French police collide again with 'yellow vests'

paris - The French riot police fired tear gas in Paris and deployed a water thrower during a new demonstration of so-called Gilets Jaunes, demonstrators in yellow vests. The metropolitan police reports that 24 arrests have already been made.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Saturday at the Arc de Triomphe, the huge triumphal arch that stands at the famous avenue Champs-Élysées. They sang the national anthem and chanted 'Macron resigned. 'French media reports that the police intervened when demonstrators tried to break through a checkpoint.