France cleans up Champs-Elysees after yellow vest rioting

SUMMARY

French yellow vest protesters clashed Saturday with riot police near the Arc de Triomphe as they kicked off their 18th straight weekend of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron.

By APMar 17, 2019 3:42:14 PM IST (Published)

A news stand burns during a yellow vests demonstration on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Riot police officers take position during a yellow vests demonstration on the Champs Elysees avenue. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Yellow vests demonstrators invade the Champs Elysees avenue. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

A yellow vests protester takes a photograph of the renamed Champs Elysees avenue as "Yellow Vest avenue." (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Paris police say more than 100 people have been arrested amid rioting in the French capital by yellow vest protesters and clashes with police. They set life-threatening fires, smashed up luxury stores and clashed with police firing tear gas and water cannon (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Paris famed restaurant Fouquet's burns on the Champs Elysees avenue during a yellow vests demonstration. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, presides over an emergency crisis meeting with French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, at the Interior Ministry in Paris. (Philippe Petit-Tesson/Pool photo via AP)

A protester shouts slogans in front of a barricade on fire during a yellow vests demonstration. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)