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French violence flares as yellow vest protests enter fourth month

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Rioters set fire to a bank and ransacked stores on Paris' landmark shopping street in a new flare-up of violence as France's yellow vest protests against President Emmanuel Macron and his pro-business reforms entered a fourth month.

 

Police fired tear gas and water cannon as the protests turned violent again after weeks of relative calm during marches and declining numbers of participants.

 

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