesterday saying that they believe that it was likely to be at lease as violenvi violent as it was. >> and tell us about the police presence there. i understand thousands of officers there on the streets and we're looking at this live image right now. tell us about the lineup there, how many officers and is there is a a sense that police are in psition ready for this? >> reporter: so country-wide, the number is 89,000 security forces that have been put out on to t

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. the saudi—led coalition in yemen says a united nations plane is to fly into the capital, sanaa, on monday to evacuate injured houthi rebels. fifty wounded militants will be flown out to oman for treatment in what the coalition is calling a "confidence building" measure ahead of planned peace talks in sweden this week. world leaders continue to press for an end to the four—year conflict that has pushed yemen to the brink of famine. in regional elections in southern spain, a far—right party has won seats for the first time since military rule under general franco. in a resurgence of nationalism that has marked elections in other parts of europe, the vox party won twelve seats in andalusia, making it a potential kingmaker in any future right—wing coalition. the governing socialist party gained more seats than any other party, but with a reduced majority. shares have opened higher on asian and pacific markets after fears of an all—out trade war between the united states and chin

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. in regional elections in southern spain, a far—right party has won seats for the first time since military rule under general franco. in a resurgence of nationalism that has marked elections in other parts of europe, the vox party won 12 seats in andalusia — making it a potential kingmaker in any future right—wing coalition. the governing socialist party gained more seats than any other party, but with a reduced majority. it may try to form a coalition with the left—wing podemos, to fend off a challenge from the centre—right. the international fashion brand ted baker has promised an independent investigation into allegations of what's described as "forced hugging" by its chief executive. ray kelvin is pictured here. he usually chooses to be photographed not showing his face. staff have begun an online petition accusing the 62—year—old founder of verbal, physical and sexual harrassment — claims they say are entirely at odds with the company's values. our business corres

this was central paris on sunday morning. mccrone called a cabinet meeting amid rumors they might impose a state of emergency. yet who from saturday's sea of yellow vests coming from and to invite to negotiate the movement which filled central paris at the weekend has no leadership they seem united only by anger. so for me the problem is that my core loves the powerful the big bosses the big financier's he loves the very rich but he doesn't care about the people he despises them mr mr merkel you asked us to come and see you we are here come to see us don't send your delegates it's the people who are unhappy. discussions happen online this woman wrote those who absolutely want to break something choose your targets act constructively see you on saturday whereas this commentator said the real violence is nine million in poverty it's eighty billion in tax evasion that's violence not three cars burning in an expensive neighborhood as paris licks its wounds from this saturday's riot the clock starts counting down to the next one.

a facing that only three years ago or twenty fifteen in paris they agreed that they all want to save the climate together that they all want to not have global warming rise more than two percent of created industrial levels and what they're doing now in cuts of it's trying to decide how they're going to do that so they have to find rules they have to find actions how to do that and when we remember how complicated it was in paris to reach a goal like that it's now even more complicated to find out how they're going to do it. so what specific things are holding up this deal what's stopping them from coming to an agreement. what's currently being negotiated in cotta words and has been for example negotiated until the late hours last night until four o'clock in the morning and it's being negotiated still this morning is the so-called rule book this is a book that in effect should bring action to the paris agreement so this should be the goals that each and every country can be held accountable for and in the book each country for example has to bring forward their own action so there ha

we are able to personalise the paris agreement. in your earlier a nswer the paris agreement. in your earlier answer you said monitor, verify, ta ke answer you said monitor, verify, take stock, but how do you police these policies in practical terms? in the past we had a system, with developing countries, only have limited its obligations to communicate what they are doing. now we have an enhanced one that all countries will have similar rules. with flex abilities for those countries who don't have sufficient capacity and the capacity building for them —— flexibility. we have a system that will let us know the effo rts system that will let us know the efforts and the policies of the different parties put into action to the bilby commitments. and also with a globalist uptake we will assess whether added together it places the world in a pathway to limit global warming to levels science as we need to. what we have done to date is to make the paris agreement operational and now be parties happened was is on one side and is put together all the necessary transparency systems t

on the streets of paris rebel. as in the air once again yellow vests him through voice this morning. they were in song for a long hi carol fredricka of the pockets of anger soon erupted all over the place pitch battles with the thousands of extra police to guard a city practically in lockdown. to trail off funds. on a narrow side street a crowd tries to penetrate the barricade place by a back with tear gas am it takes just seconds to send them coughing and gasping for air. elsewhere it was roses rather than riot control. peaceful protesters began filling into the streets of paris before dawn and they brought with them their complaints over high taxes and low wages for the people struggling most in france on an upward you're not we're here to tell michael about our discontent i'm not here to break things because i have four children so i'm going to try and be safe for them because they're afraid i want to go back home tonight but i still want to be here to say stop that's enough this has to stop. the french people a

so let's stay on point continue in paris yeah you are yeah ok so i. see also i still saw that yes there is a deep feeling in european union that number one european union does not protect. the people from two phenomenons invasion by chinese manufactured goods that destroys. industries in your office and number two for us immigration that's for sure and but also i think that the maj auriti of european citizens and a stand that if you don't have a strong united europe no way that you can resist so. you're saying you need more of europe right more brussels i don't i think that we have to have a united europe ready to resist yes to that so there's a matter of probably shoes to the chinese and radio to also not to upset the american pretension to impose us there. their loads like the way the. company european to leave them it is like to tap dance to washington's two they've been doing it for decades in this is what you get from a crown wants to privatized everything on the american model and look at those results here john in edinburgh jump in. we have to

the avenues of side streets of paris have become a front line between protesters and police. was tear gas is being fide liberally to disperse the crowds. canisters poke back at police lines. oh this is the fourth weekend of all rest police have stepped up their efforts deploying thousands of extra offices and arresting hundreds at the arc de triomphe vehicles rarely seen on the streets of france with maneuvered into place. all protests have been violent of the seans elisei demonstrators offered riot police. flowers but after national monuments were defaced last week major landmarks including the eiffel tower are closed meeting with security forces early on saturday france's interior minister said police are ready to intervene quickly purposely assume that if there have actually be more injuries on the side of the security forces than on the side of the protesters because the idea is to contain things but that tactic has its limits particularly when we're faced with people who want to behave like. it began as a social media movement called the. yellow vests after the high visi

reporting for us from paris and much. representatives from hundreds of nations have begun crunch un climate talks in poland the climate summit comes against a backdrop of dire environmental warnings and a call for action to counter the threats posed by flyman change delegates will seek ways of implementing commitments that were made in the twenty fifteen paris tracie to limit the rise in global temperatures. this is where delegates from nearly two hundred countries will be scrambling over the next two weeks to reach a deal that can save the planet the meeting in qatar at the heart of poland's coal region comes three years after the line not paris accord the envoys gathering at copper twenty four aims to produce the rulebook to flesh out the broad details that were agreed in paris limiting the rise in global temperatures to between one point five and two degrees celsius the sense of urgency is palpable. these he says very very important conference that takes place also in scenario where we have a clear signals about the ur

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. let's get some of the day's other news at least 20 people, including a dozen children, have reportedly been killed in an air strike in the eastern afghanistan province of kunar. it's the latest in a series of strikes targeting senior taliban members — the regional taliban chief is said to be among the casualties. the hollywood movie mogul harvey weinstein is facing fresh allegations of sexual assault. the latest accuser, an actress who has not been named, claims the film producer attacked and assaulted her during a meeting at his offices in 2013. the lawsuit alleges that when the woman rejected his advances, mr weinstein bragged about sleeping with jennifer lawrence and being responsible for her winning an oscar. ms lawrence issued a statement refuting the claims, mr weinstein denies all allegations of non—consensual sex. officials in brazil say a spiritual healer wanted on charges of sexual abuse against hundreds of women is on the run from authorities. police have launched a maj

to al-jazeera paris. thank. you let's bring in our guests now today in paris and go to cheli c.e.o. of terrorists a consultancy firm focused on global risks and city to intelligence and also a former french diplomat in istanbul rami borgia an economist at the french institute of international strategic affairs also an investment strategist and via skype in coventry david lees a lecturer in french studies at the university of work very warm welcome to all of you and first to you because you were with us last week talking about these protests they were much more violent this weekend why do you think that was you know because it is the result of the fact the government has not addressed properly the going on and the nature of the demonstrators claims there is no way the movement has been the radicalized due to the lack of. a strong just coming from the governments as if feel that they have to to go further in violence in order to be heard it's what we can say to explain but i don't have a leader in the way so really i didn't say anything there just to clarify as our correspondent david

end of its approach has just take to the streets for a fifth straight weekend this was the scene in paris really it's a day the demonstrations seem to be losing steam about the end of a say they're not ready to point it quits just yet. and smiles of relief and golems off. as the u.n. climate change starts since the final session incredulous of poland delegates from almost two hundred workers countries rather worked overtime so draft a plan to implement the paris the greenest. and a crackdown on breath music in russia threatens to further the alienating the country's youth now president that in their position as hold on to find ways to control the popular music instead of banning. i'm christine will welcome to the program francis you know based protest has defied thousands of police and cold weather to take their misses should the streets for a fifth straight weekend the numbers of people protesting is down from previous weeks as consolations offered by the government seem to be taking effect but i hold coffee in a vis say they're determined. to keep the movement washing. they started with

oh the streets of paris rebellion is in the air once again yellow vests in full voice. but they weren't and so on so long pockets of anger soon erupted across paris street battles with thousands of extra police out to go to city practically on lockdown. the uk to triomphe of pounds on a narrow side street a crowd tries to penetrate the barricade. police fire back with tear gas it takes just seconds to send them back gasping for air. elsewhere water cannons those out on the streets are angry at the government and furious at the police's response. force like to take i'm emotional today if not i wouldn't have taken to the streets i'm upset because there are people who don't earn enough to make a living who are a thousand euros a month. from. the government says it's listening scrapping its plan to hike fuel taxes but president emanuel mccrone hasn't addressed the protests this himself. francis interior minister met today not with protesters but with police you're also new violence is never a way of protesting the government has held out its hand made a number of proposals

lucy williamson reports from paris. the tactics were the same as always but the tension here has waned. the number of protesters in paris today less than half of that of last weekend. there were far fewer people gathering here in paris today but there are still a few confrontations between protesters and police, like here on the champs—elysees. the security forces will be hoping this is the last final stand of the hard—core. this was a test of whether president macron‘s concessions this week have worked. 10 billion euros to help those on the lowest incomes. not enough for some. translation: the president is offering us peanuts. we are not monkeys he can throw nuts at. we are human beings. the violence of previous demonstrations in paris along with the government's concessions and the impact of a terrorist attack in strasbourg this week have all helped to dissuade protesters. but protest sites around the country are settling in for christmas and it is notjust the troublemakers left behind. at this tollgate 45 minut

and in paris, 3.50. but we have to look at ip filtrating the protest, are the left wing, anarchists sparking a broader process in france. and governor could engineer policy instead of the free market. >> dagen: and to your point, the wall street journal has an editorial about this today, france this is not just about an increase that's now gone away in fuel taxes in the country, that even before the fuel tax, france had the highest tax burden in-- among all developed nations, to support these socialist programs that you have social insurance payroll taxes, property taxes, you have a value-added tax in europe as well. and the rich, to quote the journal, the rich aren't rich enough to fund the modern welfare state. and i don't -- do you think that the democrats in this country, and even people on the far left understand that? >> no, i don't think they do. i mean, even in the state of illinois, we just had a guy elected governor promising to raise taxes and this is a state where we have people fleeing from

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this is paris right now where so-called yellow vests protesters are gathering for the third week in a row the area around the show has been called off as riot police move it all correspondence in less than a minute. also headlining this hour with world leaders struggling to bridge the big divide over trade and bitter recriminations of the g. twenty in argentina outside thousands have been turning out to protest the summit. and american comedian and actor kevin hart hits back at criticism of his one year old son's party because it had a cowboys and indians the barking a route over race and children's innocence. because we whitewashed history few people are even willing to deal with it because they're so blind it was i'll be the indian you be the cowboy we're kids we're pretty handy. there isn't a day in moscow this saturday december the first i'm calling the world news update this weekend first for you this nationwide protests in france over a fuel tax increase is entering its third week in paris right now police are confronting unruly members of the yellow vest movement's name for the

your gas water cannons and armored vehicles that's paris this saturday on the fourth consecutive weekend of so-called yellow vest demonstrations our correspondent is there. and here we've also had rubber bullets being deployed each . very close. bases out rubber bullets at. the end of an era in germany has stepped down as leader of her party after eighteen years at the helm and she is replaced by on a gret hour also known as many merkel also i have. ever lived in london i would see this they know who i met before i was in the all the philippines and afghanistan where the india it was the day that they were here because it was so easy for them to open it. hiding in plain sight here the incredible story of a man who switched from being a trusted al qaeda bomb maker to being an m i six informant. we're broadcasting live for our studios in moscow this is our international i'm john thomas glad to have you with us. are there wasn't more mayhem in paris on saturday as another round of yellow vest protests against rising living costs rocked the city demonstrators set fire to cars vandalized shop

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. the work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, has appealed to mps across the political divide to forge a consensus over brexit, acknowledging that the prime minister's deal for leaving the european union, might not be approved by parliament. her comments follow another difficult eu summit for theresa may, in which she failed to win concessions, that might have made her withdrawal deal acceptable to mps. here's our political correspondent, chris mason. parliament stares at gridlock. cobbling together a majority to endorse anything looks incredibly difficult, and downing street has studiously avoided any public discussion of a plan b, what happens if, when, the prime minister's plan is rejected. but writing in the daily mail, amber rudd says that brexit is in danger of getting stuck, and while supporting theresa may's deal, advocates assembling a coalition, potentially reaching out to opposition parties, to avoid what she calls the rocks of no deal. amber rudd proposes in her article a s

news live from but at least some protesters face off once again in paris and go on the streets of the french capital as the fold weekend yellow vests protests across the country dozens have been injured and at least a thousand protests this after a blizzard we've been to take anything using tear gas or move to canada to control the crowds. also coming up then you need all of germany's strongest political party gets to work making mock and it takes me i'm talking about what takes over from chancellor i'm going to close cherish the concept it's c.d.u. policy makeover staying on as chancellor but now hoping cottage a will help unite the party. find a home free you could join me but he's in france have detained any one thousand demonstrators is the so-called yellow vest protesters shut down parts of paris for a fourth weekend in a row at least fifty five people have been injured in the french capital tens of thousands of police have been mobilized to control the protests across from the movement was sparked by anger over a plan to increase in fuel taxes although those top. sisyphean scrap

move for us one the major step towards realizing the vision and shrine in the paris agreement. and ambition that will ensure that our children and they will children look back at our legacy and recognize that their parents and grandparents took the right decisions in bold on juncture like the one we are facing today. much all right joining us now from catch of it's a is christopher bell's he's director of german watches and environmental n.g.o.s christophe so the delegates have now agreed on the fine print off the twenty fifteen paris climate accord at one of the key points facie. yes i think it's a huge step to have the rulebook for implementing the paris agreement that we know now that one. in china is the same as one ton of two in africa or in germany. that they have comparable rules this is important for investors for governments moving forward but it cannot replace the political will which is needed to move forward and we also heard breaking speeches of many very effective companies from climate change in small island states african countries asking we need more ambition a

there's outrage in france over the treatment of students arrested by police during protests outside paris trade unions and far left parties of lashed out of what they call police brutality after this footage that you're looking at now went viral online but france's interior minister says none of the high school students were injured during the arrests that took place in the town of moore and largely more police officers we understand are being deployed across the country as protests are expected to continue this weekend. little by little the yellow vest movement has changed as gathered fewer and fewer people there were two hundred ninety two thousand people on november the seventeenth but there are now around ten thousand it is a small minority some appear supports but others have radicalized and affected beyond the law. all right let's go live to our correspondent on the impasse in davis amy we saw the interior minister minister basically saying that the steam is running out at this protest but it doesn't seem to be the case it seems that this is gathering steam and that the confrontatio

and protesters clashed with police in paris thousands of demonstrations take to the streets angry at rising fuel prices a correspondent is in the french capital. i knew mackinnon thanks so much fuel company at first it wasn't clear if they'd be able to agree on very much a toll but leaders at the g twenty summit of the world's leading economies have now managed to compromise and have produced a final joint declaration and one of sirees in that statement the lead just around on the result of global trade tensions particularly those between the u.s. and china but they've pledged to reform the world trade organization. other topics that gets a mention include a valve to tackle the source of refugee movements while the us reaffirmed its commitment to withdrawal from the paris climate accord. that's brand correspondent max fourth man now who's in one of sorry for us i'm not guessing this communique done was obviously quite a task tell us more about what it says. it was quite the toss we talked to one of the sherpas who said he hadn't slept for fifty hours so yes it was a lot of work and i

and himself flying back to paris after attending the g. twenty we understand there's an emergency meeting that's been called for what do we expect there david. yes we've heard from the police spokesman in the last few minutes that meeting is expected to take place at the end of the morning it will be discussing whether any new emergency measures should be taken a state of emergency has been circulated among the senior media and politicians that only was dropped last year. and it's unlikely i think anyway that they'll bring in a state of emergency yet again to cope with this situation you were saying in the introduction that the yellow vest protesters were painting the elisei that's not the case the graffiti was being sprayed by people wearing yellow vests but we must separate the fact that it was a very different set of crowds between the protesters early in the day that i was with and the anarchists and the extremists from the both left and right who were very much inside the up the trail for the time what we did see that it is that some

-- in paris. many more than last week and when police were overwhelmed by the riots that broke out. >> we are facing people who are not here to protest but to smash. we want to have the means to not give them free reign. >> the prime minister said they will also mobilize a dozen armed vehicles. out in theots broke suburbs. they fear they could be -- protesters could be joined by hooligans again. events like football matches and concerts have been called o off. after many suffered damage last weekend, businesses will shut their doors on saturday. they have been removed so they cannot be used as projectile's again. these yellow vest protesters from france are raising money to find their way to the capital. >> paris is where we can make the biggest media impact. it is also where all the politicians are. if we knock on their doors, they cannot ignore us. >> the government has renewed an appeal for calm an for legitimate protesters to stay these areparis, calls intent on ignoring. anchor: angela merkel

this is the scene live in paris where protesters are gathering in paris for more anti—government demonstrations — as president macron hopes recent concessions will limit their numbers. campaigners urge the government to stop plans to issue prison officers with pepper spray to help tackle violence injails. and i'll be discussing this week's tumultous political events at home and abroad with correspondents from the british and foreign media in dateline london. that's in half an hour. after one of the most turbulent political weeks in decades, there's a call this morning for all parties to work together to achieve brexit. the work and pensions secretary amber rudd — who's a close ally of the prime minister — says mps need to abandon outrage and find consensus. writing in the daily mail she says... our political correspondent tom barton is with me now. it is all very well to appeal to search for a plan but as things stand it's hard to see what that plan is. this is essentially an acknowledgement by a cabinet minister, one of the closest allies of theresa may, that it is looking almost impossi

this is the scene live in paris. police have made at least 500 arrests and ministers say the "yellow vest" movement opposed to fuel tax rises, has been hijacked by "ultra—violent" protesters. police in new zealand are to charge a 26—year—old man with the murder of british backpacker grace millane, who went missing in auckland last week. sadly the evidence we have gathered to this point of the enquiry has established that this is a homicide. amber rudd becomes the first government minister to publicly discuss an alternative to theresa may's brexit deal. what happens if it is voted down? and anything could happen, there's lots of different things could happen, most of which they won't want to happen. so when they think about this deal, they need to weigh up the alternatives as well. six people — five of them teenagers — have died after a stampede at a nightclub in italy. and with climate change at the top of the un agenda, click asks if policy or technology will save the world. that's in half an hour here on

we counseled that meeting in paris because we didn't want to interfere with the. schedule of events related to world one so we decided to meet in the end of sars instead but unfortunately we . encountered with this provocation in the black sea. so i guess it's because of. the united states decided not to have this meeting still we. shouldn't you know people would talk to each other so i got a chance to talk clearly briefly to president trump high and certain he's questions related to this incident in the black sea he has his positions on these issues and problems i have my position so. we remain committed to our positions soon but. i'll let him know what we think about this incident it's shamed and we are unable to have a full fledged meeting because i think it's a long overdue so i hope that this meeting will happen sooner or later it will happen when the united states will be ready for that. so as we found out this conversation this chat only happened for a few minutes and vladimir putin did get a chance to explain moscow's take on the incident in the azoff sea

with david's report from paris. the yellow vest rebellion once more brought the streets of central paris to a standstill balticon a tear gas and stun grenades were used by the riot police to try and disperse a protest as in a series of running confrontations. this time it was the arc to triumph that was the focus for some of the fiercest clashes the iconic symbol of france occupied and defying the country's civil wars. we had the arab spring and now we are getting their european winter. as the day drew on the violence in the surrounding avenues so police vehicles and cars being torched and even buildings at a light it was meant to have been a peaceful protest a small minority carried out the attacks the rest were demanding the resignation of president macro yellow first it. will continue not on into the night but into next week once again that actually become a real threat politically to president might cause administration from a platform in argentina though he had a defiant message for them open goes no calls just

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lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. let's get some of the day's other news: former sri lankan prime minister ranil wickremesinghe is to return to the post almost two months after his surprise sacking by the president sparked a constitutional crisis in the country. lawmakers say mr wickremesinghe will take the oath in the coming hour. the announcement comes after the man who was installed as his replacement, mahinda rajapa ksa resigned over the turmoil. the hollywood movie mogul, harvey weinstein, is facing fresh allegations of sexual assault. the latest accuser, an actress who has not been named, claims in a lawsuit that the film producer attacked and assaulted her during a meeting at his offices in 2013. mr weinstein denies all allegations of non—consensual sex. ukraine's president has hailed the creation of an independent orthodox church as the final step in independence from russia. after decades of negotiations, the historic council of orthodox bishops in kiev has created a new ukrainian church. the russian orthod

of the paris agreement. matt mcgrath in katowice. a family of swans has been shot and killed in a suspected air gun attack. the bodies of five cygnets and their parents were discovered wrapped in plastic bags, after they were thrown down the bank of a stream in the kent village of benenden. x—ray images revealed one of the birds was peppered with pellets or shot. the rspca has launched an investigation. amy ockelford, from the rspca, says airgun attacks are common. it is really upsetting and it is just does disgusting that people think it is ok to do something like this. i mean this is effectively a senseless attack on vulnerable animals and it isjust senseless attack on vulnerable animals and it is just not ok. senseless attack on vulnerable animals and it isjust not ok. it is very strange, the whole family to be wiped out like this and they have been shot elsewhere and potentially move to this location and wrapped in plastic bags is bizarre. u nfortu nately plastic bags is bizarre. unfortunately airgun a

hugh schofield sent this report from paris. the arc de triomphe this afternoon. groups of yellow—vest protesters have pushed past police and rampaged past the tomb of the unknown soldier. all day, there have been scenes of serious violence in the streets around, mainly agitators of the far right and left in the thick of it, taking on police with cobblestones and other projectiles, setting fire to cars and even buildings. it is an extremely tense situation now, mid—afternoon, we have been chased down a side street by riot police with tear gas and anti—riot grenades, a car is on firejust behind me. we're just off the champs—elysees, it is a real scene of street warfare. amid the scenes of destruction, ordinary people who'd come from across france to demonstrate peaceably. they do not want the violence to divert attention from their message that taxes in france have gone too far. translation: abraham lincoln said something important, he said that government should be of the people, by the people, for the people. for the people. our politicians should keep th

from paris, thank you. amber rudd has become the first government minister to publicaly discuss an alternative to theresa may's brexit deal. the work and pensions secretary described the so—called "norway plus" option as plausible, if mps reject mrs may's deal in the vote scheduled for tuesday. if such a plan were adopted, the uk would retain its access to the single market, but would have to permit free movement of eu citizens into the uk. our political correspondent, matt cole, reports. far and wide this week, ministers have travelled the uk, selling the idea of theresa may's brexit plan. the message, a simple one — there is no alternative. until this morning, when the work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, opened the door to a plan b and what might happen if mps vote down the deal on tuesday. i don't think that the house will support no deal. and if the house is not going to support no deal, it needs to come forward with an alternative deal. and i have seen that there is a lot of support for norway

well there have been clashes across paris at different locations in paris you know purchases have clashed with police police of with tear gas there were a car burns a few shops looted as well but compared to what happened last saturday this is really not as much as that day you know there are the protests are a lot more under control i'm here at the shows an easy the sounds uneasy has been not completely blocked off but the police around this street have been filtering the demonstrators and they've been taking away anything that protesters could use as myside and also their most of their protective gear so here the situation has been a lot calmer if you can even if you can now at this moment here some tear gas bombs again off in the background but that's really nothing compared to last week but despite the massive police presence there we've we've seen more violence still why is that. absolutely because you know the police can't just block off the entire city they have changed strategy last week they did what they normally do doing precious and fast that is keep a distance you know try to

lucy williamson reports from paris. the tactics were the same as always but the tension here has waned. the number of protesters in paris today less than half of that of last weekend. there are far fewer people gathering here in paris today but there are still a few confrontations between protesters and police, like here on the champs—elysees. i think the security forces will be hoping this is the last final stand of the hard—core. this was a test of whether president macron‘s concessions this week have worked. ten billion euros to help those on the lowest incomes. not enough for some. translation: the president is offering us peanuts. we are not monkeys he can throw nuts at. we're human beings. the violence of previous demonstrations in paris along with the government's concessions and the impact of a terrorist attack in strasbourg this week have all helped dissuade protesters. but protest sites around the country are settling in for christmas and it is notjust the troublemakers left behind. at la ciotat tollgate