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.

are facing that only three years ago or twenty fifteen in paris they agreed that they all want to say 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 kata with 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 rulebook 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 has t

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 50 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 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. fears of an all—out trade war between the united states and china have receded after a meeting between donald trump and the chi

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

to al-jazeera paris. let's bring in our guests now today in paris. c.e.o. of terrorists a consultancy firm focus on global risks and city to intelligence and also a former french their prime at and assemble rami borgia an economist at the french institute of international strategic affairs also an investment strategist and via skype in coventry david lee is a lecturer in french studies at the university of work by war 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. going on and the nature of the demonstrators claims that there is no way the movement has been radicalized due to the lack of. strong just coming from the governments as if he'll 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 hero in the way we like to say anything there just to clarify as our correspondent david tate's

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

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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

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

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

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 magic of european citizens and a stand that if you don't have a strong united europe no way that you can resist so. for america but if i may. say anything 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. their loads like the way the. company european to leave them it is like a tap dance to washington's two they've been doing it for decades in this is what you get mccrone wants to privatized everything on the american model and look at those results here john in edinburgh jump in. we

tear gas water cannons and armored vehicles and that's paris this saturday on the fourth consecutive weekend of so-called yellow vests demonstrations our correspondent is there. and here we've also how rubber bullets being deployed each . very clearly still this season i've read the lights. the end of an era in germany has on the merkel stepped down as leader of her party after eighteen years at the helm she is replaced by on a gret. also known as many miracle also ahead. everywhere in london i would see this they know who i met before in. the philippines and afghanistan what are they doing there what do they we're here because it was so easy for them to open a hiding in plain sight we hear the incredible story of a man who switched from being a trusted al qaeda bomb maker being an m i six informant. casting. live director our studios in moscow this is archie international and john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. all right there wasn't more mayhem in paris on saturday as another round of yellow vest protests against rising living costs rocked the city on what activists had

to al-jazeera paris well the protests weren't only in paris more than thirty thousand people took part in more peaceful rallies elsewhere in fronts in the southern city of three hundred firefighters set up roadblocks following protests there and anger against rising fuel prices has spilled into french overseas territories especially the indian ocean island of. a meeting with the minister was cut short on friday as yellow vests protesters demanded president calls for resignation from the miller is in the island's capital same don't need to tell us what we expect today and how the government in paris is trying to defuse the situation in. well people here are saying that the approach by the french government isn't one that will bring them any closer to a resolution and the as you say they continue to call for the resignation of the french president emmanuel mccrone people who are expected to take care of the in front in the later in the day to continue what they say it has often been a more peaceful protest here but they are expected to have a video conference with the french minister of

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 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 the protests as in a series of running confrontations. this time it was the ark to triumph that was the focus for some of the fiercest clashes the iconic symbol of france occupied and defying the country's laws. we had the arab spring and now we are getting there 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 a yellow test of. will continue not on into the night but into next week once again good night to come over will read politically to president michael's administration from a platform in argentina though he had a defiant message for them open goes no cause justifies

-- 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

clashes in paris as thousands take to the streets of france again but far feel with an increase. sweets after macros concessions. and israeli forces demolished the family home of a well known palestinian activist whose son is accused of killing one of their soldiers. and i'm far as well have all the day's sport including manchester city are back on top of the english premier league piling the pressure on second place liverpool. in the last few minutes delegates at the un climate talks in poland have reached agreement on a set of rules doubt them cap global warming at two degrees celsius for the past two weeks representatives from almost two hundred nations have been discussing how to implement the two thousand and fifteen paris agreement. twenty four talks is that known was supposed to finish on friday but delegates were unable to reach agreement in time well our environment editor nick clark is live for us now in cata and nick what do we know about the agreement and what they're actually about the deal that might have been struck. well the show outside the plenary hall right now

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

saying you applauded the response of police officers inside school please do not pelt them in paris today now if you take a look behind me you can see some of those riot police who've been deployed to the french capital some eight thousand police offices are here preparing of course for the eventuality eventuality all of any violence and of course i'm here on the shores of these a one of the main shopping streets and the many of the shops remain boarded up in fact after that ransacking and looting that we saw last weekend many of the yellow vests protesters have said to me that they abhor that kind of action but of course we're going to have to see how this day evolves and how the interaction between the yellow vest protesters and the police of all slaves today hello we heard about the tax and wage concessions from president what else could he offer these protesters. i think it's fair to say that french president emmanuelle michael is in quite a tight spot when it comes to those concessions because the concessions that he gave to the people five days ago now potentially put him on a

the meeting in aims to flesh out the details of the landmark twenty fifteen paris accord. that's when countries agree to try to limit global warming to one point five degrees celsius by the end of the century sticking points include how nations will transparently report their greenhouse gas emissions the sense of urgency is palpable climate change is not just somewhere out in the future it's today and we need to take action not only to reduce the emissions but frankly to figure out and to put in motion the kinds of ways that we're going to address those impacts because it's having effects on on real people's lives and those who are most vulnerable are getting hit the hardest. it was real people who turned out in the belgian capital brussels on sunday demanding strong measures to combat climate change. there were similar scenes a day earlier in germany protesters took to the streets of berlin and cologne calling on the government to accelerate the country's exit from coal fired energy. urgently need to take action on the climate because one thing is certain we can't continu

nationwide protests on the most violent riots in paris and half a century the french government suspending a controversial hike in the cost of fuel for six months. president trump warns there is an uncontrollable arms race between the u.s. china and russia it comes just a few months after he pushed the pentagon's budget precisely to counter moscow and beijing. so it can valley to know just how ethical and honorable a tradition the military. head of microsoft promises to hand over the company's company's cutting edge technologies to the pentagon despite resistance from some of his employees at. u.s. radio stations that banning the christmas classic baby it's cold outside after a backlash from me to activists guests to buy the issue. think there's a lot of outrage i think women are really really angry what's behind it is you know women want relief for one. like change there are a lot of important issues right now only we focus on songs like this and try to get it out i mean what we're paying a message that means he has just become unhinged. hello there she is gone three pm this tuesday after

he went to the center of paris to assess the damage from saturday's protests and to thank firefighters and security forces or some protesters torched car vandalized shops and painted the art to triomphe with graffiti police arrested more than four hundred people and at least one hundred thirty injuries were reported they were chained to has more from paris. as soon as his plane touched down twenty summit in argentina present a manual macro went directly to inspect the damage at the arctic trio afterwards he walked over to greet police and firefighters who were on the front lines of the writing for so many hours on lookers shouted macro resigned the. ripples well the problem is michael loves the poor fool the buses the bankers he loves the rich people. come and talk to the people stopped talking about the violence and said with tears then it was the lease a palace for an emergency cabinet session on the crisis a spokesman said reintroducing the state of emergency from earlier this year was not discussed the president called on his prime minister edward felipe to invite party members in

what they just did in the hall is they pass this paris rule book which is a three year negotiation to fill in the details of how countries will implement the paris agreement so the binding rules on reporting and review now every country from china to the u.s. to europe has to follow these detailed rules which is a good step ok are you satisfied with the the phrasing of the rulebook is it is it full and complete and is it enough to operationalize the parser. it is enough to operationalize the paris agreement it will need to be improved over time but at solid now countries have no excuse but to go home and implement this thing and they need to because the ambition signal here was weak ok tell us more about the ambitions signal and what else they have yet to decide on so one of the key questions here was there's this new science that comes out and says we have twelve years to keep global average temperature below one point five degrees so you would expect countries would come here and say we get it we're going to do more we didn't get that here we didn't get that clear signal and i think

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

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

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

hugh schofield sent this report from paris. buk missile at the end of the day of violence in paris and still it went on. at the arc de triomphe, covered now in anti— macron graffiti, police fired water cannon to clear the crowd. darkness feel at the end of a day of violence in paris and still, it went on. at the arc de triomphe, covered now in anti—macron graffiti, police fired water cannon to clear the crowds. and here in the gardens by the louvre, one protester is now in a coma after they tore down the metal grille. this evening, the arc de triomphe is back under police control but there are still knots of protesters out there, there's still the tang of tear gas in the air. and in the streets around here, a trail of destruction — cars burned out, shop windows smashed, bank windows smashed. parisians are used to protest, but this has been of a rare violence. all day, there were running battles between riot police and yellow vest protesters. though how many of these were actually agitators of the far right and the far lef

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